For the first few weeks to months after surgery it is normal to have numbness (decreased feeling to touch, temperature, pain, etc.) in the skin area that is supplied by the donor nerve. For example, if the donor nerve is borrowed from the underneath the brow patients may experience temporary numbness in the skin of the forehead and scalp on that side. This is usually not bothersome to patients. Over time this numbness resolves in the vast majority of patients.