Doctors difference of opinions?

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Hi everyone,

I have a question that I hope someone can help me with. First of

all, my daughter just graduated from her DOC band on 3/12.

She wore it for 2.5 months. We are going for an exit mold and final

measurements next week, so I don't know the % of change yet but I

know just by looking at her and from the photos she has made great

improvement. My question is this. The craniofacial specialist told

us at our last month's visit that if my daughter's head circumference

stayed the same, she would be out of the band. It was the same so he

told us she didn't have to wear it any longer and he felt that if she

continued to wear it longer it would start doing more harm than good

and she would start growing in directions that she shouldn't be. He

also looked at her photos and head mold and said she made great

improvements. However, the woman at Cranial Tech wanted to

stay in the helmet another 6 weeks or so. She pointed out the areas

where she could still use improvement. I am very happy my daughter

doesn't need to wear the hemlet any longer but would like to know why

there is such a difference of opinion. Like I said, I am really

happy with the results and do not want to take any chances of her

wearing it longer and growing incorrectly, but why would one doctor

say it would help and another say it would harm. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

DOC band 12/27/01 - 3/12/02