Bea Priestley Opens Up About Benign Tumor She Dealt With: ‘They Had To Essentially Pull My Face Off’ To Remove It

Priestley gets candid about what she’s overcome.

Guest appearing on the latest episode of Rulebreakers With Saraya was Bea Priestley. The 12-year veteran opened up about some of her struggles with seizures during her adolescent years.

It was also discovered that Priestley had a benign tumor. She stated that doctors had to pull her face off during the procedure to remove the tumor. She has a dent in her skull because of the surgery. Priestley added that because of the metal that was attached to her skull from the surgery, she’s never had a concussion.

“I don’t know (if surgeons did not remove the tumor before because they were nervous about it going wrong). I think they were just seeing if they could manage, with just meds. Well, it was benign so it wasn’t growing… I think with Tegretol sometimes, because I end up being on the max dosage they could give it before it could cause liver problems and all that stuff. But some people adapt to it and that’s what happened to me so, my body just kept adapting to the new dosages. So then when it got to the max dose and I still kept having seizures, they’re like, ‘We can’t do anything else for it. The only other option is surgery.’ I’ve got a cool as sh*t scar… They had to like pull my face back… So, when they reattached it, the first thing, as soon as I wake up, it’s like all this side of my face is just swollen because they had to essentially pull my face off and I had about 40 staples or something in my head… I was like Frankenstein (she laughed). 

I have a little dent in my skull, because they had to cut my skull, pull it out, take out the tumor then reattach it. I have a cool, little dent. But now I’ve got a super strong f*cking head. I’ve never been concussed in my life… I’ve been kicked in the head so many times. I’ve never been concussed. Nothing. Dropped on my head, no concussion. No, no (the surgeons did not put anything inside my head). It’s my skull but they reattached it with metal.”

Priestley is back in Japan, and she is competing in STARDOM’s 5 Star Grand Prix tournament. She is in the C Block.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Rulebreakers With Saraya with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.