A beautiful name, but indeed a frustrating condition. It is where the muscles on one side of the face, usually the right becomes weak or we may say "paralyzed". Real cause is unknown, but believed to have caused by trauma to the 7th cranial nerve a.k.a facial nerve. However, many suggested that viral infection plays a major role. I didn't want to believe that I'm having Bell's but the non-blinking right eye, and slight droop...