IPhoto Faces Missing After Lion 10.7.4 Update

I got a system update on my iMac Mid-2011 21.5" computer last night - it was for OS X Lion 10.7.4. However, after completing the update successfully, iPhoto has lost all of my face tags. All of my photos are still present in iPhoto (in events and photos), but the face tags are missing.
Is there any way to recover the face tags? I've tried using Time Machine to restore my iPhoto Library, but that didnt seem to work.
Thanks!

Thanks so much for trying to help! Unfortunately, I've tried that - I do have backups in Time Machine, but overwriting doesnt seem to fix the problem. Also, my iPhoto Library file doesnt even have a file named face_blob.db .
Actually, what I found worked was to move the iPhoto library to the desktop, move the Cache folder in Library to the desktop as well as the iPhoto preferences file (com.apple.iphoto.pref) in the Preferences folder. Then, restart the computer into recovery mode and repair the Macintosh HD hard drive. Once the computer starts up again, restore the iPhoto library from a backup date before the problem occurred. Fixed it for me! But I feel like its a temporary fix... we'll have to wait and see I guess

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