Due to social media, Brandi Glanville has a brand new physician and new remedy in place as her years-long battle with facial disfigurement continues.
The 52-year-old Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum instructed Us Weekly completely that she “randomly” met New York Metropolis-based “infectious illness physician” Dr. Michael Scoma on-line and he’s hoping to assist.
“He focuses on tremendous onerous to deal with issues the place folks can’t get a prognosis,” Glanville defined to Us. The primary course in her remedy is “IV antibiotics and fungal medicines” by a PICC line in Glanville’s arm.
Glanville admitted that she’s “a wreck” as her well being battle continues however is attempting to maintain a constructive mindset.
“I at all times joke my life is like The Final of Us? I’m simply turning into a kind of black mould folks,” Glanville mentioned. “That’s how I felt. I’ve lumps on my face they usually’re transferring round.”
Glanville instructed Us it was “the strangest feeling” to know one thing was transferring round in her face.
“Dr Michael Scoma mentioned he wouldn’t know if there was a parasite or not, as a result of he didn’t deal with me early on. But when there was, it will have been passed by now,” she mentioned. “A number of this an infection, on this deep tissue — the staph an infection, and there’s different issues occurring — it mimics a parasite. It has this fluid that jumps round your face as a result of it’s spreading.”
Initially, it was simply her face. Now, the an infection has unfold to Glanville’s “complete” head, neck, shoulder, collarbone and down her left arm. “I spent two years being instructed there was actually not something fallacious with me,” she defined.
Glanville’s well being points began when she returned residence from Morocco in January 2023 after filming The Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey season 4, discovering that she had contracted a parasite. (Glanville left the present after she was accused of sexual misconduct throughout filming by costar Caroline Manzo, which she has vehemently denied.)
“It’s positively calmed down since I used to be handled for the parasite, however now I’m left with [an] an infection in my pores and skin,” she instructed Us, noting that “fluid” typically leaks out of her ear and her face is “all sunken in” — all issues she hopes to remedy with the assistance of Dr. Scoma.
“Proper now, our focus is on treating Brandi’s long-standing an infection and its secondary results,” Scoma instructed Us completely. “As soon as the an infection is totally managed and she or he’s secure, we will consider any subsequent steps to help her restoration.”
Scoma has taken a “proactive” method to Glanville’s well being points with a “multi-phase remedy.” The IV antibiotics Glanville mentioned with Us are step one — and solely a short-term resolution. Scoma ultimately plans to provide Glanville “long-term upkeep” through oral antibiotic remedy with “shut monitoring.” He may also make “changes” primarily based on her response.
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“We are able to anticipate to see significant progress inside the subsequent few weeks, and I do imagine Brandi could make a full restoration,” Scoma added.
Glanville should comply with Scoma’s “remedy protocols intently” and kick off her therapeutic journey with “correct relaxation” and “a protein wealthy eating regimen,” he instructed Us. She additionally should incorporate “accessible methods that help immunological well being, like staying hydrated, managing stress, and sustaining key vitamins.”
Together with Dr. Scoma, the previous actuality star additionally teamed up with “angel” healthcare strategist Rachel Strauss, who’s often known as the PBM Princess, to assist along with her medical payments.
“She advocates for individuals who have tons of medical payments. Whenever you’re sick they usually’re piling up, that causes stress and it makes your medical points worse,” Glanville instructed Us, revealing that she has “effectively over” $130,000 in medical payments.
Strauss instructed Us that she hopes to “recoup a few of [Glanville’s] a refund” as they work collectively.
“I don’t know that we’re gonna have the ability to wipe a fats $100,000 away, however what we’re going to have the ability to do is ensure that the right events who must pay for these claims pay for them,” she mentioned. “The place it does fall on her duty is working with the hospitals she noticed, reviewing what was billed, ensuring it was billed correctly — as a result of sure issues have been really emergencies that medical doctors will validate — and getting these lowered nevertheless we will.”
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Glanville has seen 21 medical doctors (which has led to her medical debt) as she navigates her well being points, and a few have blamed her facial disfigurement on “previous filler,” referring to previous beauty procedures. She additionally made it clear to Us that there aren’t any journeys to a plastic surgeon within the close to future — however is hoping to get a facelift in the future.
“The physician truly mentioned my pores and skin ought to regenerate fairly a bit — not as a lot as I would love — as a result of they did dissolve a lot,” she shared. “However it’s going to be no less than a 12 months earlier than I can do something beauty, and I gained’t ever get an injection once more.”
When Dr. Scoma was requested about Glanville probably getting beauty surgical procedure once more, he instructed Us, “Proper now, our focus is on treating Brandi’s long-standing an infection and its secondary results. As soon as the an infection is totally managed and she or he’s secure, we will consider any subsequent steps to help her restoration.”
