Babies With Flat Heads On The Rise

The concern is a cosmetic or aesthetic one.

Babies with flat heads on the rise.

Flat heads on the rise dr. Since the 90s we ve seen a lot of kids with flat backs of their heads taub points out. William butler a pediatric neurosurgeon at boston s massachusetts general hospital for children says it s probably not coincidental that he s seen a boost in the number of patients with cranial flat spots a condition which he says is cosmetic. Now he figures that babies with flat heads account for one of every four new outpatient visits at a i dupont hospital for children in wilmington del where he is a neurosurgeon.

Positional plagiocephaly also called deformational plagiocephaly is the most common type of flat head syndrome. According to the american academy of family physicians it affects up to 50 percent. Doctors point out it doesn t inhibit brain development or. Many babies can develop a flat head as a direct result of their positioning in the womb before they are even born known as positional moulding.