Re: Right side of face is flat

March 16, 2010

Cranial Tech's website has an assesment page where you can look at some head

shapes. If you look at this page at the bottom you will see a typical plagio

head. What you describe sounds like the typical shape. Maybe if your baby's head

is severe it is more noticible.

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A helmet/band will help correct the face too as the head is reshaped. If the

baby has torticollis you will also need physical therapy to stretch the muscles.

This can be a contributor to facial asymmetry.

-christine

sydney, 4 yrs, starband grad

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> Hi,

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> Not only does my son have a flat spot on the right side of the back of his

head, but also his whole right side of his face is flat. He had torticollis and

would always rest with his head completely turned right. Not only did it push

the right side of his face forward, but it made the angle from his temple to the

front of his face more severe. The left side angle is more rounded while the

right side angle is more of a right angle. Does this make sense? I know that

with the band we are trying to get the left side to grow into what the right

side looks like, but does anyone know that if over time the severity of the

flatness of the right side of his face soften? I hope so. Or the whole thing

could be an optical illusion making the right side look more severe just because

it is set more forward than the left side? Anyways, just wondering if anyone

noticed if this softened up a bit as the child gets older. Thanks

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