Babies With Flat Heads On The Rise

April 5 2011 5 26 pm cbs news cbs flat headed babies appear to be on the rise at least in texas.

Babies with flat heads on the rise. According to the american academy of family physicians it affects up to 50 percent. 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. 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. Flat heads on the rise dr.

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