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Yes I already have a new pedi in mind. How is the CT clinic? Do you live in Pasadena?From: "ralevalley@..." <ralevalley@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 8:15:54 PMSubject: Re: New to the group! Please Read

Wow!! You are making me feel really lucky. My pediatrician is the one that noticed the asymmetry at my son's 2 month check-up. He sent me immediately to Pasadena to CT and to a physical therapist as well. My little man has torticollis and plagio and his face is lopsided too... all I noticed was a bit of a flat spot on his head until the pediatrician pointed it out.

First and foremost I suggest getting a new pediatrician. Yours is really ignorant. The DocBand was FDA approved in 1998 - 13 YEARS AGO!! Not only that, I personally know 3 people who had amazing results - not to mention the THOUSANDS on here who have. Scam - UGH! She gives doctors a bad name.

You have to be your own advocate for sure, but I suggest finding a new ped in the meantime.

Good luck!! Lots of support on here which will make everything SO much easier!!!

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> Hello everybody I am so happy I found parents that are experiencing the same things we are.

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> I never noticed my sons flat head until a lactation consulted came over when he was almost 2 months. She told me do you know your sons face is lopsided? NO! She told me he has torticollis and started babbling on about his flat head, and so on. I made an appointment to the pediatrician the next day. She told me he had mild torticollis and repositioning should help, nothing to worry about. Then around the 3 1/2 months I started to notice that the right eye is much bigger than the left, also the left side of his is a little slanted. I brought this up to the pediatrician at the next appointment, and she said it is a jaw deformity, it is common and will resolve on its own.

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> Oh and I bought him a noggin nest for the flat head which seemed to help a lot!

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> However, he is now 5 months old and I am started to notice that he has plagiocephaly, it is much more visible now, the jaw is still slanted and the eye is smaller, the other cheek looks much fuller. My son had a wellness check up on Wednesday and of course the doctor said it is getting better, but I do not know what she is talking about if anything it is getting WORSE IT IS MORE VISIBLE NOW! She never even noticed that the right side of the head is higher than the left (plagiocephaly).

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> I keep hearing the same old sh-peal "it will fix on its own" the problem is I cannot take that risk. See I have a underbite and cross bite that can only be fixed now by orthonathic surgery, because my mom did not do anything about it when I was nine, I also have vision problems, and who knows maybe I had this when I was little as well. The point is I will not take a risk for it to fix on its own, I must take some sort of action whether it be PT or DocBand. I do not want my son going through what I am. I do not want him to question why I did not do anything!

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> So I called the Pedi yesterday and told her that I want a referral to a specialist which she agreed, since I had her on the phone I asked her about the DOC BAND and I quote this was her reply:

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> "It is a scam, it is not FDA approved, it is a waste of money and essentially does not work."

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> I do not understand why she is so against it!

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> Well I went ahead and called DOC Band in Pasadena today, made a consult for April 14th, We live in Vegas so we will have to travel to each appointment by car. They said they have some old school pediatricians that just are not knowledgeable on the DOC Band so that is why some are against it.

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> Here is the crazy part, I have to ask my Pedi for a prescription for the DOC Band. Any tips on how to get this done? Since she is so against it?

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> Anyways I will keep everyone posted on how the consult goes as well as any PT!

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