Re: Band Cleaning

[Guest guest]

Tina,

I'm not sure what type of helmet you have, but I haven't heard of too many

people using dish liquid because of the irritation it may cause. We were

told only to use rubbing alcohol, and not anything else as it may cause a

reaction to the skin. Again, your ortho may have instructed you to do this

with countless patients without a problem, so just sharing our experience in

that they did feel it would be an agent that could be an irritant. We also

found that using the alcohol and then drying it in the sun for the hour off

helped to take out some of that stink! Good luck!

' Mom

[Guest guest]

Tina

The redness could be caused from the helmut. Get the OT to check it right

away! As for the cleaning, I clean ' with an alcohol swab twice

daily. It has some odour, but his OT says by now he usually could pass out

from the smell...Nick has had his for 3 months! I also wash his hair with a

strong scented shampoo like pears or pert plus. Lastly, I sprayed some of my

husbands cologne on the strap.

Hope this helps,

Joanne &

BC, Canada

Band Cleaning

> I know this question has been posted before, but I didn't really

> pay attention, since my son didn't have his yet. I was told to

> clean it daily (obviously) and alternate cleaning it with alcohol

> one day and then an antibacterial dish soap the next. Which I've

> been doing, but 1) it still stinks and 2) His poor little forehead is

> read when I take it off (he's not wearing it full time yet) and the

> redness never totally goes away. I'm concerned about this. It

> seemed to start when I started using the antibacterial dish soap.

> Should I maybe change the brand of dish soap? Can I use

> some special lotion to keep his forehead from getting so

> irritated? I'm also putting a call into his orthotist about this as

> well.

>

> Thanks for any advice!

> Tina & Chase

>

>

>

> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Tina I never heard of dish soap before but I can imagine that is quite

irritating to the skin. Also what are you washing his hair with-try some

really smelly shampoos and leave them on the whole bath time as far as

getting rid of the smell alcohol and a hair dryer or the sun is even better

at heating that stink out of there. You could try a little aquaphor on his

head or cortisone cream. Let us know how you make out!

beck

[Guest guest]

I wouldn't use the soap at all. In the instructions for the DOC band

it states that using anything other than alcohol can irritate the

little one's skin...

-/Logan 7.5 months

> Tina

>

> The redness could be caused from the helmut. Get the OT to check it

right

> away! As for the cleaning, I clean ' with an alcohol swab

twice

> daily. It has some odour, but his OT says by now he usually could

pass out

> from the smell...Nick has had his for 3 months! I also wash his

hair with a

> strong scented shampoo like pears or pert plus. Lastly, I sprayed

some of my

> husbands cologne on the strap.

>

> Hope this helps,

> Joanne &

> BC, Canada

> Band Cleaning

>

>

> > I know this question has been posted before, but I didn't really

> > pay attention, since my son didn't have his yet. I was told to

> > clean it daily (obviously) and alternate cleaning it with alcohol

> > one day and then an antibacterial dish soap the next. Which I've

> > been doing, but 1) it still stinks and 2) His poor little

forehead is

> > read when I take it off (he's not wearing it full time yet) and

the

> > redness never totally goes away. I'm concerned about this. It

> > seemed to start when I started using the antibacterial dish soap.

> > Should I maybe change the brand of dish soap? Can I use

> > some special lotion to keep his forehead from getting so

> > irritated? I'm also putting a call into his orthotist about this

as

> > well.

> >

> > Thanks for any advice!

> > Tina & Chase

> >

> >

> >

> > For more plagio info