Babies With Flat Heads On The Rise

A new review of the texas birth defects registry shows that cases of flattened heads.

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. April 5 2011 5 26 pm cbs news cbs flat headed babies appear to be on the rise at least in texas. Flat heads on the rise dr. The concern is a cosmetic or aesthetic one.

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. Since the 90s we ve seen a lot of kids with flat backs of their heads taub points out. 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.