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A member asked:
Im 17 with flat head, distance between my forhead and back of my head is ridicoulas. is there no way this can be fixed without crainio a helmet maybe?
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No: The cranial bones of an infant are not fused together, which allows for expansion as the brain grows. Because of this a helmet can correct a deformity in an infants skull. By the age of 17 most skull bones are fused and immovable.
Answered 8/4/2015
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