Singer Justin Bieber cancelled all shows this week and has revealed that he is suffering from facial paralysis.
The 28-year-old Justin Bieber said in an Instagram video that this condition of his is due to a diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
“As you can see this eye is not blinking. I can’t smile on this side of my face… So there’s full paralysis on this side of my face,” he said.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome is when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near someone’s ears, say medical experts.
Earlier this week, Bieber’s Justice World Tour – which began in February – announced three shows would be postponed.
“It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and has caused my face to have paralysis,” the Canada-born singer said in the three-minute video, indicating the right side of his face.
He asked his fans to be patient and stated that he is “physically, obviously, not capable of doing” his upcoming shows.
He also smiled and blinked, showing his 240 million followers how the right side of his face continued to remain motionless.
“This is pretty serious, as you can see. I wish this wasn’t the case, but, obviously, my body’s telling me I’ve got to slow down,” he said. “I hope you guys understand. I’ll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to a hundred percent so that I can do what I was born to do.”
Bieber added that he has been doing facial exercises to “get back to normal”, but that he does not know how long it will take to recover.
