Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville has expressed optimism about her recovery, sharing that she is ‘feeling so much better’ and ready for a ‘fresh start’ following a period of facial disfigurement.
Glanville has attributed her facial changes to ‘parasites’ she reportedly contracted while filming The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club 2 in Morocco in 2023.
In her efforts to address the issue, she spent more than $130,000, even resorting to using hair removal cream that ultimately burned her face.
This summer, she sought help from infectious disease immunology expert Dr. Michael R. Scoma in New York City, which has led to a potential breakthrough in her treatment.
While she hasn’t disclosed the specific diagnosis from Dr. Scoma, she did share photos from his office showing a significant improvement in her facial condition.
At 53, Glanville now feels optimistic, stating, “It’s been a slow process, but I’m finally getting back to my normal routine and feeling like myself again,” as reported by Us Weekly.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alumna Brandi Glanville said she is ‘feeling so much better’ and embarking on a ‘fresh start’ after her facial disfigurement
She has moved house, a development that ‘feels like a fresh start’ in the sense that her ‘new space has really helped me reset and focus on creating a calmer, more positive environment for myself,’ she explained.
Glanville treasures the ‘peace’ she now has, and is ‘enjoying keeping things simple, spending more time at home, and really taking care of myself.’
With her fresh new face, she will be proudly attending a public meet-and-greet for the tanning salon goGLOW Sherman Oaks on Friday of next week.
Her current upbeat disposition comes at the end of a crisis that took such a toll on her health and finances she at one stage ‘didn’t want to be here’ any longer.
However she was able to achieve her stunning turnaround this summer after visiting Dr. Scoma, who contacted her when he read her distraught tweets about her situation.
In the middle of August, she triumphantly posted an Instagram photo of herself showing off her restored features in Dr. Scoma’s office as he stood nearby.
‘They say Twitter is the devil but all it took was me screaming in my tweets asking for help for this lovely man to reach out,’ she wrote in the caption.
She had revealed in late July that she was availing herself of Dr. Scoma’s services, explaining that she was ‘finally getting answers,’ expressing her gratitude for her physician’s help and saying she was excited to ‘make out with a hot boy or girl.’
However this summer she revealed she had gone to infectious disease immunology physician Michael R. Scoma in New York City, and in August she debuted her new face online (pictured)
She spent over $130,000 to try to fix the issue, at one point even trying to cure herself with hair removal cream and burning her face in the process
Her current upbeat disposition comes at the end of a crisis that took such a toll on her health and finances she at one stage ‘didn’t want to be here’ any longer; pictured April 2024
Before she met the doctor who finally led her to whatever her solution was, her health downturn resulted in a mad scramble to see how she could fix her face.
Glanville at one point consulted Botched host Dr. Terry Dubrow – the husband of Real Housewives of Orange County star Heather Dubrow – who disagreed with her theory that her deformity was the result of ‘parasites.’
However he shared he was ‘concerned’ she could be the victim of either an ‘infectious process’ or a ‘foreign-body reaction to something she’s had injected.’
In the course of trying to restore her face to normality, she hemorrhaged $130,000, visited more than 20 doctors and plunged into medical debt.
‘My insurance was like, “Nothing’s wrong with you. It’s just inflammation and old filler,”‘ she said in August, adding that the doctors also did not ‘believe’ her about the ‘crazy lumps’ that had been afflicting her face.
‘I’m paying the minimum on my credit cards. I’ve exhausted my savings,’ said Glanville, who shares her sons Mason, 22, and Jake, 18, with her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian, who infamously left her for his current wife LeAnn Rimes.
‘At my age, I feel like such a loser in a way, because I was taking care of everything. I was together. I had great credit. Now I’m scared about every little thing.’
In order to try and contest some of the charges her insurance refused to pick up, she enlisted the services of healthcare strategist Rachel Strauss, who calls herself the PBM Princess, with the acronym standing for Pharmacy Benefit Managers.
