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Fell with my glasses on 2.5 weeks ago and have since experienced localized numbness (size of quarter) lateral to my left eye, just before my hairline.
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Nerve recovery: There are small sensory fibers that originate from larger sensory nerve in the area, the auriculotemporal nerve, most likely that may take time to recover....
Answered 2/21/2015
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Local nerve injury: Sounds like you may have injured one of the small nerve fibers of the facial nerve directly related to the trauma. Should resolve with time - but could require several weeks.
Answered 2/3/2015
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