It’s bothered me since I had my stroke a decade ago, and I’m finally treating the cause. I’ve had mild facial paralysis on the left side of my face, and the left side sits a little lower than the right.

Last month, a place in my city on Vancouver Island finally got an Emface machine. It’s the first one on the island and I’ve been waiting for it for the past few years.

Emface treats your facial muscles. As a matter of fact, it’s been used for Bell’s Palsy patients with great results for several years now, and I was very encouraged by this fact. Because my facial paralysis is mild, I’ve been hoping that this machine will work for me.

Here’s a short video of how it worked on a Bell’s Palsy patient who had been suffering for 2 years with a far more lopsided face than what I have.

https://youtube.com/shorts/43so60ZSTQ8?si=yxJs7uhjpvN0889Y

While I understand that facial paralysis from a stroke and facial paralysis from Bell’s Palsy are very different things, immediately after my second session, my smile is already more even,and my left eye is closer to the right eye as far as where it’s sitting on my face.  Once I’ve had my fourth and final session, I will post my results here. It should be noted that you can set the machine at different strengths on either side of your face. I’m getting 100% on my left side and 50%  on my right

It’s a very comfortable treatment that feels like a warm massage, and I feel muscles moving that haven’t moved in almost ten years. I’m not using it to look younger but to look more symmetrical. Because it’s not fun being lopsided.