What Are the Common Symptoms of Facial Paralysis?

Question

What are the symptoms that can appear with facial paralysis?

Answer

Patients may experience complete paralysis of the facial expression muscles, disappearance of forehead wrinkles, dilated palpebral fissures, flattened nasolabial grooves, drooping corners of the mouth, and deviation of the mouth corner towards the healthy side when showing teeth. This is one of the diagnostic methods for facial paralysis. Most patients often notice that one side of their face is not moving or their mouth is drooping when they wash their face or brush their teeth in the morning. This is also one of the diagnostic methods for facial paralysis.