Q. What happens if one or more days are skipped during a treatment? 

A. Skipped or missed days, especially at the beginning of treatment, cause major setbacks. Missing wear time is not recommended. Because of the way the process works, growth takes place only after sustained tension is exerted on tissue. When tension is not applied for significant periods of time, e.g., 48 hours, cell memory causes the tissue to regress to its original state eliminating much of the previous benefit gained from having worn the device. As the wearer enters the 5th and 6th week of the wear, a skipped day does not create the complete loss of growth that it would during the beginning of the treatment, although future growth does slow.