Re: my daughter is 17 months has anybody started treatment at this age?

[Guest guest]

Hi-My son started treatment at 17 months, 6 days (to be exact). He has

been wearing his DOCband for 10 weeks and there has been definite

improvement. How much? I can't really say for sure, but things have

definitely shifted for the positive. I personally would be thrilled

with a 50% improvement, but I told myself that I would be glad to get

25-30% improvement. My son started out at 15mm of asymmetry, so I'm

hoping for 10mm or better at the end. He has 6 more weeks to go, so

we'll see.

I would tell anyone who asked at this stage to go for it, it's

definitely worth trying. Again, I'm happy with the change I've seen,

so far, although I'm obviously hoping for more in the weeks to come.

We kept getting the " it will round out " speech as well so I was glad

to at least have the chance to do something about it, even if it was a

little late. Does your daughter have any forehead bulging at all? I

was more concerned with my son's forehead, that was really my main

motivation for doing it. I also chose to go to Cranial Technologies

over a local StarBand provider because they have a lot of experience

with older babies, but was lucky to have two choices in the first

place. If StarBand was my only option, I would have done it anyway.

Would I have preferred to do this a year ago? You bet. But given the

same circumstances again, I would band my son again in a heartbeat.

Where are you located? What helmet options do you have? What is your

insurance situation? Please feel free to ask me any questions you have

and I'll try to help the best I can.

Good luck! I know how hard it is being in your shoes right now.

Jake-19m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand 10 weeks)

Jordan-4

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> Hi i am desperate as fobbed off my the NHs they advised me that it

would correct its self

> well it hasn't and she has a really big dent on one side. I have

been advised from one

> practioner that its two late for the helmet another said we could

get a 50% improvement as

> you know it is expensive and i am not sure who to believe. Has

anyone out there started

> treatment for their loved ones as late as this and what have the

results been thanks

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Hi i am desperate as fobbed off my the NHs they advised me that it

> would correct its self

> > well it hasn't and she has a really big dent on one side. I have

> been advised from one

> > practioner that its two late for the helmet another said we could

> get a 50% improvement as

> > you know it is expensive and i am not sure who to believe. Has

> anyone out there started

> > treatment for their loved ones as late as this and what have the

> results been thanks

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My son did extremely well from the very first day. He slept in it

the first night without any problems and is now to a point where he

will go get his " hat " from the dining room table on his own so we

can put it back on each night after his bath.

I just checked out the LOC Band online. In appearance, it looks more

like a STARBand or Hanger Band, but they all work the same way. Is

the provider of the LOC Band the one that said you could get 50%

improvement? It looks like they only treat babies up to 14 months

old. I see that you got some responses about STARBands being

available in England. Have you looked into them yet? They will treat

babies up to 18 months (to begin treatment), so they might be a

better option. But again, it's whoever you feel most comfortable

with. I would look for whoever has the most confidence and a

positive attitude about beginning the process at a late age.

Obviously, if you only have one choice in helmet, I would still say

it's worth a shot at doing it, but if it's between 2 different ones,

I would say go with the one you feel most confident with.

Please keep us posted!

Jake-19m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand 10 weeks)

Jordan-4

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> > > Hi i am desperate as fobbed off my the NHs they advised me

that it

> > would correct its self

> > > well it hasn't and she has a really big dent on one side. I

have

> > been advised from one

> > > practioner that its two late for the helmet another said we

could

> > get a 50% improvement as

> > > you know it is expensive and i am not sure who to believe.

Has

> > anyone out there started

> > > treatment for their loved ones as late as this and what have

the

> > results been thanks

> > >

> >

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