Regaining Your Smile with Bell's Palsy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2021
- Learn some techniques and find out what to work on to regain your smile following onset of Bell's palsy.
How you can improve eyebrow raising when you suffer from facial paralysis.
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I am struggling to smile after i recovered from Bell's palsy. Your videos are very helpful. I am massaging my face as u taught. Hope will be recover soon.( longing to get back my smile) No words to thank u sir.Thank u very much
Are you healed already?
how far along are you since onset of facial paralysis?
@@ButheauPhysiotherapyafter more than 10 years, do those massages and sets could return smile back?😢
@@Trek0101yea budd
Thank you sooo much I like your gentle and helpful techniques 😊
Thank you thank you I am so glad I found you.
massage and strecthing first.
closed lip, 25% contraction smile,
low speed, low contracion
5:07 streching start, 30senconds
20230617 thanks a lot
I've jus seen your video an I will be doin those exercises to regain smile in my bell pasly stage
Very helpful thanks
God bless you !!!
Thank you I’m so grateful I found your videos
8 years ago I had Bells and now struggling with synkinesis
Thanks so much for helping me show the exercise it's very helpful
Thank you 🙏 for the video
I’m in the acute stage and wanting to do my own Pt until my appointment is confirmed.
Very helpful and professional.
You seem so compassionate and educated..... I appreciate 🙏 You. .. I am a new Subscriber and I am so excited You give me Hope 😊
Thank you for sharing your video. I am on my three weeks on this ball's palsy and having a hard time smiling and closing my right eye.
THIS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, please continue gifting us with videos for smiling and also how to control and open our eye fully when smiling? My eye is closing when I smile big (with open mouth)
thank you forever :)
Thank you so much. I developed Bells palsy In January of this year and have had a hard time finding a dr. to help me so I've been going online. My face muscles are starting to come back but now I am having problems with my speech and my eye closing when I eat. My muscles feel like they are pulling tight on my affected side especially when I'm talking. I am going ro join your FB page , but wanted to say thank you for doing the stretches on here. I followed along with you and think they just might help! It's been a long hard haul for me and very depressing knowing my face might never come back all the way.🥺 Trying to stay positive.
Your very welcome! Stay positive, be proactive.
Thanks for sharing,❤❤❤
thank you so much
Just days ago I was hit with the Palsy. I am currently on the viral steroids to clear up any infection but I feel I need to work on the muscles. I hope your ideas work for me. Thank you for posting these exercises.
You do not need to work on the muscles this early on. You have to let the nerve heal so it can carry a nerve signal back to the muscles. You cannot move a muscle that does not ahve the appropriate amount of nerve signal to it.
Focus on stretching and massaging your face.
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy ok. thank you.
The excellent & most educative video on Bell's Palsy...that I have ever come across.Thank U so much.God bless U my respected dear🙏
Thank you for your help. You have helped me more than the Dr's and physical therapist I am going to. I am so grateful I found you and your videos.
I feel like there's hope.
Am also struggling with my face to return to normal, videos are really helping me
Good evening. Thank you so much. Just got this last week. Unable to smile. Honestly, your video is so helpful. Tq for your time in the midst of your busy schedule
thanks so much
I have been to therapy and have watched many videos for my BP.
thank you.
Thanks for the video, I hope it will help me with my smile after years of Bell palsy suffering,God bless
Am in the first stage , just felt it 3 days ago, Have been following your massage tips and it’s really helping 🙏🏻😊, hope to regain full control of my face ✨
update??
Any update?
Great information thank u Doctor
Your welcome
Thank you so much
Your welcome!
Thank you 🙏
I've been having bells pasley for 2years my smile has taken my self esteem I hope this clip will help😭
I cannot express how grateful I feel that you are making these videos for us. I don't have Facebook so I am glad that you showed these exercises here on YT. I am following all of your advice and a week later, I can already notice a difference. I never imagined I'd be happy to see my frown lines again - they are equal on my forehead now. The main issue I am having is with my smile and retraining my eyelid but I remain positive thanks to your videos and patience is key. Thank you so much.
You got it. BP recovery is slow. Keep being patient .
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy after 14years can i still heal from bell's palsy
Do we need to do this exercise on both sides or only in the affected side? Plz must reply that will really help me
Thanks so much! Can you suggest help for lower lip that doesn’t move down?
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I have permanent facial palsy. I have had it for most of my life. I have to massage and stretch my face several times a day to be able to smile. And when I do smile my eyes still look the same. The worst part for me is the negativity that I experience from other people who don't understand my situation. Everybody has been brain washed into believing that anybody who looks like me has bad mental problems or they're a danger to society. Oh well it is what it is.
I hear you. Facial paralysis and sequelae is a tough thing to live with. Who have you work with to address your symptoms?
I am struggling with a bell's palsy since 5years ago litteraly i tried everything i saw in videos also i tried many kinds of treatment techniques but i see your exercises are different then i saw before i hope it can help still have synkenis
you need to be assessed to figure out what stretch then what neuromuscular retraining you need to do. Cannot treat synkinesis on your own, it is too complicated.
is this massage can do after healed BP stage?,my smile cant symetric especially on upper lips area(its feel loose/tender),and also while i pouting my mouth,the pout is imperfect and when i moving my lips to left my eye lids feels moving involuntary do you any advice?
I am feeling tickling in ear after 2 months. When I am trying to kove laffected side muscles. Is it a good sign??
Hello. It’s been 1 year. I recovered a lot but my down lips still don’t open and I can’t laugh like before. Please can you guide what should i do for my down lip muscle movement.
Some times I feel sad 😔because my smile is the thing that messes up my family pictures.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for helping me through this journey your videos your words, your kind heart that I feel through the video has been so helpful. My smile is coming back and I’m hopeful and I don’t think I could’ve done it without you. Thank you.
You're very welcome! Glad I could help
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy should my ear be sounding like I’m underwater after 30 days will that get better?
@@AlexRamirez-du8yl no. I highly suggest you consult with an otolaryngologist / ENT about this.
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy ok 👌 thank you for getting back to me again I’m so grateful for your TH-cam information. It’s been a blessing. I can’t say it enough
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Thank you very much. You are the first one with such helpful exercises. I have synkenisis for six years now. What do you suggest? Unable to smile and raise my eye brow on affected side (right side).
I cannot give you advice on synkinesis without an assessment. Everyone’s condition is different.
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy how can I contact you? I am in UK.
@@noora2659 hi Noor.
pierre@butheauphysio.com
Большое спасибо за видео!
your welcome
I have had bells palsy for almost 15 years. It's been the most challenging year of my life. I still don't lose hope that I will fully recuperate🙏 thank you for the videos its anything that I can do to help me heal faster ?
You need to be evaluated to find out about all the possible options. Just like for any other medical diagnosis
I had a left side palysis of my face after aneurysm surgery on my left neck now I can not smile , wrinkle the left side or move my left nostril it's three weeks now ..what's should I do
Hi, got mine a week ago. Went to ER because it was a Saturday night. I'm on meds is it still necessary to see a neurologists? I made a appointment but it's 2 weeks out. These suggestions of exercises will help me so can't I just follow these. And not waste hundreds of dollars on PT. Your opinion would be greatly appreciated thank you
If you are on steroids and antivirals, that is a good start… but depends on other synptoms… can you close your eye, is it irritated? Do you have pain? ( definitely needs to be further assessed if that is the case)… i would not see a regular PT… unless they are facial therapist as well.
I happened to be both… there is a lot of education that should take place in beginning… so definitely not a waste… but you of course have to see the right therapist… but you are early on… relax … look at the other videos for further info
I have it from 13 years ago but I never tried can it be fixed now. Although it is much better than before but can I fix it completely.
you have had synkinesis for 13 years?
How many times daily should one do these exercises thank you very much?
Facial rehab is about precision and control. Never about strength. The face also gets tired very quickly, decreasing the quality of the exercise. So, I would only do a sets of 10 or 15 reps… and do this 3 times a day. I cannot repeat this enough… Slow, symmetrical and precise.
If you have synkinesis, do not go i to the range that recreates it.
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy Thank You so so much, I am from Nigeria and just experiencing Ramsay hurt, resulting to Bell's palsy.
I’m dealing with synkynises at the moment and don’t know what to do. Is there anything you recommend?
So am I, if you find anything let me know
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@@mohamedwaleed_19 these are two videos that I found that have been helping although progress has been slow. Even then it’s still progress
@@sleepytimemeditation3618 Thank you ❤
Thank you for the video , I’ve started doing the exercises but my top lip doesn’t seem to want to move I can’t show my teeth any exercise for this ?
Do you have any movement at all in your lip?
No I can’t show my teeth my lips move at the corners when I smile but they don’t move up to show my teeth like before , and sometime when eating I bite my lip on the affected side
I must add I can pout my lips and whistle and I can purse them too but I think it’s with help from my bottom lip
If I hold my bottom lip I can’t move my top lip
@@hayleyseal3020 if there is no movement of the lip, dont try to move them. You got to let the nerve heal to get some conduction back before you attempt moving lips slowly and with control. Concentrate on stretching cheeks, around lips to endure face is symmetrical at rest and no tightness or fibrotic tissue is settling.
Please answer when I do pout or "O" exercise all the pout muscles gather on the strong side..I did massage on the chin area also but it's not helping..what to do 😣
I cannot answer that questions without seeing your presentation
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I did this for the tight muscles in the chin area
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy muscles are loosen but my lips are still not fuller and the problem is that the water is still drooling from my mouth..please guide about the drooling..it would be really helpful of you
@@sleepy_tinkergirl to prevent drooling, you need a better lip seal. Look for the video on pouting and puckering.
Are you recovered fully?
Hi. I had Bell's Palsy a Year Ago and I Don't have good symmetry in my smile. Now I have synkinesis.... Can I recover the symmetry in my smile?
You can certainly make some improvement yes. That depends on your presentation, cannot fully answer this without knowing more.
I wish I will regain also my smile.
Does it helped...how are you know
how can i have ur consultation i am from bangladesh
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Hi,is it possible that I can regain my smile back after 4years?
Possibly. I don't have enough information nor I did an assessment to be able to tell you that.
somethings wrong with my eyelid when smiling
I had mind for 5 years is there hope for me
Yes there's is !
I just went in for a simple dental filling on a bottom moler ,she had to numb me obviously it hurt and burnt ,went home started worry numbness wasn’t leaving eye wouldn’t close ,she’s has no clue how why! But I looked up a lot maybe she hit a nerve ,or injected into nerve …either way it’s awful went to ER got steroids,and antiviral 😢
I have partial paralysis on the right side of my face caused by a facial neuroma on the 7th cranial nerve. It cannot be removed. It was discovered in 1997 and I had decompression surgery. After the surgery I was very paralyzed on the right side of my face but over the years, the paralysis was much better meaning, not so noticeable, that is, until I had botox in my forehead and when I complained of other facial wrinkles the injector, forgeting I was already paralyzded , injected a small amount of botox in the wrinkles under my eyes and under my lower lip. 7 days later the whole right corner of my mouth was pinched together. She paralyzed an already paralyzed muscle!!! It is wearing off very very very slowly. It is now been 6 months!!!! I suppose because the paralyzed muscle does not move a lot and the effects are lasting! Please help me with more exercises so I can get my regular paralyzed face back.
sorry to hear that. Botox injections can be helpful in some case, when they are placed correctly. And sadly the opposite is way too common. I teach and show in details reeducation for all facial muscles in my tutorial, available here: www.butheauphysio.com/bells-palsy-treatment-at-home.html
I had brain surgery back in 2017 to remove an acoustic neuroma tumour and have been left with left side facial palsy. Sounds familiar to your story? How are you doing now?
I have synkinesis 😔
my bellspalsy since 4 months but not recovery smiling is not feel please help exercise s
have you tried any of what is shown in video?
www.butheauphysio.com/blog/regaining-your-smile-with-bells-palsy
Are you recovered?
I've been doing various exercises and have not seen ANY improvement over a month of being diagnosed with BP. This sucks.
I know it is rough but I can only encourage you to be patient as the nerve can take time to heal. Have you consulted with a facial nerve specialist or physician to address your symptoms ( eye not closing/ being dry, etc...) also you should not be exercising your face if you do not have any movement.
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5:40 Is it on the affected side ?
I’m experiencing headache on my left side and pain behind the my ear. Can’t close my left eye or smile. Is it strong or Bell’s palsy?
Any one please reply to my comment 😢
You need to see a doctor. It could be Bell's OPalsy or something else. You ll need medication as your first step.
Does Bell’s opalsy patients experience headaches??
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy does Bell’s palsy patients experience headache too??
One side headache..
Please answer me
@@Nhia.l YES they can
Please answer when I do pout or "O" exercise all the pout muscles gather on the strong side..I did massage on the chin area also but it's not helping..what to do 😣
There are probably some others muscles to work on, stretch, massage. It’s been a month, any improvement now?
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy yes there is improvement now in my smile..
@@ButheauPhysiotherapy now the problem is with my paralyzed eye..I've been following your massage video of eye..but the problem is with the lower lid..due to that my eye is still slow..I hope it too gets better
@@sleepy_tinkergirlWhere is the video to help the eye pls.
@@trish2687 just keep massaging normally with some good cleanser or moisturiser it'll relax the muscles and help in movement