Hemifacial Spasm

Overview

Hemifacial spasm is a nervous system disorder in which the muscles on one side of your face twitch involuntarily. Hemifacial spasm may be caused by a blood vessel touching a facial nerve, a facial nerve injury or a tumor, or it may not have a cause.

Why choose Mayo Clinic for hemifacial spasm

• Experience. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in brain and nervous system conditions (neurologists) and brain and nervous system surgery (neurosurgeons) have experience treating hemifacial spasm and other neurological conditions.
• Team approach. Mayo Clinic neurologists, neurosurgeons and other doctors work together to treat your condition.
• Efficient system. Mayo Clinic doctors evaluate your condition and develop your treatment plan in days, not months.
• Research. Mayo Clinic doctors study hemifacial spasm and other neurological conditions and conduct clinical trials.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked high performing for neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report.

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