Babies With Flat Heads On The Rise

Positional plagiocephaly also called deformational plagiocephaly is the most common type of flat head syndrome.

Babies with flat heads on the rise.

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. The concern is a cosmetic or aesthetic one. Doctors point out it doesn t inhibit brain development or. Flat heads on the rise dr.

According to the american academy of family physicians it affects up to 50 percent. 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. 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. 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.