Patient's question:
How can a doctor with facial paralysis self-treat it? Is it possible to achieve the goal of healing through facial exercises?Doctor's answer:
The vast majority of patients exhibit difficulty closing their eyes and tearing. The main reason is that the orbicularis oculi muscle cannot contract effectively, pulling the muscle downward from the convex part of the eyeball. First, ask the patient to close their eyes, then use the palm of your fingers to rub along the depression between the upper and lower eyelids or the lower eyelid margin. Gently push and pull from the inside to the outside and then from the outside to the inside on the upper and lower eyelids, which helps to fully restore the function of the upper eyelid. Rubbing, with the thumb pushing and pulling inward and outward, from the corner of the mouth upward, helps to fully restore the function of the buccinator muscle, mentalis muscle, and trapezius muscle.