Re: Will treatment actually resolve/improve bulging eye?

[Guest guest]

We see a Dr. at Vanderbilt University, and from what I understand the helmet will round out the back and let the the side of the forehead that is recessed catch up to the bossed side.  Even after helmet treatment the eye and cheek could still be asymmetric, but he assured me that once the forehead is even the eye and cheek will catch up.  It could take up to 2 years after treatment, though for the whole face to become symmetric.  He said he's rarely ever had to perform surgery to fix the eye and cheek and he has been doing this for over 20 years.  Also, I have heard first hand from another family whose child went to the same doctor and she said that he was completely right.  

The " bulged eye " probably only looks bulged because the other eye is set back and looks smaller.  Once the smaller eye grows forward, the eyes will look normal.  I hope that makes sense.  It's kind of an optical illusion I guess.  Anyway, we have the same problem with our son.  His right forehead, eye, and cheek are all pushed forward.  He's in helmet therapy and it has rounded out the back of his head nicely, now we can only wait for the rest of the face.  At least there is surgery available as a last resort.

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:37 AM, bengreenwood99 <benjamingreenwood@...> wrote:

 

I am new to this and wish to hear any advice on the following question: " Will treatment (eg helmet) actually resolve/improve my sons one bulging eye? "

Background: We think he may have plagiocephaly with bulging forehead and eye at the front / same side as flat-head at the back.

[Guest guest]

Although we often hear that the forehead is more resistant to change,

I don't think it takes much to affect the one-eye-wider phenomenon.

Also, I think the rule is subject to exception when the angle of the

occiput is significantly more acute than the angle of the forehead.

Clara's " parallelogram " is starting to look more like two trapezoids

to my eye, and the front one seems the more symmetrical. The eye

difference was one of the first changes we saw, even with a helmet

that didn't fit right and had to be replaced.

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Thad Launderville

Montpelier, VT

Clara age 23 months, in STARband 7 months

On Mar 22, 2010, at 9:37 AM, bengreenwood99 wrote:

> I am new to this and wish to hear any advice on the following

> question: " Will treatment (eg helmet) actually resolve/improve my

> sons one bulging eye? "

>

> Background: We think he may have plagiocephaly with bulging

> forehead and eye at the front / same side as flat-head at the back.