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Can using tight eye mask for sleeping cause change in skull/head shape at age above 20?

Q: can using tight eye mask for sleeping cause change in skull/head shape at age above 20?

: Your skull is quite rigid to help protect your brain. An eye mask with an elastic worn a few hours at night is not going to alter the shape of your skull.

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Dr. Theodore Davantzis answered

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Your skull is quite rigid to help protect your brain. An eye mask with an elastic worn a few hours at night is not going to alter the shape of your skull.

Answered 12/13/2022

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Can using tight eye mask for sleeping cause change in skull/head shape at age above 20?

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