Measurement questions

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Ok, after seeing all of these "measurement" emails, I'm very discouraged. I had a post out earlier about trying to make a decision about banding or not a second time for my son who is 10 months old (thanks for all of the responses) and I was discussing how Cranial Technologies is recommending we band my son for a second time because he is now in the mild/moderate category...he started off in the moderate to severe category.

When we started this process, it was fast and I went in trusting that we were with the right provider (CT) and didn't really ask too much about measurements and they never discussed them...I guess I didn't do enough research before (shame on me). But, after reading all of these recent posts about measurements, I called our tech and she said that my son has only gone from 15 mm - 14 mm. But, she assured me that these are linear measurements and it's a 3D head so I shouldn't put too much stock into these numbers and sometimes it's 2 different people who take the measurements, so it could be off a little. But, the more I'm reading these posts, he's so far from "normal" now I'm thinking I have no choice but to band again. His head does look good when his hair is dry and when it's wet, it's questionable, but I have to look at a very specific angle to see it that way. Insurance does not

cover either band.

So, how much stock should I be putting into these numbers??? And, the tech told me that the most significant change in his head shape would have been with this first helmet (he has 2 weeks to go), so if his asymmetry only changed 1 mm in almost 4 months and that was the most "significant", then what is a second helmet really going to do??? Also, a friend of mine suggested shaving his head (he has a lot of hair) in order to see what it really looks like...has anyone ever done that? I thought it was crazy at first, but maybe it's the only way I can truly see what his head looks like. Thank you for any advice.