Re: Red Spots every week

[Guest guest]

You're right that the band would have some open space in it to begin

with, but (and again, this is from my experience with DOC) at some

point the head should grow into that space and it would need to be

opened some more. It's kind of a controlled area, they don't just

leave it comepletely open, I would think it would be too loose. So

they open it up a little at a time. My son didn't have anything

scraped out until week 4.

Our therapist just measures the circumference of his head to chart

his growth from adjustment to adjustment, and then touches and feels

around at the openings of the band to see where it might be getting

tight and how it fits. He also compares his head to his

beginning " headsicle " (his head mold on a stick) so he can see his

progress.

So ' red spots are occurring more where his holding points would

be? (Front and sides, rather than the open parts in the back?) Hmmm.

I don't know. Obviously red spots aren't good in general, but I would

think they should generally be happening more in the flat spot area

as the head grows into the shape of the open space of the helmet. Not

at the holding points (if that is what's happening). My son did had a

minor red spot dead center of his forehead bulge the first week (and

like you said, I felt good about it because it told me he was getting

the pressure in the spot where he needed it most), and they did do a

minor scraping (I couldn't even see it) and he never got it again. I

just assumed it was because his head got used to being held there and

adapted to that foam on skin contact.

I really hope someone else will respond with comparable experience

with Hanger. I'm just not sure what to tell you. Has the ortho

offered any explanations?

Jake-20m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand)

Jordan-4

> >

> > My son, , is almost 11 months old and has been in his Hanger

> band

> > for 5.5 weeks. Initially, they told us he need to return for

> follow-up

> > visits at 2-3 intervals. We have been in the office once a week

> ever

> > since we got the helmet due to new red spots developing. Two of

> the

> > times an actual sore developed that quickly healed. They adjust

it

> and

> > then 3-4 days later (usually on a Friday night or over the

weekend)

> he

> > develops a red spot. The red spots have been in different areas

> every

> > time and after the adjustment, things seem to be going well. What

> I am

> > wondering is, those of you that go in at 2 week or whatever

> intervals,

> > are there red spots, or how else is the clinician supposed to

know

> > where to shave the foam. I am starting to worry that I have a bad

> > helmet, but then I keep thinking that if he is getting red spots,

> then

> > maybe it is a sign that his head is growing (hopefully in the

right

> > direction) and they just need to make more room.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Mom to , 11 months, Hanger band 5.5 weeks

> >

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