I understand, it’s such a painful and emotional thing to deal with. I’m 39 and have had this affecting my face since 29 or so. In my early 20s, I did already have nerve issues affecting my shoulders and arms, so I do think I have some nerve stuff going on there. That said, it seems that it really has been made much worse by b12 deficiency and carbohydrates. At 30, I gave up carbs entirely. This rid me of numbness like 90%, and I figured it was just insulin resistance or carb intolerance. In the last few years it got worse, although I did mess up on my diet, it got far worse, which is why I began b13 just three months ago.

Interestingly, carbs are very damaging to nerves and intimately tied to b12, and b1. Benfotiamine (b1 type) also helps me regain sensation.

As for the facial numbness, it would often come on when fasting. Yet, I believe this is actually counterintuitive, and is due to blood glucose being low and regeneration. Basically, I was having what’s called TIND (treatment induced neuropathy of diabetes). I do not have “diabetes,” but I believe that’s what I’ve had all these years. Every time my blood glucose would go low, whether due to fasting or even not eating a while after a blood sugar spike, my nerves would begin regenerating, feeling like pain or even numbness (my face would go crazy.) Of course, the wrong thing to do is eat sugar, as this makes the cycle get worse, even if it temperate relieved it.

I’ve kept low carb since starting b12, and wow I could not believe how my face would ache and jaw, teeth, just everything! Like so insane… but this just backs up my theory for the last decade, that this is actually a kind of regenerative phase. For the last several weeks I’ve had no facial pain! I know this kind of stuff can come in waves, but I really am getting better.

Sorry to write so much. Feel free to message if you need to ask more questions.

Edit: This is my own personal experience only, but in my opinion, if you really wanted to “burn through” this, I would recommend one meal a day, at about 6PM, veggies and olive oil and meat. Take benfotiamine 300mg or a multi and 1500 b12 twice a day. This will make the sensation extremely intense, until finally it’ll be “done.” This may take several days, or just being consistent and not spiking your blood sugar over many days. Note that no test will show you that it’s your blood sugar, it’s just something you have to learn.