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Hi Michele,

I used Hanger in Farmingdale and did not have a very good experience

with them. My son wore an ill-fitting Hanger helmet from the age of 5mo-

10mo with little to no correction. When he so called graduated from the

Hanger helmet I couldnt believe it, his head was as flat as ever if not

worse from when we had started. I said this to the guy in Farmingdale

and he told me that his head looked fine. I couldnt believe he was

telling me this when anyone could see with there own eyes that this was

not the case. I started doing my own research and thru this board found

about about Cranial Tech.(they are in Paramus, NJ) My son wore a helmet

from them from the age of 14mo-18mo. We did get correction but due to

his late age of getting a GOOD FITTING HELMET he does still have some

residual flatness as well as asymmetries which I dont think he would

have had any if I had went with C.T. from the get go. I live in Queens,

near JFK airport so yes a bit of a hike to NJ and maybe even more so

for you if you are coming from L.I. but due to your son's age 8mo I

would strongly suggest using C.T. so you do not waste any precious time

as the head grows so much in the first year. Their company also

specializes in banding children, that is all that they do so kinda of

like the experts in the Helmet biz. I wish I had known about C.T. when

I first started out since my son was so young when I first started this

whole process. I know of one other mom on this board that also used

Hanger in Farmingdale that had a similiar experience to mine and also

winded up bringing her daughter to C.T. in NJ also at a late age like

my son. And there was one other mom who was also going to use Hanger

and with my and the other mom's advice switched to C.T. in NJ and her

son already graduated with fantastic results!

Please if you have any questions please ask that is what this board is

here for! We will try and help in any way we can

Best of luck to you.

- Mom to CJ

Ill-fitting Hanger helmet 5-10mo

Doc Band -14mo-18mo

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> My 8 month old son just went for the initial visit to Hanger last

> Friday in Farmingdale, NY.

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> They scanned his head and I assume that he'll have it by this coming

> Wednesday, our next appointment.

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> Did anyone have a bad experience there? Should I be worried?

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> Any info is greatly appreciated!

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> Thanks,

> Michele

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