ANA Discussion Forum
Post-Treatment => Facial Issues => Topic started by: 4cm in Pacific Northwest on July 19, 2010, 08:53:38 pm
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Holy doodle! :o
Here it is only weeks away from my 3-year post op anniversary and my dead paralyzed forehead starts to move, this week, and we can now actually see some forehead wrinkles returning... 8)
So those of you who think that after one year of no movement it is totally hopeless (and have been told this by a doctor) :-\ ... question that thought.
In the past few months I have asked my husband to message the head between the forehead and the crown (pulling the hair up and scrunching it -to pull up on the skin and muscles) and down on toward the neck ...
Low and behold something is now finally firing- almost 3 years later!
Here are some links to facial muscle images
Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lateral_head_anatomy.jpg
Here are the labels on the muscles- on this wiki image
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Gray378.png
I asked him to pull the hair up (and hold) on the following muscles:
Frontalis (above the hairline only)
Galea Apncurrotica
aurculas sup
occipitalis
I also found that when he does this it almost always relieves any headaches I have (so far I have avoided medications for headaches.) I think the retrosygmoid headaches are caused by the muscle going into the titanium mesh (ie the craniatomy hole seal) and catching on it… it seems when my husband pulls the hair up (along side the skin and muscle) it may be moving the muscle off and away from the mesh plate.
Hmm- maybe I am on to something here. :-\ ???
Something is working for me 8) - so I thought I would share with you all… in hope it may work for others too.
DHM
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Holy doodle is right!
That is excellent news! Good info too (as usual ;) )
Happy for you. Keep the exercises going an let us know if you continue to have forehead movement.
Maureen
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Fantastic news, DHM,
What a test case you have been, and we all appreciate your willingness to share these milestones! You are an inspiration!! Continued healing!!!
Jackie
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Hey my Dazy hazy mazy!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-* :-* :-* :-*
KUDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pls keep us updated! FAB news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xo
Pearly Whites! ;D
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Snaps for you!!
K :D
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Hiya
Thank you for posting that. It does feel me with hope that one day I will start to get some movement. The doctors have always said to me that after 2 years the facial muscles die so there would be no improvement. How wrong are they!!
Thank you again
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hi what other exercises did you try over the years , am still seeing changes 3.5 years laterx
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Congratulations on your new movement. It's good to hear that it is also helping your headaches. It seems like there is always hope for new movement.
Jean
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Woo Hoo!! So glad to hear that. I was just wondering since I am 19 months out and still have no forehead movement if there was just no hope now. Wrong! Do you have any movement in your eyebrows? I have been contemplating having an eyebrow lift. I'm tired of the darn thing being so droopy and getting lost in the crease of my eye. So glad to hear from you who are still getting movement years after surgery. Keep us posted!
Julie
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DHM ~
Congratulations ! Thanks for sharing, not only the progress you've seen in your facial movements, but the inspiration inherent in that news.
Jim
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I'm on my lunch break & see this post. WHOO HOO is right !!! You just made my day !! CONGRATULATIONS !! 'You've come a long way baby!'
Always good thoughts, Nancy
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That is very encouraging thanks for sharing!
Clink - here's to more movement!
Michelle ;D
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That's fantastic! My facial therapist told me the forehead would never move again and if mine did, she would write a case study on me. I'm sending her your way! :)
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I missed this also >:(
I am so happy for you!!! ;D
Anne Marie
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Congradulations !... :D
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This is so hopeful. Thanks for sharing. I haven't been on ANA forum in such a long time and am now 14-months post-op.....I need to get back at it....I can see what I'm missing. I, too, have absolutely no forehead movement on my AN side and told it would not likely return. I'm going to start pulling on my hair! I've always been a candidate for a forehead lift because I have such droopy lids to begin with, but now being an AN patient and no movement in my brow, it's getting in the way and always feels like something is in my eye. Has anyone else had a forehead lift? I'm battling with the insurance company so it would be covered....surgery is Oct 1 if it's covered. If it's not covered, I'll guess I'll pull my hair more! God Bless all.
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I also have no forehead movement and have the poochy eyelid. I saw an oculopolastic surgeon in May and was told that it was the forehead causing the eyelid and would be a forehead lift and would be considered cosmetic. I have not gone on to battle with the ins as am not really sure who I might want to fix it. I was not happy with how this dr acted but he may be the best experienced. I was found to have visual impairment that day so do wonder how that is cosmetic! I need to do more about this. I hope your will be covered and you can go ahead with it! Good luck! Cheryl R
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WooHoo!! Just saw this post and wanted to send you a big "Atta-girl!" My own forehead is still stubbornly resisting my attempts to move it, but I remain optimistic. I just cam back from my second visit with Jackie Diels and she also said that it is definitely NOT too late for movement to return. So glad that you are living proof of this! Hugs to you.
Debbi
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Wow, what wonderful news. I also am coming up on my 3yr. anniversary. The only movement I have is an annoying twitch that makes me look like I'm snarling at folks! Bet you never thought you would be glad to see a wrinkle on your forehead! javascript:void(0);
Annette
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Thanks for your encouragement! After seeing two ocuplastic surgeons (one I liked and one I didn't); I've given up on any facial surgery for now since the insurance company won't cover it and one of the ocuplastics actually told me it may be too early and could expose my cornea. I don't want to risk anything happening to my eye since I was just releaved of taping at night every night about two months ago. Yeah! I am pursuing the Baha implant and have surgery planned Nov 8th and hoping it works for me. I hope to meet some of you in Cinncinati next summer! Wish me luck. God Bless.