i recently slammed face first into a parked truck and had a cut above my eyebrow, a cut below my eye and bled out my nose, i am still numb on that side of my nose, top part of my mouth and teeth and a bit under my eye, should i get the feeling back or have a destroyed a nerve, it was worse and has gotten a bit better its been about 2 and a half weeks ago
Hello, I hope that I can help answer your question. I think you are correct in your assumption that you damaged a nerve. The branches of the fifth and seventh cranial nerves supply the face. These nerves can be damaged either directly (as in you crushed the nerve during the accident), or they can be compressed by swelling of the tissues of the face. Either way, the feeling will probably come back. Any Nerve, outside of brain/spinal cord, can regenerate, but it often does so quite slowly. For example, for nerves above the shoulders, they grow about 1/5-1/2 mm per day. As the sensation returns to your face, you should experience so increased tingling in the areas that may be quite annoying. But don't worry, this is part of the healing process.