My daughter, Emily, had her two bypass surgeries in June 2008.  I noticed a few weeks ago that her eyebrows seem to protrude a little and she can't move her forehead!!!  She cannot lift her eyebrows at all.  I did call and email Teresa who said that this can happen.  As I was looking over the site I thought, "I wonder if this has happened to anyone else on here?"  I'm not panicked or anything just curious.  Teresa said that sometimes nerves are cut during the surgery and they will grow back very slowly over time.  I was just curious if anyone else has experienced this!!!

Audrey

Yes this has happened to me also.  Nerves regenerate at a very slow rate.  Depending on the severity of damage, about 1 inch per month. My left side surgery gave me eye lid droop (tsosis) also, which I had corrected somewhat by additional surgery.  I had my STA-MCA surgeries in Feb. 2006 and have some of the movement back but not very much.  My left side surgery involved cutting the temporal/mandibular area (closer to the eye socket) instead of temporal area, because of problems during that surgery.   So it was actually a double left sided surgery.  Dr Steinberg told me after the surgery that he thought I would rather have a visible scar and nerve damage, than a stroke.  I quess I have to agree with him.  So what if I only look surprised on the right side of my face..haha.  It is just one of the adverse effects from STA-MCA bypass surgery.  The adverse effects of the surgery is much better than the possible effects of not having it. Hopefully your daughter will do alright.....some excercise of the facial/forehead muscle will make controlling the forehead easier.  But untill the healing or regeneration is complete she will still have loss of sensation and movement.  Good Luck to you and your daughter, Emily.