Guest guest Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 My son had flattening on the side, behind his left ear. None in the back at all. But like you're saying--my issue wasn't so much with that flat spot; it was when I noticed his face changing shape, we got concerned. We had him put in a helmet at 6 months; he turned 1 year old last week and is still in it. Is her forehead bulging out on that side? I guess the only thing I'm wondering based on what we were told and have seen is that the band or helmet works on upper parts of the skull--the flat spot above/behind his ear has rounded and his forehead is more even. But the things eye level and lower--his left eye pushed forward, his cheekbone and jaw thrust forward, and his ears--we've seen some improvement but it's not symmetrical and I don't think it will be. So--I can vouch for the possibility of correction of forehead and skull issues, but the facial assymetry is less predictable. Best wishes; it's scary to start the process but after six months I'm looking back thinking--not so bad!! (I HOPE we're getting it off Monday, although it might be one more month . . .) Betsy My daughter is 13 months old and we are scheduled to get her banded. She has mild plagio where the side of her head is flat as opposed to the back of her head. She has been sleeping on her stomach since she was like 4 months old so she mainly lays on the right side of her head/face. At one point the back left was flatter but has rounded out. I am just wondering if anyone else who banded got rounding out on the side of the head. For some reason, I feel like this will be harder to correct but I don't recall if I read that somewhere. I feel like one of her eyes sits higher becuase she flat on that side. Any experience in this regard would be greating appreciated. Thanks, Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Hi, Sorry, I'm not sure where you mean. Is the flat spot the whole side of the head? Is it in front by the forehead? Or behind the ears? My son's flatness went about 25% of the way around his head. It started on the right side directly behind the ear and went to the back. So, a lot of the flat area was on the side behind the ear. Yes, we are getting rounding out on the side behind the ear on backwards. It has rounded out about half way to perfect and more than that toward normal range. -mom to , 17 months, 5 months in Starband annettemarek wrote: My daughter is 13 months old and we are scheduled to get her banded. She has mild plagio where the side of her head is flat as opposed to the back of her head. She has been sleeping on her stomach since she was like 4 months old so she mainly lays on the right side of her head/face. At one point the back left was flatter but has rounded out. I am just wondering if anyone else who banded got rounding out on the side of the head. For some reason, I feel like this will be harder to correct but I don't recall if I read that somewhere. I feel like one of her eyes sits higher becuase she flat on that side. Any experience in this regard would be greating appreciated. Thanks, Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Kathy, The flatness is the entire side of her head but it slants on a sharp angle starting with her forehead all the way to the back. It kind of looks like the forward slash sign \ which is why her one eye on that side looks like it sits higher. I guess I am wondering if the helmet helps with rounding at the side of the forehead.. Annette > > > > > > My daughter is 13 months old and we are scheduled to get her banded. > > She has mild plagio where the side of her head is flat as opposed to > > the back of her head. She has been sleeping on her stomach since she > > was like 4 months old so she mainly lays on the right side of her > > head/face. At one point the back left was flatter but has rounded out. > > I am just wondering if anyone else who banded got rounding out on the > > side of the head. For some reason, I feel like this will be harder to > > correct but I don't recall if I read that somewhere. I feel like one > > of her eyes sits higher becuase she flat on that side. Any experience > > in this regard would be greating appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Annette > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi, That sounds different than my understanding of typical plagio. Flatness right above the ears is opposite to 's situation. He has a bulge right above the ears. 's head had a slant shaped like /, but it started right behind the ear. I would think the helmet could help with the side of the forehead. My understanding is with right sided plagio, the left side of the forehead may be flattened. At least CT said had left sided forehead flattening. (Although I never saw 's forehead this way, and his forehead was so mild.) I believe the bulge on the right side is fixed by having the left side of the forehead grow out until the forehead is even. It seems the side of the forehead could grow out. Maybe, you should try the helmet and see, unless the cost is a show stopper. Otherwise, you will always wonder whether the helmet would have helped. Good luck, Kathy, mom to , 17 months, 5 months in helmet annettemarek wrote: Kathy, The flatness is the entire side of her head but it slants on a sharp angle starting with her forehead all the way to the back. It kind of looks like the forward slash sign \ which is why her one eye on that side looks like it sits higher. I guess I am wondering if the helmet helps with rounding at the side of the forehead.. Annette > > > > > > My daughter is 13 months old and we are scheduled to get her banded. > > She has mild plagio where the side of her head is flat as opposed to > > the back of her head. She has been sleeping on her stomach since she > > was like 4 months old so she mainly lays on the right side of her > > head/face. At one point the back left was flatter but has rounded out. > > I am just wondering if anyone else who banded got rounding out on the > > side of the head. For some reason, I feel like this will be harder to > > correct but I don't recall if I read that somewhere. I feel like one > > of her eyes sits higher becuase she flat on that side. Any experience > > in this regard would be greating appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Annette > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 My daughter had flattening on the side of her head as well. She was also diagnosed with torticollis. We noticed her ears first. The left ear seemed farther back on her head than her right ear. We got a photo study done, and that is when we could see the asymmetry in her face. We were told that the helmet would help round out her flat side and help with her ear alignment and forehead bulge, but that her facial asymmetry was due to the torticollis. We needed to strengthen her muscles in her face and neck and then her facial features would be corrected. They were right! The physical therapy helped a lot more than the helmet. Her flat spot did round out and her forehead bulge was corrected a bit. Her ears are within normal range now, but her face! Her strong muscles helped to fix the asymmetry plus she loved physcial therapy! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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