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Difficulty smiling?

HereLieWe
HereLieWe Posts: 233 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
For some reason, I have difficulty maintaining a smile. After a few moments of it, my muscles begin to hurt and I tend to favor one side of my face over the other, creating a lopsided expression. Do you have any suggestions on how I could strengthen the muscles in my face?

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  • EvelineUK
    EvelineUK Posts: 97
    How long were you thinking of smiling? Unless you work for Disney or something, surely you don't have to keep on smiling non-stop....?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    How long were you thinking of smiling? Unless you work for Disney or something, surely you don't have to keep on smiling non-stop....?
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    ^ +1
  • HereLieWe
    HereLieWe Posts: 233 Member
    My facial muscles begin to ache after thirty seconds or so...I just feel like my smile's too lopsided. It's not a matter of poor teeth alignment, I don't think.
  • melody842
    melody842 Posts: 15 Member
    do you have diificulty in opening one eye (or drooping of eyelid)
    any obliteration in nasolabial fold on one side?
    difficulty in eating food?
    when u show teeth, is your angle of mouth is favoring one side??

    if the answer to any of the above is yes, then u migt be suffering from hemi facial weakness caused by 7th nerve palsy
    and u might want to go see a doctor


    sorry i dont know any particular excersises to strengthen facial muscles
    but may be this might help u http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-Facial-Muscles
  • cheripugh1
    cheripugh1 Posts: 357 Member
    do you have diificulty in opening one eye (or drooping of eyelid)
    any obliteration in nasolabial fold on one side?
    difficulty in eating food?
    when u show teeth, is your angle of mouth is favoring one side??

    if the answer to any of the above is yes, then u migt be suffering from hemi facial weakness caused by 7th nerve palsy
    and u might want to go see a doctor


    sorry i dont know any particular excersises to strengthen facial muscles
    but may be this might help u http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-Facial-Muscles

    I agree with the above ^^^ when I first read what you have going on it sounds like 7th nerve palsy, AKA Bell's Palsy, you can google it and go to a medical link for info on it... it typically will go away and there is nothing a Dr. can do about it, but it is a good idea to have it checked and documented to make sure that is what it is and that it isn't something more serious.
  • HereLieWe
    HereLieWe Posts: 233 Member
    The only symptom of those I have is that when I do show my teeth, I do favor the left side.

    I'll bring it up to my doctor at my next appointment. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
  • Curlychip
    Curlychip Posts: 292 Member
    Could be myasthenia gravis? Given its just one side it does sound like Bells palsy though. I had that and it improved in a few weeks with steroids. Is it a new thing? Most people recover in a few weeks but about 2/3 its gone within a year.
  • melody842
    melody842 Posts: 15 Member
    can you let me know what he came up with after ur visit??

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