Coping With Bell's Palsy

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Bell’s Palsy
by: Susan on Fri, Apr 10 2009

I have had Bell’s Palsy since September 06 and my GP was less than helpful. Eventually I paid to have the ectropian in my eyelid corrected and then had it done again on the NHS. The eye hospital referred me to plastic surgey dept in my local hospital where I had a one sided face lift and brow lift. The face lift was absolutely useless. Then I had another cosmetic procedure where the surgeon inserted sutures (Silhouette) into my face. This improved the droop a little but gradually it has started to sag again. I am so fed up with looking like this. I used to be very attractive and even though I am of retirement age I still care about my appearance although I think the docs don’t understand this!!

I am hoping for surgery where a muscle is moved so that one can train the muscles to smile again. Has anyone had surgey who could offer me advice?
Susan

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Sun, Apr 19 2009
can you please contact me, I am considering the brow lift and the face lift also. I would love to ask you some questions. [moderator note: e-mail addr...Read

April 2009

bells palsy - by carol v. - (Thu, Apr 30 2009)
I was 8 months pregnant when the palsy came on me back in 1965. [more..]
Update number 3 - by Sylvia - (Fri, Apr 24 2009)
Welllllllll I see this site is growing and sadly this weird, and mysterious disorder is occuring in more and more people! Anyway I was 95% back to my normal face when the unimagineable happened. I went to the dentist for some work and I told him about my BP that occurred and that I was worried about the novacaine perhaps making my nerve weak again or relapse. [more..]
Youngster - by Bernadette - (Thu, Apr 23 2009)
My 9yr old was just diagnosed with bp yesterday. [more..]
Getting Better and Moving On!!! - by SJA - (Tue, Apr 21 2009)
I shared my story about my BP back in Sept. 2008 and I must say it’s been a L-O-N-G journey. [more..]
Live with the bells palsy - by S. Thomas - (Fri, Apr 10 2009)
So im 18 years old and im in my senior year of high school. as you know the last year can be a stressful time due to college acceptances, test, prom, etc. one day i noticed that i had a really bad ear ache. [more..]
Bell’s Palsy - by Susan - (Fri, Apr 10 2009)
I have had Bell’s Palsy since September 06 and my GP was less than helpful. [more..]
listen to this - by steve - (Thu, Apr 02 2009)
woke up one morning , had no warning but my left side of my face was numb from my eyebrow to my chin then down my neck. [more..]

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