Re: Newby here: 8.5month old with 7mm asymmetry and 98.7% brachy

[Guest guest]

Welcome! My son was the same age when he was fitted for his band, but his

measurements were plagio. I'm sure someone here has/had similar measurements.

Congrats on getting the process started!

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> Hello everyone I'm Jen, my son Ethan is 8.5 months old and will be getting

casted tomorrow for his Starband. He has a 7mm asymmetry and a cephalic index of

98.7%. I thought his head was flat but not this flat or I would have pushed for

referral months ago! I just wanted to introduce myself and ask it anyone else

has a child with similar measurements to let me know what you experience has

been like.

> Thanks :-)

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jen,

My daughter got a starband at 5 mo old. Her ortho (starscanner) measured her at

97% and 4.5 mm asymmetry. Our docs hand measurements were a bit worse. She got

down to about 86% and 3.5mm. She wore her starband for 5 mo. I was also

surprised when I found out how flat her head was. To be honest I never looked at

the shape straight down from the top until I knew it was really bad. Then it

really hit me.

My daughter's head is still not prefect, but probably that is only noticed by

me. I hope your son will get good correction too. Let us know how he does.

-christine

sydney, 4.5 yrs, starband grad

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> Hello everyone I'm Jen, my son Ethan is 8.5 months old and will be getting

casted tomorrow for his Starband. He has a 7mm asymmetry and a cephalic index of

98.7%. I thought his head was flat but not this flat or I would have pushed for

referral months ago! I just wanted to introduce myself and ask it anyone else

has a child with similar measurements to let me know what you experience has

been like.

> Thanks :-)

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