Hi,,I just saw your video, and first just let me tell you that you do not look funny,,,,

I can see that your bottom lip is a little bit stronger than mine was and that is a good sign,,,,next you will be able to start moving your cheek muscle and then close your eye,,,but your eye will not fold shut yet but am sure will not be long..

I am into my fourth month now and can now start moving my cheek and start smiling and actually stopped putting a band aid on my eye to sleep as of about 2 weeks ago..

Don`t worry, you will get better soon,,,just keep a positive attitude even though sometimes it `s kinda hard,,,but you will get better soon

Cheers

Hi there, my name is Adrianna and I've had BP almost my entire life so yes it is sometimes permanent. I got it when I was two or three years old and I am turning 19 this year. When I was about to turn 8 I went to a physiotherapist that specialized in BP and after only a month I was told that it would be permanent, but I could do some face exercises daily in order to make it a little less noticeable. As of now I've lost all hope that it will go away. I find that smiling with my mouth closed is less noticeable so in pictures that's what you see me doing. Since I've been working on it for around 15 years it's only really noticeable in extreme emotions, but even then people notice it when I am simply talking or drinking from one side of my mouth. I find that the exercises I do most are kiss faces, massaging the left side of my face (the side it's on), and smiling starting on the side it's on by bringing up that side first and then the other. I find for the last one I had to force it with my fingers at first.Just making any facial expression as best you can helps reactivate the nerves and I remember that doing balancing exercises on an exercise ball was another thing the physiotherapist showed me. I hope it helps, I have a youtube channel with my friend and if you want to see what it looks like now you can see in the videos (I'm the taller one with straight hair) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr0aMxe_96oV755y4RBdX-Q

Have you tried acupuncture? Good luck! :-)

I would highly recommend acupuncture. Tomorrow will be three weeks since I started treatment and I am almost back to 100% mobility on the affected side. Good luck!