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Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle contractions on one side of the face. It typically starts with painless but annoying twitching around one eye.

Dear Abby: My boyfriend embarrassed me when he told me to apologize to a woman standing behind him in line at the market. He ...

I have hemifacial spasm (HFS), a relatively rare disorder characterized by random and uncontrollable spasms on one side of ...

I have hemifacial spasm (HFS), a relatively rare disorder characterized by random and uncontrollable spasms on one side of the face.

Hemifacial Spasm (HFS) is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary twitching or contraction of the muscles on one side of the face. It typically results from irritation or compression of ...

But when that persistent eye twitching becomes frequent or spreads across the face, it could signal hemifacial spasm (HFS), or facial muscle spasm, a neurological condition that is marked by ...

With hemifacial spasms, a neuromuscular disorder, an eyelid spasm progresses to incorporate the brow and muscles in the lower face, often pulling the mouth to one side. Eyelid spasms differ from ...

There is also a form of neuromuscular disease, called a hemifacial spasm, that can cause contractions to one side of the face, including the eye. If your eye twitching also causes difficulty ...