Milne fractured his cheekbone in the first quarter at Subiaco but fought on to help his side over the line.
He then had to make his way home from Perth to Melbourne by car and train, before recovering to play against Adelaide the following week.
Speaking more than a week after the injury, Milne said his face was starting to return to normal.
"It's still a little bit sore but it's feeling a lot better than it has the last couple of weeks. There was a bit of swelling after the Crows game but I'm starting to look normal," Milne told saints.com.au.
Milne had injured the other side of his face at the same ground against West Coast just three weeks earlier. He dismisses suggestions of bravery and says he simply got on with the job at hand.
"I knew something was wrong but it couldn't be a lot more damaged if I got hit there again. I got the all-clear from the doc and once you get that you just keep going," he said.
"I put it out of my mind. It's a plate and it has made it a lot stronger. The other one wasn't as bad as we first though so we just had to pop it back out."
Not normally known for his consistency, Milne has been one of his side's best players in the second half of the season, which he attributes in part to being dropped to Casey Scorpions in round 13.
"I suppose everyone needs a kick up the bum at some stage and I know there were a couple of my efforts in the Sydney game (the week before he was dropped) that weren't up to scratch," he said.
"I went back and took my medicine in the twos. I came back and I've been playing some okay footy and the team's being playing really well in the last two months leading into the finals."
One of the major reasons for Milne's temporary demotion was a lack of defensive pressure in the forward 50, which he says has been a focal point for him in the lead-up to September.
"The tackling is part of my game that has been a lot better the last two months and I've got to keep that going because it could make a difference in finals," he said.
For a player who has booted more than 40 goals a season in four of his last seven years at AFL level, Milne has faced several crossroads in his career, one of which came when the Saints traded for fellow goal sneak Adam Schneider from the Sydney Swans.
But the two small forwards have gelled together as the season draws to a close – booting 17 goals between them in the past four weeks of football.
"Schneids has been a great asset for us this year," Milne said.
"He's had a few injuries here and there but the last few weeks he has played some really good footy and we're working well together."
Milne is often he is one of the media scapegoats when the Saints have a flat spot, but says he has worked hard to disprove the theory that he does not perform in big games.
"When I've played well this year, they tend to be big games. The Carlton game and the North game were big games for the club but some critics haven't noticed that. I've got to prove I can play in the big games and I hope to do that this week and in the finals."
