Advice on dealing with Heat Rash on forehead?

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

We are on day 4 with our new helmet and I'm seeing what I think is a

little bit of a rash along my son's forehead. Of course being summer

it is hard for him not to feel warm and every 4 hours I take off the

helmet for a 30 minute break and his poor little head is all sweaty.

So far all I've been doing is washing his head down with a cool cloth

and applying a good moisturizing cream. Any advice as to what else I

should be doing? I don't want it to get so bad we can't put the helmet

on for a few days

thanks

Marina

[Guest guest]

I could be wrong about this (so someone please tell me if I am!),

but I don't think there's a huge concern for heat rash in the sense

that I don't believe it would force you to have to keep the band off

like you would for a pressure spot/sore. Obviously, you don't want

him to be suffering from the rash, but it sounds like you're doing

everything you can to treat it. Does the rash fade quickly in that

30 minutes or does it linger? I think I would be more concerned if

it lingered, but if it goes away quicly, it should be fine. It

always seems these things happen over the weekend, doesn't it? I

would definitely suggest calling the ortho first thing in the

morning just to run it past them to know for sure. Hopefully it's

just a minor issue that will clear up soon (my son had some heat

rash early on, but once he adjusted to the band, it hasn't been an

issue since).

Good luck!

Jake-21m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 3 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> Hi Everyone,

> We are on day 4 with our new helmet and I'm seeing what I think is

a

> little bit of a rash along my son's forehead. Of course being

summer

> it is hard for him not to feel warm and every 4 hours I take off

the

> helmet for a 30 minute break and his poor little head is all

sweaty.

> So far all I've been doing is washing his head down with a cool

cloth

> and applying a good moisturizing cream. Any advice as to what

else I

> should be doing? I don't want it to get so bad we can't put the

helmet

> on for a few days

>

> thanks

> Marina

>

[Guest guest]

You're right . You can put hydrocortizone cream on then replace

the band if it is heat rash. It should still clear up (obviously keep

the baby cool too). If it is getting worse then you need to be more

concerned, and it might be some other kind of rash or irritation. My

daughter had brachy and her forehead would get red when her band

needed an adjustment (that is where it got tight first). That was more

of a general redness where her heatrash (sideburn area) was more of a

light rash of small red dots.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

> >

> > Hi Everyone,

> > We are on day 4 with our new helmet and I'm seeing what I think is

> a

> > little bit of a rash along my son's forehead. Of course being

> summer

> > it is hard for him not to feel warm and every 4 hours I take off

> the

> > helmet for a 30 minute break and his poor little head is all

> sweaty.

> > So far all I've been doing is washing his head down with a cool

> cloth

> > and applying a good moisturizing cream. Any advice as to what

> else I

> > should be doing? I don't want it to get so bad we can't put the

> helmet

> > on for a few days

> >

> > thanks

> > Marina

> >

>