5 Point patches work great IN A.M.  for getting those imposibly subtle shape smoothing effects... (I avoid using them because...) They do not convert well in other applications. There is a great tutorial here <A href="http://www.hash.com/hashfaqs/">http://www.hash.com/hashfaqs/</A>  & here <A href="http://www.lowrestv.com/arm/search3.asp?bob=Tips%20and%20Tricks&SortBy=DateAdded%20desc">http://www.lowrestv.com/arm/search3.asp?bob=Tips%20and%20Tricks&SortBy=DateAdded%20desc</A>

If you have resolved this issue, I apologize for my late response.  What it looks like is that while the 5-point patches are a fun thing to play with in animation master, the place that you are trying to use it is not appropiate, as in there is no closure for the model, which is why the patch seems to disappear on you.  Also the 5-point patch that you have on what looks like the eye socket will cause you some issues when it comes to animating the face, as most point will bunch together whenever a character smiles and to have a single point sitting there at that angle will cause a "tear" in the model.