Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi. I had a few questions that I was wondering if someone could answer for me. My daughter is getting her helmet on friday. will wearing the helmet affect any of her hair from growing? How about taking baths and washing her hair? Can I put the helmet back on her after her bath? Her hair dries really fast. Thanks... shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi Shari, I'm not sure what type of helmet it is, but most are worn 23 hrs a day. The hour gives you time to wash the helmet and while it's drying, you can give her a bath. You have to wait until both the helmet and her hair are completely dry. I have used a fan or the sun to speed up the helmet drying if I was in a rush, but it does dry pretty fast. It should not affect her hair growth either. If you look at my daughter's progress pics (photos/before and after/DOCband/Hannah you can see how well her hair grew despite her wearing 3 helmets over the course of a year! Good luck on Friday. , mom to Hannah, DOCgrad 7/29 Cape Cod, Ma --- In Plagiocephaly , " sbcollns " <sbcollns@y...> wrote: > > Hi. I had a few questions that I was wondering if someone could > answer for me. My daughter is getting her helmet on friday. will > wearing the helmet affect any of her hair from growing? How about > taking baths and washing her hair? Can I put the helmet back on her > after her bath? Her hair dries really fast. Thanks... shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Hi Shari Welcome to the group. In our experience the helmet did not prevent hair from growing. My son's break was in the evening during dinner and then bath. It was back on right after his head was completely dry. Good luck and please let us know how it goes. Sue Colin F., 1 brachy,STARband Buffalo, NY --- In Plagiocephaly , " sbcollns " <sbcollns@y...> wrote: > > Hi. I had a few questions that I was wondering if someone could > answer for me. My daughter is getting her helmet on friday. will > wearing the helmet affect any of her hair from growing? How about > taking baths and washing her hair? Can I put the helmet back on her > after her bath? Her hair dries really fast. Thanks... shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hi , You should call your ortho and let her know what's going on. Let us know what she says. > > Hi again. I yet have another question for you guys. My daughter has > had her Starband for 3 weeks now and it seems like this past week or > so that it's gotten looser on her head(if that's possible). It moves > more up and down on her forehead where as when we started it was a > pretty snug fit. Is this normal? It's not irritating anything just > I find myself putting it down on her brow line a lot more as she > moves around and I used to not have to mess with it at all. Also > when she sleeps (on her tummy) there's a gap on the top back side of > her head(the opening on the top of her helmet) and I can put the tip > of my finger in between her head and the helmet. But at the same > opening closer to her front side of her head the band is still > touching. Make sense??? Have any of you noticed this happening? > Should I worry about the helmet not being in the correct place or not > applying pressure where it's needed? Just curious!!!! Thanks > > mom to daughter, Sydni--7 months old > Starbanded Jan. 7, 2004 > mod/severe plagio / facial assymetry / tort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 My son has had a starband for almost one week and it seems looser now than the first few days. The ortho told us this would happen when my son was first fitted with it. I assume every case is a little different, but he said it would become more wobbly as the week progressed before we see him again (this Friday). What he described would happen has pretty much happened. Rick Re: helmet questions Hi ,You should call your ortho and let her know what's going on. Let us know what she says.> > Hi again. I yet have another question for you guys. My daughter has > had her Starband for 3 weeks now and it seems like this past week or > so that it's gotten looser on her head(if that's possible). It moves > more up and down on her forehead where as when we started it was a > pretty snug fit. Is this normal? It's not irritating anything just > I find myself putting it down on her brow line a lot more as she > moves around and I used to not have to mess with it at all. Also > when she sleeps (on her tummy) there's a gap on the top back side of > her head(the opening on the top of her helmet) and I can put the tip > of my finger in between her head and the helmet. But at the same > opening closer to her front side of her head the band is still > touching. Make sense??? Have any of you noticed this happening? > Should I worry about the helmet not being in the correct place or not > applying pressure where it's needed? Just curious!!!! Thanks> > mom to daughter, Sydni--7 months old> Starbanded Jan. 7, 2004> mod/severe plagio / facial assymetry / tortFor more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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