The face's sensory nerves are almost exclusively branches of either the 2nd or 5th cranial nerve bundles. A neurologist can determine which nerve bundle is suspect, and then devise appropriate treatment. BoTox, microdecompression surgery, electrical stimulation, radiofrequency lesioning, and other sugical interventions may be worth looking into. Medications are commonly tried, with Tegretol leading the pack for facial neuralgias. Please visit a good pain doctor or neurologist as soon as possible to get relief as soon as possible!
Jcverive,
The pain is in the left front of my head; the side in which was injured in the accident; constant pressure is felt, with very sharp shooting pains that occur quite often (usually at least once a day). Thank you for your advice.
Can you give the location of the pain (top of head, forehead, back of head by neck, left side, right side, around ears/temples, etc.), and can you describe the pain (sharp, dull, constant, throbbing, stabbing, electric shock, cutting, etc.)?
Post-traumatic headache is very common, especially when the head and/or neck have been affected. Sometimes the pain lingers for months after trauma, and often the pain just seems to come out of nowhere years after trauma.
I recommend that you see a pain clinic doctor, as regular physicians and even neurologists are rarely as knowledgeable as pain clinic doctors when it comes to treating post-traumatic pain (especially in regards to non-pharmaceutical treatment modalities).
Best of luck.