Re: improvement without treatment?

[Guest guest]

I can only tell you my own experience. My son did receive DOCband

treatment but still had remaining plagio. He is almost three and

has received no additional natural correction, sadly.

Natasha

--- In Plagiocephaly , " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@y...>

wrote:

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> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have

never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

[Guest guest]

It is my understanding ( so don't quote me on this ) that there are a

few lucky children who have minor corrections on thier own once they

are up and off the head so much. A good rule of thumb is that at 3

months if your baby still has a mishapen head from birth or is like

so many of us getting a worse flattening they will need some sort of

treatment, weather it be agressive repositioning or a band. If you

are concerned about how severe the case is, you can kinda do a home

check using the assessment charts on the Cranial Technologies website.

http://www.cranialtech.com/index.html

Also Cranial Tech. does an initial consultation and assessment for

FREE.

There are many good tools on the site here for you to take advantage

of, they can help you better understand plagio and help with

repositioning techniques and you can look in the photos at some of

the other babies to get an idea of how serious a plagio you're

dealing with. Just keep in mind the younger the treatment is started

(4-6mo is optimal, although CT bands babies up to 18mo) the better

chance of having a 100% fix. Please ask all the questions you need to

so you can feel comfortable w/ your decisions. I hope this helps.

PS.

I am Carol G., the mom of Dominick(5mo), he is in a DOC Band now for

severe plagio.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@y...>

wrote:

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> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

[Guest guest]

My son TYler P had a lot of improvement on his own. He was brachy. I

didn't even know it until looking at old pictures after Jenna had graduated

from her band. He was sitting,crawling and walking at a young age. so i do

think that he why he received as much correction as it did. He didnt have

tort either. He has pictures under Tyler p.

Angie

Re: improvement without treatment?

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> It is my understanding ( so don't quote me on this ) that there are a

> few lucky children who have minor corrections on thier own once they

> are up and off the head so much. A good rule of thumb is that at 3

> months if your baby still has a mishapen head from birth or is like

> so many of us getting a worse flattening they will need some sort of

> treatment, weather it be agressive repositioning or a band. If you

> are concerned about how severe the case is, you can kinda do a home

> check using the assessment charts on the Cranial Technologies website.

> http://www.cranialtech.com/index.html

> Also Cranial Tech. does an initial consultation and assessment for

> FREE.

> There are many good tools on the site here for you to take advantage

> of, they can help you better understand plagio and help with

> repositioning techniques and you can look in the photos at some of

> the other babies to get an idea of how serious a plagio you're

> dealing with. Just keep in mind the younger the treatment is started

> (4-6mo is optimal, although CT bands babies up to 18mo) the better

> chance of having a 100% fix. Please ask all the questions you need to

> so you can feel comfortable w/ your decisions. I hope this helps.

> PS.

> I am Carol G., the mom of Dominick(5mo), he is in a DOC Band now for

> severe plagio.

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>> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

>> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

> there

>> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have never

>> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

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> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Some babies will round out on their own, most don't.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@y...>

wrote:

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> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

[Guest guest]

I asked myself exactly these same questions a few months ago and ultimately

decided to get a band for our son. Our pediatrician told us that the majority

of kids she had followed since infancy *did* round out naturally with time, and

our craniofacial plastic surgeon basically told us the same thing. I couldn't

find any good data in scientific articles that I found comforting enough, so

ultimately we decided to get a band because it probably " couldn't hurt. " Even

if there is a 5% chance (just a made up number for an example) that rounding

won't occur naturally in a mild case, my wife and I ultimately decided we didn't

want to take that chance. Unfortunately, the people you probably want to talk

with the most would be people who have experienced successful naturally

rounding, but those people are probably very much under-represented on a list

like this (i.e., most people who experienced it probably wouldn't find a need to

subscribe to a plagio list).

Good luck!

Rick

> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:22:45 -0000

> From: " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@...>

> Subject: improvement without treatment?

>

>

> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

[Guest guest]

It IS possible to see some improvement without banding, but that's

one of those things that you can't predict. I know a few people who

had babies that had flat spots/mild plagio, and you would never know

it today. However, I also have a good friend who has a 3 year old

son who had mild/moderate plagio and still has a pretty crooked

noggin because she didn't treat it. SO, it can go either way. It's

really a judgement call on the part of the parent.

Good luck!

Jen

Mom to (6.5 Months) plagio and tort, waiting to get insurance

approval to get Hanger band

and (3 years)

--- In Plagiocephaly , " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@y...>

wrote:

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> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

[Guest guest]

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My son is 4 will be 5 in march. His was mild and looks the same as

it did when he was 5 mons. Read what I wrote about him under 14th

month banding.

In Plagiocephaly , " Jen " <ronandjenvelez@p...> wrote:

>

> It IS possible to see some improvement without banding, but that's

> one of those things that you can't predict. I know a few people

who

> had babies that had flat spots/mild plagio, and you would never

know

> it today. However, I also have a good friend who has a 3 year old

> son who had mild/moderate plagio and still has a pretty crooked

> noggin because she didn't treat it. SO, it can go either way.

It's

> really a judgement call on the part of the parent.

>

> Good luck!

>

> Jen

> Mom to (6.5 Months) plagio and tort, waiting to get

insurance

> approval to get Hanger band

> and (3 years)

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> > Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> > using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

> there

> > with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have

never

> > known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with

age?

[Guest guest]

It really depends. Specially on age. If the plagio is really mild,

and you repo you might see some success. The only thing is that you

will not know. Most kids do not have any changes, specially after

1year of age.

Sandy WIllow's Mom

Tort resolved

Cranio Germany Grad

http://www.geocities.com/samipa74/Willow_Lanette.html

--- In Plagiocephaly , " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@y...>

wrote:

>

> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have

never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?

[Guest guest]

Point of clarification. CT will band a child up to 24 months. However, the older the infant the less likely full correction will be received. Also starting a band past 20 months usually isn't recommended (DOC bands have a 4 month effective life and at an older age you would want the full 4 months). STAR and Hanger will sometimes band up to 18 months. Some orthos stop after 12 months. Most orthos and CT use the child's adjusted age if they were a preemie for these guidelines.

mom to na

DOC Grad

South Carolina

www.thefilyaws.com

"Carol G." <GATTVA@...> wrote:

It is my understanding ( so don't quote me on this ) that there are a few lucky children who have minor corrections on thier own once they are up and off the head so much. A good rule of thumb is that at 3 months if your baby still has a mishapen head from birth or is like so many of us getting a worse flattening they will need some sort of treatment, weather it be agressive repositioning or a band. If you are concerned about how severe the case is, you can kinda do a home check using the assessment charts on the Cranial Technologies website.http://www.cranialtech.com/index.htmlAlso Cranial Tech. does an initial consultation and assessment for FREE.There are many good tools on the site here for you to take advantage of, they can help you better understand plagio and help

with repositioning techniques and you can look in the photos at some of the other babies to get an idea of how serious a plagio you're dealing with. Just keep in mind the younger the treatment is started(4-6mo is optimal, although CT bands babies up to 18mo) the better chance of having a 100% fix. Please ask all the questions you need to so you can feel comfortable w/ your decisions. I hope this helps.PS.I am Carol G., the mom of Dominick(5mo), he is in a DOC Band now for severe plagio.> > Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without > using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out there > with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have never > known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with

age?For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

As has already been said, it is such a small likelihood that a child

will get round without some type of treatment, whether it be a band

or aggressive repositioning.

I work woth a lot of kids (I take pictures ata Sears Portrait

Studio) and I see so many older kids with some degree of

flattening. I am bad at seeing facial asymmetry, but I definitely

see the flattening.

Becky, mom to , Repo grad in Pgh, PA

--- In Plagiocephaly , " sc_yogini " <sc_yogini@y...>

wrote:

>

> Is there anyone who has seen improvement in minor plagio without

> using a band? It seems like I haven't seen any older kids out

there

> with flat heads and asymetrical features...even though I have

never

> known anyone with a band. Does it often just get better with age?