About Evren

Evren was born in July 2010. Shortly after his birth we noticed that he would only turn his head to the right. He had difficulty looking in the other direction. At his first check up we brought up our concerns and the GP noted that he had a stiff neck muscle. We were told it would improve on its own.

His neck muscle did improve. But after many weeks of trying to get him to reposition his head we were still having difficulty and began to notice his head shape changing. At around 4 months we went back to the doctor with our concerns. This was the first time we heard the term Plagiocephaly. We were told that he had developed Plagiocephaly but that it would not affect his development in any way and as he grew his hair would cover the flatness.

We were appauled at this. It was more than just a flat spot on his head we were concerned about. His ears where severely out of alignent. He had noticable facial assymetry. His hair would not cover this. We just didn't think it was good enough.

That's when I started my internet search to find out everything I could about Plagiocephaly and to decide what we could do for Evren. In the end we took him to the London Orthotic Consultancy in Kingston. They where great. They fitted Evren with his helmet just before he turned 6 months old. His intial measurements where 21mm Asymetry (Plagiocephaly) and Cephalic Ratio 97% (Brachycephaly). He adjusted quickly to wearing the helmet. I think it's harder on the parents than it is on the babies really. He wore his helmet for 5 months. His finishing measurements where 5mm Asymetry and Cephalic Ratio 90%. Not perfect, but then who is?

My beautiful baby boy today.

Before and After Scans