Bristol Palin Consults Plastic Surgeon for Facial Paralysis Treatment
Bristol Palin is exploring options to address her facial paralysis.
Bristol, 35, the daughter of Sarah Palin and Todd Palin, shared insights about her medical condition, which began in January 2025, through an Instagram post on Monday, March 9. “I’m having a consultation today with a plastic surgeon in Austin,” she mentioned. “I’ve heard she specializes in treating facial paralysis, so we’ll see what she has to say.”
Bristol requested “prayers” as the doctor may provide assistance with her eye, which “closes” whenever she smiles or expresses herself.
“I don’t really mind my crooked mouth, but my eye — that’s so embarrassing for me,” she expressed. “It feels like I should wear an eyepatch or something.”
Bristol said, “It looks crazy, and I feel like I can’t even smile because it just closes. So maybe she can do some Botox or explore surgical options.” She added that the doctor may assist with “the overall symmetry” of her face.
The Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp star noted that while she was visiting her family in Alaska, she consulted another specialist who “administers all of [her] nerve blocks to help with [her] face.”
After her appointment, Bristol reported that it “went well,” and she would provide more updates “later.”
In January 2025, Bristol recounted how her facial paralysis began with “a strange sensation.”
“My mouth started pulling this way, and it felt a bit off,” she detailed. “So I checked the mirror, and I’m like ‘Wow. This looks a little weird.’”
“I feel like everything is pulling to the left,” she mentioned. By the end of the day, the left side of her face was experiencing “delayed” movements.
“Within a couple of hours, the entire left side of my face became numb and paralyzed,” Bristol shared, explaining that she had “no movement” on that side of her face. “I couldn’t really blink my eye,” she noted.
She also shared that her doctors suspected she might have a “case of Bell’s palsy potentially caused by stress or lack of sleep.” According to the Mayo Clinic, Bell’s palsy results in sudden, temporary paralysis, leading to muscle weakness on one side of the face.
