Re: Re: Experiences with Hanger bands?

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Thanks, everyone! We have a consultation at Hanger next Friday so I hope it goes well!From: wfumom99 <wfumom99@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 8:49:50 AMSubject: Re: Experiences with Hanger bands?

Our daughter also has a Hanger band (we use the sville NC office) and we have been super pleased and her correction has just amazed us She started at 5.5 months (4 months adjusted. I also was concerned about not as much info about the Hanger band and did lots of research... we had an eval at Cranial Tech and were honestly not as impressed as I expected to be from the reviews I had read. We would be driving 1.5 hours to the Charlotte area regardless and explored the Hanger, Starband and DocBand options. Our daughters case is mild/moderate so I felt that any improvement would be great and Hanger was completely covered by our insurance. I agree that the Hanger facility is not as "fancy" as the CT office but the orthos we have worked with have been top notch. She started at 9 or 10 mm asymmetry and improved to 7 within the first week of her "break in" period of wear, we just went yesterday and after a little more than 4 weeks of wear she

is already at 4mm!!!! Our ortho said that after our next 2 week adjustment she would probably got to nights and naps only I know that some people also think the Hanger band is larger and not as visually pleasing but I gotta say she looks just adorable in it.. we got in pink (no need to paint anything) and ordered a vinyl transfer sticker of her monogram and put it across the front... too cute

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