What this site is for
It exists for one purpose: to let a patient tell an expected sensory change from a nerve problem that needs attention, and to make the findings that need emergency care unmistakable. That is why the emergency routing sits above every explanation on this page, and why the distinction between a feeling problem and a movement problem is the fact the whole site is built on.
What it deliberately does not do
It does not name brands, devices or products: treatments are described by class only. It does not quote prices, dosages or settings, because those are clinical decisions rather than patient information. It does not promise that feeling always returns, it does not present nerve repair as a restoration of normal sensation, and it does not publish an emergency telephone number, a room number or opening hours of its own.
The facts kept visible
Three facts are repeated wherever they are relevant. Numbness around an incision is expected, because small sensory nerves are cut or stretched in almost every operation. Numbness is a feeling problem and weakness is a movement problem, and the second one changes the urgency entirely. And some numbness never fully recovers, which is a limit of the operation rather than a failure of anyone’s recovery.
How the content is reviewed and corrected
Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, is the responsible physician. Every guide is reviewed against his clinical judgement before publication and reviewed again on a six-month cycle. If you find something unclear, out of date or wrong, the contact page explains how to tell us, and corrections are made to the page itself.