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Positional plagiocephaly is a deformation of an infant's head (one-sided flat head) caused by continuous pressure on one part of a baby's skull.

Positional plagiocephaly can develop at two different times in early life. The first time is at birth from malposition in the womb. The second occurrence may develop within the first 5 to 20 weeks of life and is as a result of infant's favouring one side head position. This second type of plagiocephaly is what is on the rise and what parents can easily prevent 99% of the time by employing Dr. Plagio's preventative techniques.

This condition seems to affect infant boys more than girls and has a higher incidence in low birth weight infants. The newborn infant's skull is composed of seven individual bones separated by sutures. This arrangement accommodates transient skull distortion during birth and permits future growth of the brain, the volume of which quadruples during the first two years of life.

The sutures will be open in the first few weeks of life but will close as months pass by. If the sutures close before the head growth is complete, the face and head of the child will start to experience deformities. Similarly, if the head is subject to pressures that cause an abnormal position for the skull bones, the abnormality will be frozen into place after 8 to 9 months of life.

Plagiocephaly relates to the lanbdoidal suture which is located on the back of the head. An infant affected by plagiocephaly has a head showing a persistent flat spot on the back or on the side of the head with one the ears moving forward.

Positional Plagiocephaly refers to a deformation of the head in infants that tend to lay their head in the same position. The pressure applied on the skull at the point of contact places forces on the skull that shift the unfused skull bones. Positional Plagiocephaly may happen in the first 2-20 weeks after birth.

About Dr. Plagio and Basic Comfort

Dr. Plagio together with Basic Comfort developed the Symmetry Sleep System™ – clinically designed to prevent Plagiocephaly by combining a repositioning reminder system with breakthrough medical technology that equalizes pressure on an infant’s skull.

Basic Comfort, the leading expert in infant sleep aids, and Dr. Plagio have partnered to bring the number of cases of Plagiocephaly back to pre-1992 levels. Since 1989, Basic Comfort has utilized the most recent research and innovative materials to provide parents with products they can trust. Combining expertise, the newly formed partnership hopes to spread awareness about Plagiocephaly among parents and make a significant difference in the well-being of their children.

In 2008, Basic Comfort Inc were aquired by Summer Infant Inc.