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Hope
A reminder that a changed face is not the end of a story.
Pillar 1 of 3Hope · Inspiration · Support
Every smile has a story. Every story deserves to be heard.
SLAY for Bell’s Palsy exists to bring inspiration, education, support and financial relief to people enduring Bell’s palsy, and to the families beside them.
Our mission
To provide inspiration, education, support, and financial relief to those enduring Bell’s palsy.
SLAY for Bell’s Palsy is committed to providing children and families with financial and educational resources to assist with the symptoms and trauma associated with Bell’s palsy.
Hope. Inspiration. Support.
Three pillars that shape everything the organization does.
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Inspiration
Voices of people who live with Bell’s palsy, shared in their own words and with their permission.
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Support
Education and financial relief for children and families facing Bell’s palsy.
Pillar 3 of 3Community stories
In their own words.
The faces and voices here belong to people who live with Bell’s palsy. A story is published only with the storyteller’s written permission, including their name and photograph.
Understanding Bell’s palsy
Clear answers, kindly given.
Plain-language explanations of the condition, written to inform, not to diagnose.
A nerve that carries your expressions.
The facial nerve, also called the 7th cranial nerve, travels through a narrow canal in the skull, beneath the ear, to the muscles on each side of the face. It directs blinking, smiling and frowning, and carries signals for tears, saliva and taste. In Bell’s palsy that signal is interrupted, which causes weakness or paralysis.
It often begins suddenly.
Symptoms vary from mild weakness to total paralysis and usually peak within 48 hours. They can include a drooping eyelid or corner of the mouth, dryness or excessive tearing in one eye, changes in taste, and pain behind the ear. Because other conditions, including stroke, can look similar, sudden facial weakness should be checked urgently.
Each person’s path is different.
Some cases are mild and improve on their own within about two weeks. Others involve medication and other therapies, and protecting the eye is especially important. A clinician can explain what applies to you; this site cannot diagnose or treat.
Giving, openly
What you give, and where it goes.
We will publish how gifts are used, and the organization’s legal and tax-status details, as soon as the team has confirmed them. Until then this site makes no impact claims and shows no numbers we cannot stand behind.
Hear from us four times a year. Quiet, useful, kind.
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The mission of Slay for Bell’s Palsy is to provide inspiration, education, support, and financial relief to those enduring Bell’s Palsy.