Bring back your Smile!
Our Mission
To achieve maximal recovery for every patient with complications of a long-standing Bell’s Palsy.
In the course of Crystal Touch rehabilitation program, our patients learn how to reverse facial synkinesis and contractures of facial muscles, how to eliminate facial pains and how to stop excessive tearing. They considerably improve the symmetry of their mimetic movements, regain their self-esteem and become fully confident in the quality of their facial expressions and of their smiles.
Our History
Crystal Touch was founded in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Elena Pashova, a dermatologist with more than 25 years of experience. Since 2008 we conduct scientific research aimed at establishing the actual causes of the most frequent complications of Bell’s palsy: synkinesis, contractures and related facial pains.
In the clinic, we have developed the method of Neuro-Proprioceptive Rehabilitation (NPR). This method addresses both aesthetic and therapeutic issues arising from complications of Bell’s palsy. NPR method improves the quality and symmetry of facial movements, general appearance, and the functioning of facial muscles and tissues. The systematic application of this method substantially improves the quality of life of our patients.
Our Tasks
Crystal Touch Clinic is committed to further scientific research of Bell’s palsy complications. One of our main goals is to raise public awareness about the heavy psychological and social impact that Bell’s palsy can have on its sufferers. We also want to make publicly available and easily understandable the extensive knowledge about causes of Bell’s palsy, its complications and modern efficient treatments and methods of rehabilitation.
Besides our usual patients, we also aspire to help facial palsy sufferers who do not have the financial means to pay for the treatment. Our humanitarian project “Bring back your Smile!” is aimed at providing financial aid for these patients to be able to pay for their transportation and accommodation costs while visiting the clinic for the treatments. These patients are being treated by our specialists free of charge. We mostly accept into this program adults and children with very visible complications that significantly affect their daily life.
Scientific Aspirations
During the last few years, we have presented our scientific work in the World and European Congresses for NeuroRehabilitation. Our specialists have developed an objective instrumental measurement method of Synkinetic Correlation. This method allows us to measure synkinesis and contractures of facial muscles and to objectively monitor the efficacy of various treatments and rehabilitation techniques for Bell’s palsy.
For the sake of good order: Crystal Touch is not a medical, but an aesthetic clinic. We do not solve medical issues, only the aesthetic ones. In our work, we use a non-invasive method of Neuro-Proprioceptive facial Rehabilitation, which has been developed by our specialists. We do not prescribe medications, physical therapy nor other treatments, which are the prerogative of medical institutions. We do not use any injections nor surgery.
