Brandi Glanville is giving fans an unfiltered look at her daily medical treatments to treat what she calls a facial parasite. 

The 53-year-old podcast host shared a series of Instagram videos over the weekend to explain the daily reality of managing her facial swelling. She revealed that her current treatment plan requires 18 hours of IV infusions every single day.

“I haven’t been ready to talk about all of it publicly, and there’s still a lot I’m not ready to share yet,” Glanville captioned one of the videos. She followed that up with a breaking update on Tuesday in which she lists her confirmed medical diagnoses for the first time.


A Frightening Ultrasound 

The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star recently underwent an ultrasound to investigate the swelling on the left side of her face. She told her followers the technician and radiologist both saw “something alive” that “was moving” beneath her skin. (Could you even imagine?!) 

Glanville returned to Instagram on Tuesday with a concrete list of ailments. She listed diagnoses of a highly resistant bacterium, Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), Demodex dermatitis, and Mononucleosis. She also shared that doctors found a “fungal ball” in her face that requires surgical removal. 

“The treatment has NOT been easy, and so far I’ve had very little improvement,” she wrote in the caption. “I still have a couple surgeries ahead of me and months of treatment to go.”

A Costly and Exhausting Battle 

Glanville said her symptoms first began in July 2023. She initially believed that she contracted a bug while filming the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco. She later discovered that an infection from “completely ruptured” silicone breast implants had clogged her lymph nodes. 

“I had silicone all over my lymph nodes,” Glanville told TMZ. “That’s what caused the infection in my face; it couldn’t get out as my lymph nodes were all clogged.”

A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon removed her 18-year-old implants and replaced them with new ones in February 2026. However, her latest update clarified that she will need surgery again to remove those replacement implants and additional metals from old dental work. It took 21 different doctors (and $200,000) to reach these answers, and the financial strain continues. 

“Even with insurance, this is costing me around $3,300–$6,000 a month,” she continued. “I’m not able to work right now other than my podcast, and I honestly don’t know how I’m going to do this mentally or financially.”





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