Re: waiting on band

August 14, 2009

Welcome-

We did not use Hanger, we used Cranial Tech in Charlotte (we live in Raleigh),

but I wanted to ask when was he scanned/casted for the helmet? Without knowing,

I can't say for sure, but I'm concerned that they are pushing your appointment

back until Thursday. The turnaround for fabricating any helmet (regardless of

brand) should be no more than 2 weeks, because it could result in a pour fit

from too much head growth during the wait. If it's less than 2 weeks, you're

fine, but when you said they were pushing you back almost a whole week, it sent

up a red flag to me so I just wanted to check.

As far as decorating, I usually painted first (the DOCBand only comes in white),

then did stickers then did mod podge, but you can just do stickers and then mod

podge. Yes, you can just peel it all off, the mod podge goes on like white

elmer's glue and then dries clear, put a couple of coats and it gives you a

thicker layer which makes it easier to peel off later. I would suggest avoiding

paper backed stickers (use clear ones instead), as they're really hard to peel

off (though you may be able to put a layer of mod podge first, then the

stickers, which would put a barrier between the paper and the plastic). I know

people have used rub ons and I've used vinyl stickers with great success. Also,

for those that may be interested, football season is coming up and I did a

number of football helmet designs for my son using colored electrical tape for

the center stripe (which you can get at Lowe's or Home Depot).

Good luck!

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5.5

>

> Hi folks,

> We have a 16wk. old beautiful baby boy (yes boys are beautiful too). I

deliverd at 37 wks. after 2 solid hrs. of pushing and vacuum assitance. He was

diagnosed with toritcollis at his 2 mo. checkup and the pediatrician set us up

with a physical therapist to work on the toricollis and hopefully correct or at

least prevent worsening of his plagio. His tort. is improving and he's got

really good range of motion. His plagio however didn't change as much as we'd

hoped. The physical therapist gave us several options for banding companies.

She'd seen good results with Hanger in sville, NC and they are a little

more convenient for us. Not that convenience is the deciding factor, but I used

all my sick time and then some due to bed rest and my husband and I both

work...so trying to make it to Cranial Tech. in Charlotte by 5 pm on a regular

basis seemed like a daunting tasks. We went to Hanger for a consult and found

out that his deviation is 15 mm. We were pleasantly surprised that BCBS of NC

is covering 80% (once we meet deduct.) We were supposed to go for his first

fitting today, but there was a delay in getting his band here and will go next

Thur. In the mean time, I've found much help and support here simply by reading

(this is my first post). Thanks in advance to you all. I think decorating the

band will help make it a little easier to deal with. I know banding is the

right thing to do, I'm just not wanting to deal with all the stares and

questions. So after all the excessive details, here are my 2 main questions:

> - Have any of you dealt with Hanger in sville (or other locations)?

Would love to hear any experiences, good, hopefully none bad.

> - Tips on decorating with stickers- I'd like to change regularly. What's

the deal with Modpodge? Can you remove it to change? I have some rub ons, wall

decals and stickers from s.

>

> Thanks again!

>

August 14, 2009

Hello,

Welcome to the group! My son is about a month into a Hanger band. We are having

amazing results. He has almost all brachy with a very small plagio. I would not

have even banded for his plagio alone. His plagio is already gone and I am very

pleased with how his head looks. I can't speak for the Hanger location around

you, but we are having great luck.

Good Luck