what does it mean when you can't feel half of your face?
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Different sets of nerves control how your face moves. Any problems with these nerves can take away feeling from a part of your face. That can happen after dental surgery, an injury, or even sleeping in an odd position. Medical conditions also can cause facial numbness.
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If your lips are uneven, it may be due to your facial muscles being underdeveloped or weak. This could be the result of a condition such as Lyme disease, or it could be present from birth. ... Stretch your lips with your lips closed as if you are trying to touch the corners of your mouth to your ears.
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Inability to move limbs below site of injury. Sometimes this includes the neck as well depending on the location of the spinal cord damage or degeneration. Changes in skin sensitivity. Some people with quadriplegia are able to feel sensations on their skin.
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Symptoms of a stroke Face – the face may have dropped on 1 side, the person may not be able to smile, or their mouth or eye may have dropped. Arms – the person with suspected stroke may not be able to lift both arms and keep them there because of weakness or numbness in 1 arm.
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Acne. A dream that involves acne is related to your self-esteem and can cause negative feelings and make you feel uncomfortable and unattractive. If you noticed severe acne on your face, it could indicate that you are facing problems because of your insecurity or worry about how people look at you wherever you go.
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Medical experts believe that stress weakens the immune system and damages the seventh cranial nerve (or the facial nerve) which causes facial paralysis. The condition causes one side of your face to droop or become stiff. A Bell's Palsy patient will face trouble in smiling or closing the eye on the affected side.
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Not everyone has the same skull shape, and normal variations exist among individuals. The skull is not perfectly round or smooth, so it is normal to feel slight bumps and ridges.
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A double chin, also known as submental fat, is a common condition that occurs when a layer of fat forms below your chin. A double chin is often associated with weight gain, but you don't have to be overweight to have one. Genetics or looser skin resulting from aging may also cause a double chin.
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Facial pain may be caused by many different conditions. Sometimes, pain on one side of your face may be caused by TMJ, and some people with facial pain and spasm have trigeminal neuralgia.
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If he had no urge to smile - he would either not smile, or fully smile out of politeness. ... So he was taking half a smile away. That means he wanted to fully smile - and was conscious of the fact he wanted to smile - and decided to reduce the smile AND extend the eye contact. So he reduced it AND lengthened it.
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It might be tiny – they're often felt by a doctor during an exam when they are as small as a half-inch in diameter,” said Tricia Merrigan, MD, breast surgeon with Avera Medical Group Comprehensive Breast Care. “Women often do not find them on their own when they are this small.”
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Loss of facial volume can be a natural result from weight loss, excess sun exposure, smoking, medical conditions, or the aging process. Areas of the face may begin to lose their structural support as natural collagen production declines, along with an individual's youthful appearance.
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Paralysis may affect only the face, an arm or a leg, but most often, one entire side of the body and face is affected. A person who suffers a stroke in the left hemisphere (side) of the brain will show right-sided paralysis, or paresis.
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It is common for anxiety to cause feelings of numbness and tingling. This can occur almost anywhere on the body but is most commonly felt on the face, hands, arms, feet and legs. This is caused by the blood rushing to the most important parts of the body that can aide fight or flight.
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Patients may develop trismus (i.e. the inability to fully open the mouth) and have difficulty with chewing. There may also be bleeding through the nose, which depends on the severity of the injury. The cheekbone of these patients may be flattened due to the malar eminence being depressed.
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Rarely, TMJ will cause numbness in the face. Numbness occurs when the temporomandibular puts pressure on the nearby trigeminal nerve, which carries signals to your forehead and face. When this happens, it may cut off sensory input to these areas, resulting in loss of feeling. Shoulder pain.
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When a guy can't look anyone in the eye when he's speaking to them, it's often because he doesn't feel like he comes up to anyone's level; he doesn't believe he can hold his own with other people. This lack of confidence can be rooted in insecurity over one's physical appearance, or the state of one's mind.