Can facial muscle spasms heal themselves?

  Facial myoclonus is a complex neurological disorder in which the face twitches involuntarily on one half of the face. The patient’s entire face and neck twitches continuously when he or she becomes emotional. The disease is most common in middle-aged and elderly groups, and is more prevalent in women. For patients, this painless disease is not life-threatening, but psychological.  There are many postings on the Internet asking, “Can facial spasm be cured by itself? The answer is no. In thirty years of medical practice, I have never seen a case of facial spasm healing itself. Therefore, patients should be treated early, otherwise it will get worse. The more advanced the disease is, the more difficult it is to treat, and when the condition is severe, it may not be fully controlled even with medication.  From the point of view of clinical symptoms, facial myoclonus patients start with eye twitching (one eye keeps blinking and blinking), with the progress of the disease will accumulate cheeks, and even the jaw and neck, when the mental tension, emotional excitement, facial twitching symptoms will be significantly aggravated. Modern medicine found in the anatomical etiology: more than 90% of patients have facial twitches because the facial nerve root is compressed by abnormal blood vessels, and the pulsation of the blood vessels rubs the facial nerve root, causing abnormal discharge of the facial nerve. Therefore, it is an unrealistic delusion to expect facial spasm to heal on its own.  Facial spasm treatment must be timely and the right method must be chosen. Microvascular decompression is an effective treatment and a safe technique for facial myospasm. Through minimally invasive technology, a small incision is made behind the patient’s ear, under the guidance of a high-definition microscope, without damaging the brain tissue inside the skull, without leaving scars, and within a short time, the blood vessels and nerves can be separated, without taking medication to cure, without side effects and with fast results.  Patients with facial muscle spasm should go to a professional hospital, find an experienced doctor, and go through a regular surgery to treat the disease so as not to bring more trouble to the patient’s life.