{"id":23246,"date":"2022-06-27T07:57:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=23246"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:57:07","slug":"this-month-in-aesthetics-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/this-month-in-aesthetics-june-2022","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Aesthetics: Kim Kardashian Gets a \u201cSecret\u201d Procedure, Doctors React to Justin Bieber\u2019s Facial Paralysis, Lala Kent\u2019s Post-Op Update, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every month, we strive to bring you a balanced mix of breaking news (stars<\/a> getting surgery, for instance, or compelling aesthetics trends<\/a>) and advice you can always use, like how to prevent skin necrosis<\/a> <\/a>or choose the right doctor for facial feminization surgery.<\/a> Invariably though, there’s an intriguing headline or viral post that doesn’t make its own stand-alone story yet is still worthy of a share.<\/p>

Which brings us here, to the latest installment of This Month in Aesthetics<\/strong><\/a>, an ICYMI recap of industry-molding moments that we’d be remiss not to acknowledge—from Justin Bieber’s shocking Ramsay Hunt diagnosis to inspiring news for bariatric surgery patients to the mystery treatment that Kim Kardashian tried on a recent trip to the plastic surgeon.<\/p>

Justin Bieber reveals facial paralysis from Ramsay Hunt syndrome<\/h2>

Justin Bieber took to Instagram<\/a> earlier this month to share that he’s been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome and associated facial paralysis, which has left him unable to smile, blink, or otherwise move the right side of his face. The rare neurological disorder is triggered by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus. <\/p>

The Grammy winner apologized to fans for canceling recent shows on his Justice World Tour and said he plans on resting as well as performing facial exercises to get his face back to normal. Typically, oral steroids and antiviral medications are also needed to treat the underlying infection and prevent permanent paralysis.<\/p>

Following the Grammy winner’s announcement, a number of plastic surgeons reacted to the news with posts<\/a> of their own. Dr. Christian Subbio<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, illustrated how the facial nerve and its many branches control the various muscles of the face. He also explained that “if you’ve had chickenpox, rarely it can reactivate and cause the nerve to swell, which can cut off blood supply and damage [the nerve], leading to paralysis of all the muscles the nerve supplies.”<\/p>

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