# Can you feel the elongated styloids in your mouth? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 5, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/can-you-feel-the-elongated-styloids-in-your-mouth/21802 "2026-01-05T20:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Arb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/arb/32/13169_2.png) [@Arb](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Arb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/can-you-feel-the-elongated-styloids-in-your-mouth/21802/5 "2026-01-07T08:37:52Z")
> These could also be your pterygoid hamulus processes which are in the area of the soft palate which you described. Hmm, it could be those… Today I pressed with my tongue against one of them and the left side of my face got a bit numb (maybe it’s a nervous reaction, I don’t know). I got scared but fortunately it went back to normal after some time. Regarding potential refuse to do operation it’s rather unfortunate news ☹ As I wrote [elsewhere](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/is-face-swelling-dangerous-for-people-with-es/21492) I was supposed to have a double jaw surgery but these potential ES is an obstacle. If the second surgerone doesn’t remove the styloids, the first one won’t perform a double jaw surgery – I waited two years for this and it required special orthodontic preparation, braces, extractions etc… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/can-you-feel-the-elongated-styloids-in-your-mouth/21802)._