There are several common reasons for the sudden feeling of pins and needles on the face: 1, after using a certain cosmetic, the face appears pins and needles and redness, consider allergies, or cosmetics in a certain chemical stimulation of the skin caused by the immediate use of tap water to clean the cosmetics, after a while this situation will gradually disappear; 2, with facial cleanser to clean the face or mask, the face appears pins and needles feeling, consider the Skin dryness, dehydration, skin epidermis damage, skin barrier function is damaged and caused by this pain is often transient, generally after 2-3 minutes or so pain can disappear; 3, viral infection caused by facial herpes zoster, before the emergence of herpes will also appear bouts of pain, needle-like pain, will last about 2-3 days, in the painful area will have papules, blisters appear.