Guest guest Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 First I want to say thank you for having this group. I have been reading the posts and the information has been very helpful. My 5 month old daughter got her Starband last Tuesday and has adjusted well to it. Two questions: 1. Does the 90% alcohol really make a difference in the smell? 2. When I take the band off the back of her head seems dry. She shakes her head vigerously like she's trying to rub it on whatever she's laying on. Is there something I can put on it to help? Thank you again for all the support your group provides. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Welcome- Glad things are going well with the new StarBand. I'm not sure about StarBand (some orthos say different things), but Cranial Tech (DocBand) says only use alcohol, since it evaporates quickly. Using anything with water to clean it, can trap moisture in the foam if not completely dried and cause skin irritation. You can try a smellier shampoo on her head, that seems to help with the smell. Also, I found that after each adjustment, when they shave some of the stinky foam out, the smell improves, at least for a while. It was also worst in the first couple of weeks, and then it got better (or you just get used to it?). Sorry, I can't help with the itch, hopefully someone else can. Jake-20m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand) Jordan-4 > > First I want to say thank you for having this group. I have been reading the posts and the > information has been very helpful. > My 5 month old daughter got her Starband last Tuesday and has adjusted well to it. Two > questions: > 1. Does the 90% alcohol really make a difference in the smell? > 2. When I take the band off the back of her head seems dry. She shakes her head vigerously > like she's trying to rub it on whatever she's laying on. Is there something I can put on it to > help? > Thank you again for all the support your group provides. > Kim > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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