My beautiful baby boy has positional plagiocephaly. He is six months old. He is just coming to the end of the "perfect" age to get a helmet fitted. His flat spot has been assessed and it is Severe 1. So bad but not horrific.
Treatment is for six months roughly and he will need to wear a helmet for 22/23 hours a day for that period of time. It is a lot of work and a lot of money (£2.5k) but I have the finances to do this for him and the time to dedicate to it. He only has until he is 16 months to have it treated. It will not go away on it's own it will just be less noticeable with his hair and as his head gets bigger. His face shouldn't get any more deformed. It is marginally deformed now but without looking for it you probably wouldn't notice it.
As the back to sleep campaign is only from the 1990s it is hard to find adults with positional plagiocephaly but research seems to suggest whilst there is no brain growth issues there could be developmental issues. This concerns me as I worry he is a late developer anyway. I also worry about the mental aspect of looking different. I was bullied in school, I wouldn't say I am attractive and I would hate my little boy to be on the receiving end of this. Children and adults can be very cruel. Whilst I will get looks and questions about his helmet for six months I would hope my family will understand and most of my friends most likely will. Also during a pandemic who is he likely to see anyway 
there are no groups etc to go to so no one (strangers I mean) to question me.
So AIBU to get one? Would you/have you done the same. Or have you left it and regret it. To me the money and the timeframe is nothing to a lifetime of people being arseholes towards him.