Re: Cheek Asymmetry

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My son had the same issue and it has gotten better over time. He has been in

speech therapy for 6 months and his ST believes, and I agree, that the tort had

a lot to do with the low muscle tone in his face, which lead to the puffier

cheek and the slow speech development (because he couldn't move his mouth the

way he was supposed to). I think initially, the puffy cheek is from the plagio,

but once the plagio is corrected, whatever is left over is from the low muscle

tone.

Your son is still too young for this, but one thing she told us to do, which

seems to have helped, is to have him suck his applesauce through a straw. I

expanded that to include yogurt and also treat him to a lot of Mc's

milkshakes. The sucking exercise helps build up his cheek muscle and it's pretty

much evened out now. And it's a lot neater than him using a spoon! So it's just

something to keep in mind for you when he gets older, if it's still an issue, or

for anyone else whose child is a little older.

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

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> Hello,

> My son is almost done with his helmet. He has gone from 10mm off to 2mm off.

While his head looks much better, i am disappointed that his right cheek, which

is fuller and more pushed forward than the left one, hasnt improved (at least

not that i can tell). He is almost 10mths old, and also has left tort which he

has been going to pt for since 5 mths old. While drs, pt says his case is mild,

the better his tort gets (less tilty) the more i can see the difference in his

cheeks. Especially when i look at him in the mirror. Will this get better with

time? or is my son destined to always have asymmetrical cheeks? is there

anything i can do to help? Of course i think he is gorgeous no matter what, but

obviously we all want to try to do everything we can to help our children.

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