Helmet therapy is used to correct the shape of babies’ skulls over time. Learn more about why some babies have to wear helmets.

Helmets have an excellence chance of working until a baby is eight or nine months old. But by a child’s first birthday, their head is almost completely formed, so a helmet can’t help correct your ...

March 20 is National Plagiocephaly and Torticollis Awareness Day, and Storey hopes sharing Jackson's helmet success story will help educate parents whose babies may need the same treatment.

Brendan Davis is diagnosed with plagiocephaly. 7-month-old Brendan Davis, who was diagnosed with plagiocephaly, wears a "Back to the Future"-themed helmet created by Paula Strawn. Emily Davis ...

An AAP clinical report in 2003 summarizing the numerous studies on plagiocephaly concluded that helmets are "beneficial primarily when there has been a lack of response" to repositioning and ...

4-month-old Jonas Gutierrez's family won't let him go it alone. After 4-month-old Jonas Gutierrez was diagnosed with plagiocephaly, the entire Gutierrez family began sporting helmets so he won't ...

Our pediatrician, Kuskowski, declared his plagiocephaly "resolved." After the helmet came off, it took awhile for Xavier to get used to life without it. Bumping into tabletops was now more perilous.

Mom explains to 3-year-old why her baby brother has to wear a helmet, ... When Shayna Gutierrez was told her 4-month-old son had plagiocephaly-- also known as flat head syndrome ...

Plagiocephaly is a condition in which a flat spot develops on a baby’s head. We explain the causes, symptoms, treatment methods, and tips for prevention.

“No helmet,” I said emphatically to my husband. “I am not putting the baby in a helmet.” We had just left the neurologist, who had determined that our 8-month-old daughter indeed had ...