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A member asked:
If a child has mild untreated craniocynostosis, will they automatically growup with an abnormal head?
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Depends on situation: True craniosynostosis (cs) will produce head deformities if untreated. Many early head shape variations have nothing to do with cs, they are often do to sleeping positions that allow the temporary shifting of head shape.These respond to conservative therapy with stretches or rarely a shaping helmet.
Answered 10/4/2016
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