Q Is a complete cure possible with Korean medicine treatment alone, without surgery?
A Complete resolution varies greatly from person to person and is hard to guarantee, but reducing spasm frequency and intensity to a level that does not disrupt daily life is achievable in a substantial number of patients. The earlier and milder the case, the better the treatment response.
Detailed Answer
The curative treatment for hemifacial spasm is microvascular decompression (MVD), which has a long-term success rate of around 85%. It is difficult to remove the structural cause itself, the vascular-nerve compression, with Korean medicine treatment alone. However, by raising the nerve's overexcitability threshold and improving the body's overall state of tension and inflammation, a realistic goal is to create a state in which spasms occur less even with the same compression present. It is a sufficiently meaningful option for those who do not want surgery, elderly patients at high surgical risk, and patients in the mild, early stage.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
It is difficult to say "the spasm has completely disappeared with Korean medicine treatment," but the realistic outcome of treatment is a shift from "I'm afraid to go out because of the spasm" to "it twitches occasionally, but I can go about my daily life." That alone makes a great difference to quality of life.
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