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RandySF

(81,184 posts)
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 05:43 PM Monday

Bristol Palin Gives Update on Year-Long Struggle With Rare Facial Paralysis

In January 2025, Bristol Palin revealed she had facial paralysis. One year later, the 35-year-old daughter of former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin posted an update on her condition.

“Today’s day 323 of my face being paralyzed,” Palin says in the video, on January 3, 2026, in response to a fan-submitted question.......

Palin previously revealed that she woke up with a “weird little sensation in [her] face,” after which she completely lost the ability to move the left side of her face. Doctors suspected Bell’s palsy, a condition that can make the muscles of one side of the face temporarily weaken, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Typically, Bell’s palsy improves within six months, but Palin’s latest Instagram story update indicates that has not been the case for her.



https://thelooker.thedailybeast.com/bristol-palin-35-gives-update-on-year-long-struggle-with-rare-facial-paralysis/

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Bristol Palin Gives Update on Year-Long Struggle With Rare Facial Paralysis (Original Post) RandySF Monday OP
Why is this post on DU? Bluestocking Monday #1
Because I posted it. RandySF Monday #2
oh SNAP Skittles Monday #6
Lol. That is 100% true BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #10
... EYESORE 9001 Monday #4
i remember... Mike Nelson Monday #3
I always gave her a break Skittles Monday #5
I don't know what BP has been up to lately RandySF Monday #7
Is it Bell's palsy or some other condition? fujiyamasan Monday #8
35 years old? Wow..time flies BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #9

Mike Nelson

(10,916 posts)
3. i remember...
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 06:11 PM
Monday

... her as, what was it, "the spokesperson for abstinence" (from sex) trotting around the chat shows with her baby and "hot" boyfriend. Didn't the Palin family know how that looked? I wish her well, though... I do wonder if she's had a lot of cosmetic surgery. If so, she should stop. Hope you improve, Bristol!

Skittles

(169,599 posts)
5. I always gave her a break
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 06:19 PM
Monday

because she was young and I could not imagine having Sara Fucking Palin as a mother

RandySF

(81,184 posts)
7. I don't know what BP has been up to lately
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:21 PM
Monday

but her parents are toxic and I hope she got past them. I also empathize with her because my wife had a Bel’s Palsy attack 20 years ago and is still not fully recovered (some lingering numbness).

fujiyamasan

(1,227 posts)
8. Is it Bell's palsy or some other condition?
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:31 PM
Monday

I don’t really care for her one way or the other (her mom on the other hand…), but it’s good to bring attention to unusual or rare medical conditions. Also unfortunate, given her age. Not sure how uncommon it is.

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