Newbie -- Hanger Helmet and major redness under sideburn areas on both sides

April 1, 2008

My daughter is on day three of her Hanger helmet. The entire area

under the 'sideburn' part of the helmet (both cheeks) is completely red

and shows an even redder outline. I called Hanger on Monday (our one

week check is for this Friday) and all they did was change my appt one

day earlier to Thursday. I took DD out of the helmet tonight b.c. it

looks so bad and red (stays red even hours later) and I can't believe

that is normal/acceptable. I see on the pictures on here that the

other kids' helmets seem to fit better around their faces. DD's helmet

is close to her eyes on the sides and does give her the 'popeye' on one

eye.

Anyhow, I will call Hanger first thing in the morning. DD is a chubby

little six month old (23 pounds) and she has some big cheeks but if the

helmet will do this to her cheeks, I won't put her in it. Does anyone

have any help/advice/encouraging words?

April 1, 2008

My first instinct is to tell you that the red marks are

likely " just " heat rash, but I don't know that much about Hanger to

be sure and heat rash on my son usually disappeared rather quickly

once the helmet was off. I do know that with the DocBand, the

sideburns are not supposed to be pressure points, so our therapist

assured us that if there were red spots in that area, that it was

only heat rash and not to worry about it if it didn't go away within

the hour off. However, if it's lasting well over an hour, I would be

concerned too. I would hope it would just be a matter of shaving

some of the foam away to allow for more room in the sideburns.

Helmets can take a number of adjustments in the first week or so to

get the fit just right. Did they do any sort of adjustments at all

at the first fitting? Our therapist came in with a wax pencil and

marked on the band where he needed to cut some away, and then he

still marked and cut a little more at our one-week check. Again,

that's DocBand, but I think every mom should expect a decent fit for

something that's going to be worn 23 hours a day for weeks, if not

months.

Good luck!

Jake-18m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 7 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> My daughter is on day three of her Hanger helmet. The entire area

> under the 'sideburn' part of the helmet (both cheeks) is

completely red

> and shows an even redder outline. I called Hanger on Monday (our

one

> week check is for this Friday) and all they did was change my appt

one

> day earlier to Thursday. I took DD out of the helmet tonight b.c.

it

> looks so bad and red (stays red even hours later) and I can't

believe

> that is normal/acceptable. I see on the pictures on here that the

> other kids' helmets seem to fit better around their faces. DD's

helmet

> is close to her eyes on the sides and does give her the 'popeye'

on one

> eye.

>

> Anyhow, I will call Hanger first thing in the morning. DD is a

chubby

> little six month old (23 pounds) and she has some big cheeks but

if the

> helmet will do this to her cheeks, I won't put her in it. Does

anyone

> have any help/advice/encouraging words?

>

April 1, 2008

They should make an adjustment to that area of the helmet - and if that doesnt work try putting pieces of moleskin (you can get this almost anywhere) on the areas that are rubbing.

Newbie -- Hanger Helmet and major redness under sideburn areas on both sides

My daughter is on day three of her Hanger helmet. The entire area under the 'sideburn' part of the helmet (both cheeks) is completely red and shows an even redder outline. I called Hanger on Monday (our one week check is for this Friday) and all they did was change my appt one day earlier to Thursday. I took DD out of the helmet tonight b.c. it looks so bad and red (stays red even hours later) and I can't believe that is normal/acceptable. I see on the pictures on here that the other kids' helmets seem to fit better around their faces. DD's helmet is close to her eyes on the sides and does give her the 'popeye' on one eye. Anyhow, I will call Hanger first thing in the morning. DD is a chubby little six month old (23 pounds) and she has some big cheeks but if the helmet will do this to her cheeks, I won't put her in it. Does anyone have any help/advice/ encouraging words?

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April 2, 2008

My son Jack, day 4 in his hanger band, has the same. He is napping in the band but still sleeping without it, it seems the redness on his temples and cheeks disappear by the AM. They did melt the sideburn/cheek areas the first round to pull them out, I am guessing they need to do this for you. I would continue using but take it off more often, until tomorrow.

Newbie -- Hanger Helmet and major redness under sideburn areas on both sides

My daughter is on day three of her Hanger helmet. The entire area under the 'sideburn' part of the helmet (both cheeks) is completely red and shows an even redder outline. I called Hanger on Monday (our one week check is for this Friday) and all they did was change my appt one day earlier to Thursday. I took DD out of the helmet tonight b.c. it looks so bad and red (stays red even hours later) and I can't believe that is normal/acceptable. I see on the pictures on here that the other kids' helmets seem to fit better around their faces. DD's helmet is close to her eyes on the sides and does give her the 'popeye' on one eye. Anyhow, I will call Hanger first thing in the morning. DD is a chubby little six month old (23 pounds) and she has some big cheeks but if the helmet will do this to her cheeks, I won't put her in it. Does anyone have any help/advice/ encouraging words?

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April 3, 2008

Didn't hanger give you a sheet with instructions???

If redness stays for more than 1 hour after you take off the band then DO NOT put the band back on and you get in that office ASAP! I can't believe they wouldn't see you next day! You don't want the skin to break down and then it would mean even MORE time out of the band.

I would love to know if they gave you that sheet or not... where are you located?

Jen and Luli - 27 months

Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA

http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jens5th/