Re: What to do about very itchy head- 2 weeks in helmet

January 11, 2011

My doctor told me to never apply powder or anything with helmet .. You should

take off helmet every hour, dry her quickly with cloth (hair & head) and put

back on helmet right away (except when sleeping of course). You should do this

for around 3 days until her body gets adjusted to the Helmet and she will stop

sweating on her own. Second , you should go visit your doctor, they probable

have to adjust the helmet.. They can file & smooth around the ear areas.. My

daughter had her's adjusted many times till it was comfortable .

Hope this helps..

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On Jan 11, 2011, at 12:04 PM, " " <michellezarif@...> wrote:

Hi,

My daughter Sophia has been in her Hangar helmet for about 2 weeks now and I

feel that I can already see a slight improvement in her brachycephaly. However

her poor little head and behind her ears are insanely itchy ever time I remove

the helmet. It seems to be ok while it is on (she is a little crankier than

normal and not as playful, but does sleep through the night with no

problem)However every time I remove the helmet, she goes crazy trying to scratch

at her head and behind her ears and frantically rubbing her head side to side.

It is so horrible to watch- she is absolutely frantic and miserable. The skin

behind her ears, at the nape of her neck, and extending about 1 inch up from the

nape is pink and looks slightly irritated, with occasional " prickly heat " type

rash. It only seems to bother her when the helmet comes off her head is exposed

to the air. I am using hydrocortisone ointment on the skin behind her ears, gold

bond medicated baby powder

inside the helmet (careful not to get it in near her mouth/resp tract) I am

cleaning the helmet daily with alcohol and allowing it to dry. Any other

suggestions on what to do for the itch? Has anyone else experienced it? Her head

was sweaty initially but has been staying pretty dry since adding the powder.

She has a decent amount of hair. It absolutely breaks my heart to see her like

this every time the helmet is removed (on the upside, makes it much easier to

keep it on for 23 hrs/day and not be tempted to remove it!) Any advice would be

appreciated.

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