Facial numbness following an accident

[Suzen]

I recently fell down and hit my face.  Since that time I've had numbness in the right side of my nose and down through my right cheek, lip and front tooth.  Do I have nerve damage and will it go away on it's own?   Suzen

[tendr]

Christmas eve I tripped on a parking lot of concrete and had a shovel in one hand and my other hand in my jacket pocket. I'm a 61yr. Old female. I fell fast and flat on my face. I had on glasses that were shoved against my eye socket. It happened so fast and hurt so bad, I couldn't move or cry. I just lay there praying. Finally I managed to get up and somehow got inside and put ice on my face. The pain was so bad I just sat in shock, I guess. Husband came home and freaked out. My right eye was shut, purple, nose, cheek, scabbed up. Hours later the blood pooled into my jaw and neck. I looked like a monster. My face pulled down. My mouth pulled down. I kept icing it and a few days later my whole right side looked like I had a tennis ball in my mouth. It was hard. So I took clean new very sharp pins and drained a lot of blood out of my cheek. It was brown. I moved pin up to a higher spot and got bright red blood, but less. Moved up higher again and even pushed pin into my mouth through cheek... no, it did not hurt. All I got was clear liquid. Now the lump was half size but hard and no more blood would come out. It's almost one month and I have some swelling I can massage down with heat but comes back the next morning and teeth hurt, ear was numb but is better now. I'm getting tingling and shocking feelings in my cheek. Which is good. I'm giving it a couple more weeks then will go to my Dr. And listen to him chew me out.

[NazarUA]

While relaxing in a nightclub, I was attacked by five guys and I missed a lot of punches on my face. Now three days after the incident. I'm completely numb right side of the nose, the whole half of the upper jaw. And  if the pressure on the bruise near the nose, and immediately feel the crunch and then bleeding from the nose. Tomorrow I go to the doctor,

[NazarUA]

While relaxing in a nightclub, I was attacked by five guys and I missed a lot of punches on my face. Now three days after the incident. I'm completely numb right side of the nose, the whole half of the upper jaw. And  if the pressure on the bruise near the nose, and immediately feel the crunch and then bleeding from the nose. Tomorrow I go to the doctor,

[dedas]

Got punched in the right side of my face around 6-7 times in a sparring match and I also got the same area numbness. 1 week now and I've only recovered about 30-40% of the feeling.

What I found is if I try to stretch my mouth towards the opposite side (like im trying to kiss my left cheek with my lips without moving my head, if that helps) I get a stabbing pain in the numb area BUT after doing that there are parts that are no longer numb.

So instead of just massaging try to make facial expressions slowly that engage the damaged nerves.

In my case is puckering my lips and moving them towards the opposite cheek trying to extend them as much as possible.

Good luck everyone.

[mpoulas]

so 16 days after the accident and i already started to feel my face, the numb is going away so good news! :) it takes times but be patient people Human bodies needs time to heal

[Stroppymare]

I got hit in the face by half a ton of horse a week ago (unexpected gas gun bird scarier went off in the field opposite my stable yard and I happened to be in the wrong place). I don't know if to laugh or cry at some of these comments; numb lip, teeth, side of nose...maybe I'll get lucky and it will start tingling ...fingers crossed :((