{"id":2180059,"date":"2025-11-28T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2180059"},"modified":"2025-11-28T17:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:19:05","slug":"bristol-palin-gives-disappointing-update-on-facial-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bristol-palin-gives-disappointing-update-on-facial-paralysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Palin gives disappointing update on facial paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bristol Palin revealed she still has a \u201ccrooked face\u201d one year after developing a neurological disorder that caused facial paralysis. <\/p>\n<p>Palin, 35, took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to do a Thanksgiving \u201cfit check\u201d with her 7-year-old daughter, Atlee, in which she gave the disappointing update.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack skinnies, black long sleeve, same denim shirt I wear all the time, vintage Louis Vuitton,\u201d she listed off before concluding with, \u201cand still a crooked face.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bristol Palin revealed she still has a \u201ccrooked face\u201d one year after developing a neurological disorder that caused facial paralysis.  <span class=\"credit\">bsmp2\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Palin took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to do a Thanksgiving \u201cfit check\u201d with her daughter, Atlee, in which she gave the disappointing update. <span class=\"credit\">bsmp2\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The daughter of Sarah Palin <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/30\/celebrity-news\/worried-bristol-palin-reveals-facial-paralysis-from-neurological-disorder\/\">first shared her condition<\/a> back in January and said it was \u201cbrought on by stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up nine days ago with a little weird sensation in my face,\u201d the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/02\/bristol-palin-quits-teen-mom-og\/\">\u201cTeen Mom OG\u201d alum<\/a>\u00a0said via Instagram Stories at the time. \u201cMy mouth was pulling this way, and it just felt a little off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin a couple of hours, the entire left side of my face was numb and just paralyzed,\u201d she continued. \u201cI couldn\u2019t really blink my eye, definitely had no movement on the side of my face. So crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBlack skinnies, black long sleeve, same denim shirt I wear all the time, vintage Louis Vuitton,\u201d she listed off before concluding with, \u201cand still a crooked face.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">bsmp2\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The daughter of Sarah Palin first shared her condition back in January and said it was \u201cbrought on by stress.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">bsmp2\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former reality TV star subsequently underwent a CT scan, had tests done and was prescribed \u201csteroids and other medications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained, \u201cNothing came back, they think it\u2019s just a case of Bell\u2019s palsy maybe brought on by stress or lack of sleep\u2026 I think it was brought on by stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristol said that although her face was looking \u201ccrazy,\u201d she had already seen \u201csuch an improvement from what [she] was looking like\u201d\u00a0initially and started to \u201cget some of the sensation back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother of three noted that the process is \u201ca little painful,\u201d but that discomfort is \u201ca sign or indication it\u2019s starting to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former reality TV star subsequently underwent a CT scan, had tests done and was prescribed \u201csteroids and other medications.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">bsmp2\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Although the mom of three hasn\u2019t made the full recovery she hoped for, she has been able to look at her condition through a more positive lens. <span class=\"credit\">bsmp2\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since then, Bristol has continued to share her facial paralysis journey with her followers, despite not making the full recovery she hoped for. <\/p>\n<p>Bristol \u2014 who has been transparent about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/05\/27\/bristol-palin-reveals-her-tummy-tuck-scar-on-instagram\/\">getting multiple cosmetic procedures<\/a> \u2014 has been able to look at the condition from a more positive lens though, sharing that she will never again \u201cpick [her]self apart\u201d over her appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[When I feel insecure], I am gonna remember this and just be so thankful for a normal functioning face because this has been wild,\u201d she said.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/30\/celebrity-news\/worried-bristol-palin-reveals-facial-paralysis-from-neurological-disorder\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Palin revealed she still has a \u201ccrooked face\u201d one year after developing a neurological disorder that caused facial paralysis. Palin, 35, took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to do a Thanksgiving \u201cfit check\u201d with her 7-year-old daughter, Atlee, in which she gave the disappointing update. \u201cBlack skinnies, black long sleeve, same denim shirt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2180060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[419710,347142,24003,355137,24758],"class_list":["post-2180059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bristol-palin","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-news","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-reality-stars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bristol-Palin-gives-disappointing-update-on-facial-paralysis.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2180059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2180061,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180059\/revisions\/2180061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}