Questions about various types of bands

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Hi,

My 4 month old daughter was just confirmed to have failry substantial

positional brachycephaly. Her cranial index was 1.0 (I guess this means that her

head is the same measurement side to side as it is front to back?) Her head is

fairly symmetrical, just very flat across the back. She has no facial assymetry

at all. She was seen by the neurology department at Childrens Hospital of

Boston, who refered us to Hanger orthotics, where she was fitted for a helmet

using the 3-d laser scanner. Her helmet should come in later this week.

I am now reading about different types of helmets and bands and am unsure

whether the Hanger is the right way to go? It may be too late since she gets her

band later this week. I did not know I had a choice-I just trusted that

Childrens Hospital would send me to the best place. It is only now that I have

done more reasearch that I realized there are various choices. My sister in law

is in graduate school for prostetics and orthotics and told me that the person

who fit my daughter is one of the leading specialists in cranial orthotics on

the east coast. So I know that he has a lot of experience in this field- he

teaches national courses on pediatric cranial orthotics. He was very promising

and felt that we would see a huge improvement. He felt she would need to wear

the helmet for about 3 months. Does anyone else have any experience with the

Hanger band rather than the other types and can anyone explain the differences

to me? From what I understand (and what it states on their website), the Hanger

band is an active method, however I have read posts on here that state

otherwise. It seems like the band is only as good as the person fitting it, so

perhaps the type of band does not matter as much as the expertise of the

orthotist? That is what I am hoping. Any advice would be appriciated- mainly on

the difference between helmet types and whether anyone has had good experience

with the Hanger band for brachycephaly (rather than plagio). Are there any

before and after brachycephalic pics for those who went with the Hanger? Thanks

in advance!