Babies With Flat Heads On The Rise

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.

Babies with flat heads on the rise.

Flat heads on the rise dr. 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. Positional plagiocephaly also called deformational plagiocephaly is the most common type of flat head syndrome. The concern is a cosmetic or aesthetic one.

Although there has been a recent rise in the incidence of flat head syndrome placing your baby on the back is often not the main cause of the condition. A new review of the texas birth defects registry shows that cases of flattened heads. According to the american academy of family physicians it affects up to 50 percent. Since the 90s we ve seen a lot of kids with flat backs of their heads taub points out.