8 year old with untreated plagiocephaly

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Hi everyone. My name is Kathy and my son Austin who will be 9 in

September has untreated plagio. We first noticed his headshape when

he was a few weeks old. Like many of you were told, our

pediatrician kept telling us it would round out on its own. We

brought the subject up to him at each checkup. When he was 9 months

we went to Baltimore to see Dr. Ben Carson to get his opinion. He

told us there was no need to worry and they did a Cscan to be sure

everything was developing fine and it was. We were not told

anything about a helmet. It wasnt until He was five that I even

heard the word " plagiocephaly " .

Through all of this though our major concern was developmental not

really cosmetic. For all of you that may have concerns on

development or any problems I hope I can comfort you by letting you

know that he hasn't had ANY problmes whatsoever. He is extremely

bright and is in the Magnet program (accelerated classes) at his

school. The only thing really is getting bike or batting helmets to

fit properly, just got to get a little creative. Also, I try to

leave his hair a little longer in the crown to make it less

noticeable. He told me he has had a few children mention something

about his head. I point out that people have different head shapes

regardless of plagio. I am a hairstylist and see all kinds.

If we could go back and were informed, yes, we would have used the

helmet. But Ive got to say that I am fortunate to have a wonderful,

HEALTHY child even if he doesnt have a ROUND head. I will be glad

to answer any questions if I can. I will be posting pics also. I

have posted pics on the older plagio groups site if you'd like to

view them there until I get them uploaded on this groups site. Ill

get some current pics of the back,top and side views as soon as

possbile. They will be under the folder " Austin " . Thanks and I

look forward to chatting with ya.

~Kathy

land

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. My name is Kathy and my son Austin who will be 9 in

September has untreated plagio. We first noticed his headshape when

he was a few weeks old. Like many of you were told, our

pediatrician kept telling us it would round out on its own. We

brought the subject up to him at each checkup. When he was 9 months

we went to Baltimore to see Dr. Ben Carson to get his opinion. He

told us there was no need to worry and they did a Cscan to be sure

everything was developing fine and it was. We were not told

anything about a helmet. It wasnt until He was five that I even

heard the word " plagiocephaly " .

Through all of this though our major concern was developmental not

really cosmetic. For all of you that may have concerns on

development or any problems I hope I can comfort you by letting you

know that he hasn't had ANY problmes whatsoever. He is extremely

bright and is in the Magnet program (accelerated classes) at his

school. The only thing really is getting bike or batting helmets to

fit properly, just got to get a little creative. Also, I try to

leave his hair a little longer in the crown to make it less

noticeable. He told me he has had a few children mention something

about his head. I point out that people have different head shapes

regardless of plagio. I am a hairstylist and see all kinds.

If we could go back and were informed, yes, we would have used the

helmet. But Ive got to say that I am fortunate to have a wonderful,

HEALTHY child even if he doesnt have a ROUND head. I will be glad

to answer any questions if I can. I will be posting pics also. I

have posted pics on the older plagio groups site if you'd like to

view them there until I get them uploaded on this groups site. Ill

get some current pics of the back,top and side views as soon as

possbile. They will be under the folder " Austin " . Thanks and I

look forward to chatting with ya.

~Kathy

land

[Guest Jenny]

Hello Kathy,

It has been 13 years since your post, how is your son's head as an adult? Has his head become more rounded with growth? It would be great if you would let us know as we never hear from adults with head shape issues.

Thank you!