Re: No numbers or photos

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-My son started his band at 5 months and has had it on for a little over a

month. Only

because of pictures can I see the improvement. It's hard when you are around

your child

all day to see it with your own naked eye.

I would have loved to have researched or interviewed different doctors, but

where we live

there is only one provider of helmets and one doctor who does the referrals.

Luckily, he is

highly spoken of. But I'll keep you all posted at the end!

-- In Plagiocephaly , " lka_236 " <lka_236@...> wrote:

>

> A month and no progress? I would think even at 10 months, you

> should be noticing some progress (even if it is very little since he

> is older). Do you have any before and up to now pictures that

> you've taken that you could post? Does your ortho have good

> referrals and any photos of babies he's treated? I would definitely

> keep up with taking your own pictures (from the same angles each

> time...birds eye, left side, right side, back...there may be other

> angles that are good to get...I think Jen recently posted what

> angles are best to take). Keep us posted.

>

> lisa

> 16.5 month old, DOC graduate

>

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> > > > > > On my first helmet check with the plastic surgeon, I

> questioned why

> > > > > he did not take pictures

> > > > > > or gives us any " numbers " of severity like many of you

> provide.

> > > > > Our doctor said he could

> > > > > > " eye " it and that looking is better than numbers - that

> numbers

> > > > > don't really tell you what

> > > > > > something looks like. I do trust him and feel he knows

> what he is

> > > > > doing, but also want some

> > > > > > proof of results.

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> > > > > > What do you all think about this? I am taking my own

> photos in any

> > > > > event.

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