Improvement Over Time?

[Guest guest]

My son has had his locally made passive helmet for 8 months, with 3

to go. He started with moderate plagio/brachio, and now has mild

plagio/brachio. With only 3 months to go, and he is 18 months now,

will we see improvement over time without his helmet on. Like, will

nature maybe take over, and correct itself as he gets older. I am

very grateful that he only has a mild case now, and once his hair

thickens we will probably see even greater results, but I was

wondering if anyone knew if it would improve even more with time?

Thank you. Lori.

[Guest guest]

Lori,

There is a school of thought that once the baby's head starts to correct

there will be a tendency to continue to correct even when the helmet comes

off. My ortho held this opinion. He also explained that as the head grows and

the skull continues to lay bone down and become thicker that there was

potential for some more slight improvement.

I don't know if I'm just fooling myself, but I believe that has made

some slight additional improvement. She also has grown some more hair and

that kind of masks whatever residual problems still remain.

Hope this helps!

Marci (mom to )

Oklahoma

[Guest guest]

Lori,

I think at 18 months of age its really anyone's guess as to whether much more

change will occur. I have heard that we reach our adult sized head shape by

2 years old, so maybe there is some room to grow there. Seems like 8 months

plus 3 equals a very long duration in the helmet- but I know some of our

members have been close to that number as well. If you feel its worth it,

the 3 months will probably whiz by. Good luck with your decision!

' Mom