Regressing after graduating?

[Guest guest]

Oh no.....please don't tell me she can regress. I don't know much

about plagiocephaly but I just thought once she was done and better

that was it.

Help.

Barbara (Sofia & Catalina)

[Guest guest]

Copied from Cranial Tech board.

Maybe I can put some of your fears to rest. It is very rare for a

child to regress. Out of 16,000 kids treated with a DOC Band, less

than 1% have had any regression. Regression does not mean " return to

orginial deformation " . In a small number of kids a small degree of re-

flattening may occur.

You are both right, age is not a good predicter of which children are

at risk. It has happened to young infants as well as children over 12

months. Again, it is so rare, that physicians have been unable to

say " why " or " who " is at risk. There does not at this point seem to

be enough of these kids, to make any statistical conclusions

regarding age.

This is the reason an exit mold is so important. It is the only way

we have an exact 3-dimensional medical model of what your child looks

like when they finish treatment. If there is any question the child

may be re-flattening, we can compare to the mold and give the

physician factual evidence so he can then make a decision on what

steps need to be taken next. Pictures and measurements are 2-

dimensional and are truly not very helpful for a comparison in the

event you feel your child may be re-flattening.

I hope this is helpful.

Carol kson

Cranial Technologies

> Oh no.....please don't tell me she can regress. I don't know much

> about plagiocephaly but I just thought once she was done and better

> that was it.

>

> Help.

> Barbara (Sofia & Catalina)

[Guest guest]

Barbara -

Regression is rare.

Your eyes tend to play tricks on you sometimes. When you spend so

much time analyzing your kid's head, it's hard to stop. There will

be days I think Dane looks great. The next day I might be a bit

worried.

He came out of his band at 8 months with his soft spot still quite

large. I never even thought of regression until about a month ago.

I freaked out for about a week. He's fine. I'm the one regressing!

LOL!

Dane's mom DOC Grad

--- In Plagiocephaly@y..., " catasofia2002 " <catasofia2002@y...>

wrote:

> Oh no.....please don't tell me she can regress. I don't know much

> about plagiocephaly but I just thought once she was done and

better

> that was it.

>

> Help.

> Barbara (Sofia & Catalina)