Although rare, my son’s case did prove that styloids can regrow. Sometimes it isn’t even very clear on the CT. The radiologist who looked at my son’s CT (1 year post surgery) thought maybe it was calcified ligament, but after 2 revision surgeries, the styloid process did indeed regrow to the same length - in one year’s time. Here is my son’s story: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Connecting-the-Dots2
As time goes on and I visit these sites less frequently, I wanted to make sure that his case lives on to help others following in our footsteps. Regrowth is devastating and even harder to convince physicians it can happen. My son’s case will be documented in medical literature as well, but it takes years to be published by the physicians.
Currently, my son is still pain free. His last revision surgery was in 2016. It has been over a year now pain-free. We pray that those bones will NEVER regrow again. Clearly, he was a child with growth spurt when he was feeling good, but no one thought these would / could regrow. Unfortunately, it happened to him. I would never wish this on anyone, but I am glad at least he agreed to share his story so that others have proper information. Never give up.