Danmar or Hanger?

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Hello, i am the Mum who asked the question about specialist Vs hanger last week.

We went to the specialist's office last Wednes and my 5-mon daughter was

diagnosed as plagio. There are three index (forhead, ear and backhead) involved

and they gave her the Danmar Helmet right away and ask us to come back in 8

weeks. Since i knew very few about the helmet at that time and i just asked them

what the difference between the custom helmet and the helmet they used. The doc

told me the Danmar does not push the head and also has successful cases. And it

will need about 40weeks to finish the treatment.

I searched online about Danmar helmet after i came home and read some of the

posts here. Most of the babies get custom helmets(DOC, Hanger, Star) but not

Danmar. I also have some big concerns about the Danmar after we used for a week:

For example, it fits my baby's head very poorly, the helmet always rotates and

shakes even though they put some pads inside to help that; Some article said

that there are only 27% improvement for Danmar but about 61% success for custom

helmets. We do not see any obvious improvement about head shape after a whole

week.

I am really worried about the result if we stick to Danmar helmet. Our town has

a hanger office and i called them and was told it might cost $2000 to get helmet

there and our insurance won't cover it. My worry is not only about the money but

the result for the treatment, most of you could understand me since we do want

improvement after our babies suffer so much.

So my question is : shall we go to the hanger's office and get a helmet there?

Any advise about Danmar and Hanger's helmets will be appreciated!