Abstract:Facial nerve injury often results in facial paralysis, which seriously influences patient's appearance and facial function. The condition and will of patient should be taken into account when determining the plan of facial reanimation. With the development of reanimation technique, there are kinds of methods of facial reanimation, which achieve better results. This paper reviews the progress of methods including direct endtoend anastomosis of facial nerve, nerve transplantation, nerve transfer, dual nerve transfer, regional muscle tendon transfer and neurovascular muscle transplantation.