Brandi Glanville describes feeling like a parasite is moving across her face
Brandy Glanville dealt with what doctors consider a parasitic infection more than a year, and she’s had enough.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum spoke to Page six“Virtual Reali-Tea” about her ongoing medical saga that has resulted in her apparent facial disfigurement. “Every time I get chills, it’s usually an infection,” she said. “Then my ear starts ticking and then everything on my face starts moving, starts moving again. And it begins to sink again.”
He asked if she believes she still has the parasite, a frustrated Glanville, 52, replied: “I don’t know, dammit. We don’t know.”
“Honestly, I prefer (my face) to be a little puffy,” she continued. “If it’s only swollen on one side, it’s not very good. But diving into the thing is killing me slowly because I just feel like I look crazy.’
Brandi Glanville accepts Dr. Terry Dubrow’s help amid health issues. Glanville, 52, experienced abnormal facial swelling, which she said could be caused by “parasites on the face”. However, Dubrow, 66, said he doesn’t believe that’s the case. “I saw one of her interviews and I saw her photo, (…)
Glanville was the first to alarm fans On December 7, when she posted a selfie through X which the disfigurement of her face showed. She continued her explanation.
“What happened? I wish I knew, she said wrote. “Last year I was in and out of the hospital 1/2, spent almost every dollar I had trying to figure things out. Some doctors say I have a parasite jumping on my face. Some say it’s swelling caused by stress. I personally say it’s Bravo.”
Glanville said Page six that she started the antibiotics again when her face started to “melt” again. At this point, she said she just wanted the ordeal to be over and was desperate for an answer to the “oily fluid” that was causing her swelling.
“You can do whatever you want to me and I won’t put up with it,” she said. “I had days to look normal, not weeks. I wish. But it comes and goes.’
Brandi Glanville is open about her physical changes, claiming her health issues were caused by the stress of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip incident involving Caroline Manzo. In August 2023, 51-year-old Glanville suddenly developed swelling of the lips and face, followed by shock. In October of the same year, she was hospitalized. “I had health problems (…)
She continued: “Over the weekend it only swelled up on the right side of my face so I looked like I had a really big meatball on the right side of my cheek.”
While the experience was uncomfortable, Glanville said the mental aspect was even more challenging.
“It’s hard to hide at Christmas when everyone is having parties. It’s depressing. It just hurts my brain and my heart,” she admitted. “The pain is more mental than anything else because I was hiding and going through deep, deep depression. Even if I could work now, I couldn’t at this point. So these were very difficult years for me.”
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