Facial paralysis occurs when a nerve that controls your facial movements becomes damaged. As a result, a portion of your face may feel weak, or you may be unable to move it. Some types of facial ...

Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD Key Takeaways Facial nerve paralysis often causes weakness on one side of the face.Bell's palsy is a common cause of facial nerve paralysis and is linked to ...

Usually, the brain moves muscles by sending them signals through the nerves. It is an automatic process that people do not even notice happening. Sometimes, an interruption to this process leads to ...

Sudden facial paralysis or drooping of the face can be alarming because those are often signs of a stroke. If you have these symptoms, you should seek medical help right away. If it’s determined that ...

For patients undergoing nerve transfer surgery for facial palsy, Botox injections can improve facial symmetry by reducing overactivity of the muscles on the unaffected side, suggests a study in the ...

SEATTLE — The ability to express our many emotions on our faces is something we might take for granted. It is something humans do every second of every minute of our lives. But certain medical ...

And if this was Bell’s palsy, why wasn’t there improvement after a full year? By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “I don’t want everybody to see my face,” the 64-year-old woman told her mother-in-law over the phone ...