Right down the middle

[Guest guest]

I have a quick question regarding numbness. I've heard that different parts of

the

face regain feeling at different times, though my numbness really seems to be

split

right down the middle of my face. If you drew a perfect line from between my

eyes to

my chin, that would section my face into right and left. My left side seems to

have

regained feeling fairly well -- even my chin. But my right side is still fairly

numb. I

was just curious if anyone had encountered this, or if there is an explanation.

It just

seems kind of weird that it is so symetrical.

-AJ

[Guest guest]

AJ -

I have exactly the same thing - the left side of my face has very

little numbess, but the right side (lower lip and chin) are still

pretty numb. This is 5 days post-op. My OS told me after surgery

that the nerves were in good shape so there should be a full

recovery.

Jay

> I have a quick question regarding numbness. I've heard that

different parts of the

> face regain feeling at different times, though my numbness really

seems to be split

> right down the middle of my face. If you drew a perfect line from

between my eyes to

> my chin, that would section my face into right and left. My left

side seems to have

> regained feeling fairly well -- even my chin. But my right side

is still fairly numb. I

> was just curious if anyone had encountered this, or if there is an

explanation. It just

> seems kind of weird that it is so symetrical.

>

> -AJ

[Guest guest]

Jay,

Good to hear about your nerves. It just seems so weird that the numbness is

split so

perfectly. There must be an explanation.

-AJ

> > I have a quick question regarding numbness. I've heard that

> different parts of the

> > face regain feeling at different times, though my numbness really

> seems to be split

> > right down the middle of my face. If you drew a perfect line from

> between my eyes to

> > my chin, that would section my face into right and left. My left

> side seems to have

> > regained feeling fairly well -- even my chin. But my right side

> is still fairly numb. I

> > was just curious if anyone had encountered this, or if there is an

> explanation. It just

> > seems kind of weird that it is so symetrical.

> >

> > -AJ

[Guest guest]

I think the explanation is that there is a nerve bundle running down

each side of the lower jaw. Each bundle is for either the right or

left side of the face. When they do the two splits, each nerve

bundle gets handled a bit differently with different amounts of

disturbance, trauma, whatever word you want to use. The result is

you get a different amount of numbness.

> > > I have a quick question regarding numbness. I've heard that

> > different parts of the

> > > face regain feeling at different times, though my numbness

really

> > seems to be split

> > > right down the middle of my face. If you drew a perfect line

from

> > between my eyes to

> > > my chin, that would section my face into right and left. My

left

> > side seems to have

> > > regained feeling fairly well -- even my chin. But my right

side

> > is still fairly numb. I

> > > was just curious if anyone had encountered this, or if there

is an

> > explanation. It just

> > > seems kind of weird that it is so symetrical.

> > >

> > > -AJ

[Guest guest]

Yeah, me too~!

My " whole " chin was numb, but my nose was a different story. Long after I

regained feeling in my left side, my right side was still numb! I, too, could

have drawn a line right down the middle

I am 5 1/2 weeks post-op and I have regained feeling everywhere, but I still

have an odd stiffness and tingling when I touch my chin. But I am confident

that will go away, too. (Think happy, positive thoughts!)

~Cathy

[Guest guest]

I don't think it is particularly weird, because I think those nerves

are pretty symmetrical. (but I stand ready for correction from

anybody who's a real student of anatomy.)

Just going by the shingles episode. When I got them on the face

(which I do hope does not happen to anyone, anywhere, any time)

characteristically the nerve on one side or the other is affected. In

my case, it was my left side, and it got almost the whole trigeminal

nerve.

My surgeon, when he was willing to see me again after I was mostly

healed from the shingles (those docs didn't want anything to do with

treating a virus, believe me! Sent me to my general physician and an

eye doc) started telling me where all the left trigeminal nerve went.

I said, " Never mind, Doc. I can draw it for you on my face, just by

knowing where it hurt. "

But the right side was never involved. Actually, I think that's

typical all down the body -- you get shingles USUALLY on either the

right or the left side, but not on both.

Cammie

> I have a quick question regarding numbness. I've heard that

different parts of the

> face regain feeling at different times, though my numbness really

seems to be split

> right down the middle of my face. If you drew a perfect line from

between my eyes to

> my chin, that would section my face into right and left. My left

side seems to have

> regained feeling fairly well -- even my chin. But my right side is

still fairly numb. I

> was just curious if anyone had encountered this, or if there is an

explanation. It just

> seems kind of weird that it is so symetrical.

>

> -AJ