Consultation with Cranial Technologies

June 8, 2009:

Melanie took Cael for a consultation with Cranial Technologies. They said although his condition was mild, they recommended that he get the DOC band. So, Melanie scheduled another appointment to get his head measured.

The condition is below:

Plagiocephaly

You may have been a little startled to notice your baby's head developing an unusual shape. The condition is not uncommon, it's called plagiocephaly (pla'je-o-sef'ah-le), and often results from external forces applied to the soft infant skull.

It might sound complicated, but plagiocephaly literally means "oblique head" (from Greek: plagio = oblique, and cephale = head) It's called a parallelogram deformity because, if you look down on the infant's head (bird's-eye-view), this is the shape you will see. From this angle it looks as if half of the head has been pushed forward, often accompanied by misalignment of the ears, facial asymmetry and bulging forehead.

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