How to be at peace with remaining facial asymmetry (post-helmet.)

September 2, 2010

I have posted here before - my son was in a helmet for 15 weeks age 6 months to

10 months and went from 9mm to 7mm. Not great. But he looked pretty good and

his face looked great. As time progressed - his facial asymmetry which was not

at ALL noticeable when he got the helmet off - has become more noticeable. He

is now 21 months old. I freaked out earlier this summer - was trying to get him

back in a helmet - that did not pan out. I did have him re-scanned in late June

and found out he's now at 5.9mm - so he improved 1.1 on his own. That was good

news. It may be that as his face thinned out and is now less baby-mushy - was

what not at all noticeable before - is. I think it's also as his skull has

hardened and thickened a bit - the side with the forehead bossing pushed down

his eye socket on that side - just a little bit. But enough that now, from

certain angles and in some photographs - his eyes appear asymmetrical.

September 2, 2010

Hmm. Does he have tort? I've heard of facial asymmetry without plagio caused by

tort. Other than that, I don't know. I do think you're right about working on

accepting it. I have a feeling I'm going to be in the same situation in 8

months. I find it's hard to know when you've done what you can and should let go

and when you should keep pressing. I wish I had something more helpful to say.

Hang in there.

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> I have posted here before - my son was in a helmet for 15 weeks age 6 months

to 10 months and went from 9mm to 7mm. Not great. But he looked pretty good

and his face looked great. As time progressed - his facial asymmetry which was

not at ALL noticeable when he got the helmet off - has become more noticeable.

He is now 21 months old. I freaked out earlier this summer - was trying to get

him back in a helmet - that did not pan out. I did have him re-scanned in late

June and found out he's now at 5.9mm - so he improved 1.1 on his own. That was

good news. It may be that as his face thinned out and is now less baby-mushy -

was what not at all noticeable before - is. I think it's also as his skull has

hardened and thickened a bit - the side with the forehead bossing pushed down

his eye socket on that side - just a little bit. But enough that now, from

certain angles and in some photographs - his eyes appear asymmetrical.

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