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 ...

Facial nerve disorders can significantly impact your quality of life, affecting how you speak, eat, drink, and express emotion. A facial nerve disorder results from damage to the nerves controlling ...

Facial nerve paralysis describes weakness in the muscles on one or both sides of your face that causes an inability or reduced ability to smile, blink, or control other facial movements. It happens ...

Many people have asymmetrical faces, and the asymmetry can range from very mild to severe. On an asymmetrical face, the features don’t line up exactly or create a mirror image on both sides of your ...

Your brainstem hosts multiple cranial nerves. The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It controls your facial movements and expressions. The nerve fibers controlled by your facial nerve also ...

Most people with Bell’s palsy recover within a few weeks. An improvement in facial expressions or facial tingling may indicate recovery. However, if there is severe damage to the facial nerve, ...

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 ...

Bell’s palsy is a neurological condition that affects the facial nerve on one side of your face, resulting in paralysis or weakness. One way to help improve muscle strength and movement control is ...

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 ...