Injury in different branches of your facial nerve can have different results. If your frontal branch is injured, you may have paralysis in your forehead or be unable to move your eyebrow.

Trigeminal neuralgia is an ongoing pain condition that affects certain nerves in your face. You might also hear it called “tic douloureux.” It causes sudden and severe pain that some people ...

The greater petrosal nerve branches off of the facial nerve in the skull. Along with a chain of other nerves, it innervates (provides nerve function to) the lacrimal gland, which produces tears.

"We transferred that nerve to the end branches of the facial nerve and that over a few months provided nerve input into the muscles of facial expression," Bhama said. The results were striking.

However, facial pain can also result from dental problems, infections, and nerve disorders. ... This nerve has three main branches that provide sensations to the scalp, forehead, cheeks, ...

The post-Bell’s palsy HFS may look similar to the idiopathic variety, but voluntary contraction of the facial muscles often results in an involuntary contraction of adjacent muscles due to ...