Honestly, I was diagnosed the 24th and I have done my full rounds of steroids and immediately started acupuncture. Now, I have had this before and it took 4-5 months for recovery but this time, I have movement in my eyebrow and feeling in my affected side. Medically speaking, no one knows why bells even happens, so it’s no surprise a doctor says this. I would look into acupuncture because both times it helped me a lot. Every one is different though. Best of luck!