My son was just diagnosed with Bells Palsy, he is 32 years old.  He says he blinks his eye a lot and puts eye drops in it so it does not dry out, and it will clear up by itself.  Several years ago he had a paintball hit his eye and was treated by a specialist.  He almost lose his vision but luckily did not.   Im just wondering if he should contact the specialist and let him know what he was diagnosed with or am I worrying too much.  Also a friend told him he should do mouth exercises for the Bells Palsy, is that necessary?  Thanks
Hiwith bells palsy problem is that the nerve supplying face muscles becomes impotent for a while and those muscles are paralyzed. This paralysis causes symptoms like inability to close eyelids fully, deviation of mouth, loss of wrinkles on one side etc. for eyes, Chat Doctor.  I would recommend taping the lids with a plaster tape every night before going to sleep, as putting