Recently, in the past year or two, I noticed some indentations in my skull that show up occasionally. I’ve yet to find any information about them on Google or the like (Web MD, etc), so I’m hoping by posting here, perhaps Google will pick it up and someone else with the same situation may have an idea.
The dents are symmetrical, mirrored across the left and right halves. They’re about 5cm long and 1.5cm wide — sometimes larger in both dimensions. I only noticed them because of a nervous tendency to mess with my hair. They’re not there all the time. I’ve only noticed them late at night — tonight is the earliest, being only around 10:30PM.
Since I can’t predict when they’ll be there, I can’t see myself going to a doctor to explain all of this, wasting money and time on something he wouldn’t be able to witness. Plus, it’s not associated with any pain or dizzyness or anything like that — perhaps only tiredness, but that’s probably due to the hour more than the dent. It could be nothing, but nobody I have spoken to about it has found it familiar. It’s a mystery.
December 19th, 2004 at 5:25 pm
I don’t know your name, but I noticed the same thing about myself. Just this evening I showed my daughter who said she could even see the dents in my forehead. If you find anything, I would be very interested in knowing what this could be. I will make an appointment with my doctor to ask if he has any opinion.
Linda
December 23rd, 2004 at 12:01 am
Perhaps you’re seeing the coronal sutures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gray_188_-_Side_view_of_the_skull.png) of your skull? As far as them being more prominent in the evening, I’d postulate that your body ’settles’ throughout the day as you are upright. It is a widely known fact that you are slightly taller in the morning compared to in the evening, and most of us wake up “puffy” in the morning and end up “droopy” late at night. This might accentuate the appearance of the “dents” in the evening. What do you think?
December 23rd, 2004 at 11:05 am
The dents go from front to back, so it seems like it might be between the Superior Temporal Line and the Inferior Temporal Line, and I just feel them start and end around where those two lines converge. Thank you for the image, though.
You’re probably right about the settling, too.
Thanks for your post, and thanks Linda for your post.
December 29th, 2004 at 1:57 pm
So yeah, the doctor agreed, it’s probably those coronal sutures. Nothing to worry about.
October 22nd, 2005 at 7:24 pm
I’ve had a rather large dent in the back top of my head ever since I can remember. To the best of my knowledge this was not the result of any trauma to my head. Just recently I’ve developed another one just in front of the first. My doctor has no idea what the cause could be. I’ve had x-rays and a bone scan and was told everything looked fine. I’m scheduled to have a CT scan . I am a very healthy active 44 yr old who doesn’t even get colds and there is no family histort of anything like this. I can’t find any information either and would appreciate any given. Thanks, Kim
November 3rd, 2005 at 1:30 pm
My partner has just found indentations in his skull too. At least two possibly 3. He was sent for an urgent head x-ray yesterday and blood tests today. Blood tests normal but the x-ray definitely shows the holes and the doctor was worried! He goes tomorrow about booking a CT scan. he has been having headaches for two weeks now and also has ringing in his ears which has been going on for a while. This evening he said the holes were bigger, so maybe what the person was saying about evening time, etc is right. If i have news about the CT Scan i will let you know but it might not be until December. We live in Portugal. I would like e-mail from anyone that has same problem but don’t know if i should put address here. Michele
November 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I have suffered a small stroke in recent years and chronic migraines. A couple of months ago I noticed that I was losing an enormous amount of hair in the front right portion of by hairline. I sought the opinion of my primary care physician and was told that my stress levels were probably the culprit. After receiving 17 horrific steroid injections into the balding spots on my cranium, I decided to just get a clever haircut to conceal the loss and wait for my hair to grow back in. Just one week ago I checked on the patterns that were treated, to see if the treatment had been successful. Thumbs up, everything is coming in just fine. Tonight I just happened to run my fingers past the same location on my forehead and I found this dent. The dimensions, I couldn’t tell you. I am very concerned. I will be seeing a doctor tomorrow. Wish me luck. I’ll post any findings.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
I kinda have something wierd i found today, too, its no secret to me that i have a slight lump/bump in the middle of my forehead that family etc.. say is nothing to worry about (I’m male, 24) and i do feel that is just a normal line of my skull, however this morning,to the side of it was a visible black line down one side, where i could feel almost a “ridge” or canal in the forhead from the hairline down, maybe 3cm in total? I’m not 100% sure on what it is, or why it has happened today but i intend to get it checked out asap to be sure.
April 16th, 2006 at 7:54 am
I am interested in these comments. I have had an indentation over my right eye from my hairline back about an inch long. I attributed it either to hitting my head on the bottom of kitchen cabinets VERY hard quite some time ago or to plastic surgery I had 3 years ago. However, last night I realized I have a large indentation in the middle from the hairline back and another starting on the other side, mirroring the original indentation.
This is very worrying! I didn’t see anything very conclusive in the above comments — especially from the people who said they were going to see the doctor right away! Either it’s good news — or very bad news they didn’t want to share!
Hopefully, someone will see this and comment.
April 28th, 2006 at 8:05 am
Hi, I have the same problem, it started with one indention now I have two and they are getting bigger. I can’t remember hitting my head in this area. I have been getting tremendous headaches. And even sometime my scalp is tender to touch almost like bruising. Hope someone has a clue or knows what it might be. thanks
June 18th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Same story here! I’ve got two parallel dents beginning approximately 3cm back from my hairline, that run about 2″ in length. They are towards the center of my head (if you drew two lines that ran up over my forehead from the bridge of my nose. I’ve banged my head on the car door a few times, but nothing permanent I’m sure. So, I was interested in what might cause these dents in my head…I’d love to find out!
June 21st, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Just today I was shopping with a friend and noticed an indentation on the left side of the top of my head. It is about two inches long. I am very worried about it. I don’t have a headache or anything. Has anyone found out anything about this condition? I am between doctors and don’t want to go to the emergency room for something that is not an emergency. Does anyone have any answers? I would be happy to hear from you.
June 23rd, 2006 at 10:01 pm
My husband noticed two indentations on his skull two days ago. I am worried too! I have tried to find info online, but am finding nothing pertaining to adults. He says he feels fine, but I plan to make an appt. for him asap. Also, these “soft spots” are reddish in color. If anybody knows what this may be or have seen a doctor and got a diagnosis…please share!
Thanks so much!
June 24th, 2006 at 1:41 am
Hi, I’m Al. I’m a 17 year ol male and I am quite healthy and active physically. But for the past couple of years I’ve had a “problem” that the doctor say I shouldn’t worry about, but the truth is, I am VERY concerned about it. Here’s my problem. Both sides of my head (on the coronal suture) are uneven. What I mean is that I have a slight “lump” on the right side of my head, but a slight indentation on the left side. The lump on the right side is hard, but sometimes feels painful and/or sensitive to the touch. It also hurts when I touch the indented left side. At night when I take a shower and wash my hair, my skull hurts allot and I feel tingling and numbness in my hand and feet (mostly in my hands). When I lie in bed, I usually sleep on my side. If I lie on the right side of my head, a small, painful lum will appear on the left side of my head, and the if I lie on the left side of my head, then the lump on the right side of my head gets bigger! and worse, if I lie on the back of my head, I get a lump on both sides of my head and my hands, feet, and tongue go numb. Sometimes in the morning I’ll wake up and it’s actually kinda difficult just to wriggle my fingers or toes because they are so numb. I’ve gone to the doctor about this three times already and he doesn’t know what it is or what could be the cause of it. He also told me not to worry about it but I can’t help it. If anyone knows what this condition might be, please tell me, because I can’t find out any information about it on the web. Thanks.
July 8th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
I too have noticed an approx. 2 to 3″ long indent in my skull recently. It starts just back from my hairline (center of my head) and seems to run backward towards the center/top of my head. I’m a 39 year old female, in good health with no underlying health issues. It’s freaking me out…hope someone has some insight soon.
July 11th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Could it be a form of linear scleroderma. Look for En coup de sabre.
July 13th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Hi Im not sure if anyone can help or add any comments that have been through the same thing as me. I had been having headaches for a year and i went to the emergency room and they injected cortizone in my scalp now i have a huge dent in that spot and i almost cry to even brush my hair. I see a neurologist and he was no help sayd oh probably a migraine has anyone experinced this before?
August 26th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
I just wanted to comment that I recently discovered a similar ridge on my head. The ridge runs from front to back and is about 2cm to the right of the top of my head. I noticed it when I was washing my hair and felt a tender spot, and since then I can’t stop wondering what this might be. If anyone has gotten an answer or explanation I would love to hear it.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Hi,
I’ve just noticed one of these too, and am a bit concerned - especially since no one seems to have received any information.
Not to compromise confidentiality or to sound like a consipiracy theorist, but is anyone from Canada (i.e. are we all from around the same place)? i’m thinking maybe it has to do with hydro lines or something?
September 6th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Did you get any answers? I have only just recently had the same problem. Two lines going from the front to the back of my head. I thought originally it was the line of my parting but it is not. I have also noticed that they get more prominent in the evenings. When I wash my hair I cannot feel them at all which led me to believe they had something to do with my parting. I would be very interested to know what they are and if i should be worrying about them. I have no other symptoms but would like to know.
September 6th, 2006 at 10:10 am
That’s exactly what I have Maureen. It’s apparently normal and nothing to worry about (coronal sutures).
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Hi~
My daughter who is 26 just discovered dents in her head as well. Nothing we have found expalins this. If ANYONE finds out a clue to these dents…please let us know. She is in relatively great health, doesn’t have nay unusual symptoms…just notices dents in her scalp. On occasion, they are tender.
Thanks for any help.
October 17th, 2006 at 7:32 am
Hello, Ive just skimmed through all of these comments and thought I’d share what I’ve noticed lately as well… On the left side of my forhead is a dent, starting around my hairline and going in a very straight line to the top of my noise (felt when running my finger down it). I don’t know what it is. Or if it is anything to worry about. I do get regular headaches for some time now. I really don’t know anything about it, just that ive noticed a very prevelant dent in my forhead for a few months now…
October 17th, 2006 at 7:33 am
Oh and just for reference… I am a 25 year old female. I havent been sick (had a cold) in almost two years. Excellent health.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:19 am
I am a 26 year old female-About a month ago,my mother who is a hairdresser, was getting ready to highlight my hair and noticed a huge dent in my skull-since then I have noticed two more smaller ones. The first one we noticed, which is also the largest dent changes time to time, sometimes it is very deep and other times is seems to feel more “filled in” but still noticeable. My grandmother emailed her brother in-law about this “condition,” he is a nuero specialist and his response was that this is not normal and I shold have it checked out right away. I am going to go to see a physician as soon as possible-if I find anything out I will be sure to post it-until then if anyone else has found out anything please share!!
November 11th, 2006 at 6:17 am
i have 2 dents, but on the back of my head which i can clearly feel running my fingers. I’ve noticed long back, but these days as my hair is getting thinner, it looks prominent and if i’m not wrong, any person can detect the abnormality with in closing distance. apart from combing my hair to cover it, i often find uncomfortable with my skull shape. this is the reason i’ve always stayed away from buzz cut.
yes, i also notice that the diminesion of the dents changes after waking up, but it is kind of hard skull bone when i touch and feel it. i’ve migraine headaches too.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:48 am
Hi.
Thank god I am not alone on this.Two weeks ago found a dent on the top of my crown about 2 inches long. Hope someone can shed some light on this. Searched the internet and found nothing only all your comments.
November 24th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
i noticed recently an assymetrical indentation in the center, slightly right part of my forehead around hair-line. here is some info i found that can hopefully be useful to some. the doctor refers to bumps/protuberances but i think it equally applies:
” Actually, they are fairly common. They usually are caused by childhood injury (falls and accidental bangs to the head) which causes minor adjustments in the thickness of the skull or the areas where the skull plates join. In some cases, a person’s skull simply forms a certain way. I knew a young man in high school who literally had a “squared” head. There were corners along the top of his skull (they were rounded, but were corners nonetheless).
“Although the skull is “solid” it is actually formed from 22 different bones - 14 of which are in the face. The other 8 bones comprise the upper and rear portions of the skull, known as the cranium. The most common areas to find “lumps and protrusions” in the skull are where the bone plates of the cranium meet. In some people with shaved heads you can clearly see outlines of certain bone plates, while other people may appear to have perfectly smooth skulls.”
December 2nd, 2006 at 7:54 pm
For about a year now I’v notice the same thing with my head. At first I thought it came from when I hit my head on the trunk of my car years ago, but at the time when that happened there was no scare or bleeding. I also noticed it on my mother’s head one day when I was doing her hair. I know when I went on google I couldn’t find any info on adults just infants. I thought the dent was accuring from me being dehydrated but that wasn’t the case, I hydrated and still felt the dent. I really don’t know what the cause of this is. Any info please let me know.
December 6th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
I just noticed this same dent at the top right of my head. It changes size during the day. My internet research has not come up with anything. I don’t have headaches but I do have tinnitus and am wondering if this could be related.
January 13th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
i have looked for evrything about this, and only found this site. i have 3 dents they are tender and at times they are smaller. i always rub them because i feel relief when i massage them. i feel my nerves pulsating often. i would love to know what this is from.
February 9th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
I too have just found quite a large dent towards the back of my skull. I am a 32 year old female living in Australia. I cannot tell you the last time I was sick or needed to take any medication so I consider myself quite healthy. I do not remember any bumps or falls as a child that would have caused this dent. I dont like to touch it as I am really not sure what the cause is. A lot of people were going to get answers did anyone get any?
February 11th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
I have a dent on the right side of my skull, about a inch long. When my head was tender and soft during a brain operation as a little kid I kept pressing on it, and I believe thats how I made this indentation. But the doctors said my skull was fine and that it should be nothing to worry about. I’m just curious to know whether the dent is harmful because when I box and throw many punches rapidly or miss a punch and my head moves with the snapping motion i feel as if my head just got hit by someone or if i just banged my head against a book. Does anyone get the same pain when they do this? or turn their head to the left or right too fast?
February 16th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I just found a “dent” or “ridge” in my skull too. It runs along my hairline. Seems to be about 1/4″ deep. Somewhat sensitive to touch. No insurance so can’t go to the doctor and have had the same frustration searching on the internet. (All related to child’s injuries/abnormalities.) Did anyone get any feed-back when the saw their doctors?
February 16th, 2007 at 10:28 am
I asked my doctor and he said they were probably just the coronal sutures, like another poster said. I’m satisfied.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
I know others here have already asked for any advice on skull dents, I would like to urge anyone who has any additional information what so ever to please write in. My boyfriend has a 2 inch dent on the right side of his head. When he holds his head to the right the area of skin around the dent fills up with liquid, then when the head is tilted upright the liquid goes away. Both doctors and specialists don’t have any answers, only that it came from a severe blow to the head. This is not the case. The dent has been there as long as he can remember. Any information relevant to this would be extremely appreciated.
February 19th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Hi…this is so wierd. Does anyone have any other symptoms? I have a small indentation about 1 inch above my left eyebrow that I just noticed recently. However I have other things going on as well. Hair loss, sweating, cold, lack of energy, my hormone tests show I have extremely low hormone levels, increase in blood sugar, headaches, blurred vision, weight gain, nasuea, dizziness, drippy nose and other various things. I am wondering, after doing a bit of research if it could be patuitary gland.
Does anyone have similar symptoms? If you have any ideas it would be appreciated. Also I am going to ask my doc to see an endocrinologist. maybe they might know…
February 20th, 2007 at 12:43 am
Two years ago I noticed a one inch dent just below my hair line, and also a raised area near it. I also experienced alot of pain and a feeling of numbness in this area. I went to my doctor and she seemed perplexed and preformed a “punch” test of skin to rule out skin cancer. The test came back normal but said there was tissue loss. The doctor said the dent was prpbably caused by some old injury. Since then the dent seems to have gotton wider and I am having shooting pains that go back towards themiddle of the top of my head. I want to have an mri because the pain is getting worse and I am tired of worring about it! I also have found nothing on this subject except this site. I noticed no one has written back with any results,have they all perished?!!! I thought the guy in canada was hilarious but maybe on the right track, maybe we”re being abducted and experimented on!!! Whatever it is I cant wait to find out!
February 24th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Hi all
It is so strange I stumbled on this forum as I have the same problem as all of you, I have nearly always had a dent in the top of my head - but as the years have gone on this has widened I can fit the tops of 3 fingers in it now - I also have noticed new dents on the right side above my temple and the left side also . My hair has started to thin in the front - ( not good for a woman)
and over the past few years I have experienced little spasms in my head - sort of like a brain shake - recently this little spasm was quite big and although it only lasted a few seconds, I got an awful headache and full feeling behind my eyes. My doc has reffered me to a neurologist for this. I never mentioned the dents though, because I just assumed they were normal ish -
But the dents do seem to be changing in shape and depth.
It is all very strange. I am also a migraine sufferer and have been diagnosed with Sarcoidosis in the past.
S.
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Hey it looks like I’m not alone. I have noticed that I had deep indents on the left and right sides of the back of my head and a boney ridge in the middle that feels like a spine! I have started losing a lot of hair and I get these quick pains in these areas about five times a day. I will go to a doctor and see if he thinks this is something serious and post back….
March 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Hi, my wife has this problem too. She has a dent about 2 inches long and runs from front to back. It lays slightly on the right side of her skull and towards the back. She complains of headaches and asks me to rub near it to relieve her headaches. We will be going to the doctors soon. If anyone has heard back please post again. We will post what we find out.
March 10th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
My wife, age 44, has two pretty big “dents” in the left upper part of her head…this began a couple of years ago. The other interesting (and troubling) thing is that she has 3-4 spots of alopecia areata in the same areas, both on the left upper head. Shes so worried she will go bald. Doctors have prescribed cortisone cream and tried cortisone injections but the spots of alopeica have only gotten worse. it also seems like the “dents” are getting deeper. It seems like the dents and the alopecia areata have to be related. Any ideas??
March 12th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
well if more than one person says they have the same thing then that probably means that its normal. Im sure there is nothing to worry about. Obviously its normal if ive looked up what it was too.
March 27th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
I am a 22 year old female with epilepsy and since I can remember have had a 3×3 inch flat indentation at the back of my head, so assumed that any “dents” were from the 3 seizures I have had…but then about a week or two ago noticed a bump or 2 indentations which make the area between them feel like a bump along my part……and it seems like a lot of people have these, but most people said it was coronal sutures, but one person said it was NOT common and should be seen by a doctor asap. Did anyone find out what it was and whether it was a problem?
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
My mother-in-law had a very itchy head about one year ago. Her GP seemed unconcerned. Due to arthritic cervical vertebrae a skull/neck xray was ordered. Numerous lesions lit up over her skull on the xray. Further testing showed these areas were metastatic tumors from a primary cancer elsewhere. Radiation treatments over a 5 day period left numerous indentations in the areas of these identified tumors. The edges of the indents were gentle at first, but over time, the indentations became deeper and the edges are more abrupt. Other areas of her skeletal structure, which also “lit up” on xray were radiated to kill the tumor, have now led to some destruction of the bone in those areas. ( The oncologist feels it is better to rid the body of some of the tumor at a risk of bone loss). She is now receiving chemo for a primary lung cancer. When the oncologist first saw the numerous skull indentations, he thought it may be classical “Multiple Myeloma”.
In summary, ask for an xray - and may God be with you.
April 16th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Hi everyone.
I just noticed this on myself as well. I have very thin and noticebly thinning hair, so I went to a dermatologist who gave me steroid injections in my scalp. I looked up online to see what the side effects of those injections were, and it was atrophy - indentation, and change in color pigment, among a few other things. I’m pretty convinced that is what my issue is, although it is freaking me out a bit. Hope this helps anyone who may have had the same procedure and same side effects as me.
April 30th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Hey,
I’m 16 years old and i have a indention about 1cm from my hair line, but i have no idea what it’s from. I have headaches all the time. I’ve been hit in the head twice, but it wasn’t near this indention. So if anyonw figure’s this out, please, please e-mail me!
Thank you,
Janet
May 1st, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Hey… how weird are we….just found this site after searching about indentations on the top of my head…found it at Easter…scared the life outta me… its like yuch to feel it…havnt been to the doctor, feel a bit stupid actually..hey doc i gotta dent in my skull !!!! i mite sound like a loonatic huh but it is sorta scaring me a little, keep feeling it and its still there. oooh wot to do .
May 5th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Hi.. this is odd! Its great to know that I am not the only one with a dent in my head. It seems like a rige in my scull about 5cm long and very sensitive to touch. If I persue in touching it I get terrible shooting pains through my scull when moving around (speciatlly when getting up from sitting down). I too have not addressed this with my doctor, as I feel that I may be over-reacting. Maybe I should just go see him to put my mind at ease.
May 7th, 2007 at 6:08 am
HI, JUST GOOGLED “SKULL DENTS” THINKING NOTHING WILL COME UP! WHAT A SURPRISE AND ALSO RELIEF TO FIND OUT OTHERS HAVE THEM TOO. MINE CAME BACK TODAY. JUST ABOVE MY RIGHT EYEBROW, SHOWED MY HUSBAND AND YOU COULD SEE THE LOOK IN HIS EYES TELLING ME “THAT WASNT THERE YESTERDAY”. I HAVE NOTICED THIS DENT COME AND GO THOUGH FOR PAST YEAR OR SO, SO I AM GOING TO THE DOCTOR TO FIND OUT
May 8th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I just noticed two indentations running parallel to each other from front to back what is it
May 11th, 2007 at 10:09 am
I am 51 and several weeks ago felt a dent in my head. I had a skull fracture when I was 15 and have never felt this dent or anything else. I went to my doctor sho immedicately sent me for a skull xray which came up negative. I am going today for CT of the head. I also would like to know what this is and don’t intend to just sit back and wait to find out it’s something. I have Diabeties, 2 herniated disk and fibromyalgia, none of which contributed to this. I’ll let you know what I find out.
May 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Found a small dent in my head last week, about two cm above my right eyebrow and about 1cm long. Having been suffering increasingly bad headaches over the past couple of years, sometime so bad and with nausea that I have had time off work, but my doctor doesn’t seem to think that its migraine, as I have no flashing lights and the pain is right across the front of my forehead.
I google the ‘dent in the forehead’ to try and find out SOMETHING as these headaches are really getting me down and I was wondering if the dent was related to it….but I had started to doubt myself…maybe the dent was always there…but why didn’t I remember it!!
I think I may now mention it to my doctor and see what she says….probably that I’ve ‘lost it’…..
May 20th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I’ve been asking around about this and no one seems to know what causes them. Those that had the CT scans done, please let us know the results asap. Even though we all know that every situation can be different, most of the comments state the same conditions. Someone did mention lto me that it could be lack of Hormones, which could explaine the loss of hair, someone else said that it could be to much calcium, which could make parts of your head grow. I’m 37, never sick, many migrains and a very unbalanced hormone situation.
Please let us know the results of those CT scans!
Thanks,
S
May 22nd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
ok i was washing my hair the other day and i noticed that like the top of my head sinks down a little bit..i dont know if thats the shape of my head, but it like dips down like 2 inches wide..its wear like a baby’s soft spot is..thats where it is on my head..thats where it dips down..i dont know if thats normal?
May 27th, 2007 at 5:40 am
I recently found out that I have a dent on my head. It is kind of small, round and reddish. It is the same spot where I had a steroid injection because I was suffering from alopecia areata. This is the 2nd injection that I have on the same spot. The first time I was injected there was no dent. It is just that I went for a 2nd injection because only some of the hair grew the first time as I think the doctor only injected in a few spots. I thought the male doctor might have used too much strength in pressing my scalp to stop the bleeding after he pulled out the injection. I had an injection a few years back and it was very successful as the lady doctor was very gentle and whatever injection she used, it make my hair grow back all. But this recent doctor of mine is good too but he is treating me for another illness so I thought I come to him for my alopecia areata which I think may be caused by stress or age. I’m in my middle 30’s. I will be going to check with him to see if maybe he pressed too hard or maybe I should not have asked to be injected in the same spot. Anyway thanks for sharing in this website, I thought there was something wierd with me.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I just noticed a dent that begins at my hairline on the right about a half inch or so to the right of center. I can fit the pad of my index finger into the dent, and it is tender to the touch. I have chronic headaches, often feel dizzy or lightheaded, nausea, tinnitus and strain related right eye pain. I am pretty darn certain that I didn’t have the dent until very recently. I had a CT scan about a year ago for the headaches and tinnitus since I have a family history of Neurofibromatosis and we wanted to ensure that I didn’t have any tumors lurking in my brain. No tumors, hooray, but the headaches and other symptoms are persistent. I’m not trying to say that I believe that there is a connection between the dent any my symptoms, just saying that I did have a CT scan and nothing showed up as out of the ordinary.
I feel like a total hypochondriac because I’ve seen my doctor repeatedly about the headaches, etc, and we’ve been able to find nothing wrong. Stress and below ideal levels of exercise were thought to be the culprit, but I’ve been addressing those issues with no change in my symptoms.
Even though I totally want to poke around there, I am trying to not screw with the dent. Leave it to me to start thumping on a soft spot - stick in my thumb and pull out a plum! :P
Good to know that there are tons of denty heads out there, though. Makes me feel less concerned.
May 30th, 2007 at 10:13 am
dent still here BUT i have discovered that it does come and go so for some reason it dents down and the same day it comes back up again…my friends have felt it and think its a bit gross but wot do ya do…known my luck if i go to doc, it will be away until i leave the surgery haha… hope all you fellow dentys are ok
May 30th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I am having the same issues with my head. I have a constant headache and vertigo to go with it. There is a huge dent in the top of my head near the crown. If I apply pressure near the dent, the headache eases a little. I really want to go to my doctor about this. . .she would probably think I am a quack with too much time on my hands. I wish the posters who went to the doctor would let us know what they found out from their doctors. This is certainly strange!
June 1st, 2007 at 8:42 pm
For those who this applies to:
The indentations that begin between 1cm to 1in behind the hairline and travel back towards the top of the head are, to the extent of my knowledge, caused by prolonged stress and anxiety. The bones in the top of the skull become softer as the body remains under the influences of stress and anxiety, which result in an indentation that can grow over time. It’s not dangerous, per say, but it is one of the potential indicators of an anxiety disorder.
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:28 am
have posted on here before. dent gone but i totally agree with “j” saying its related to stress. i am under enormous stress at present regarding financial matters and i am very surprised that i havent “shut down” emotionally, have to keep going for sake of kids etc, so if my dent is due to that there is a wonder i am not denty all over my head lol. have taken to drinking to lots of water incase it was dehydration as i vaguely remember when my son was baby if he did not have enough water his front of head “fontanelle?” went deeper, so perhaps thats why “denty” went. i know he will be back as he came last year and stayed for a while… regards to all dentys out there!!
June 7th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
I am so glad to have found this website….. about 2-3 days ago I noticed an indention just to the left of the center line of my skull, starting about an inch from my hairline and going from front to back about 3 inches….. I have noticed it rapidly increasing in depth … then just tonight it seems one is developing just on the right of center….. I honestly feel I am creating these by just continuously checking my head….. I have not had any pain or headaches, but I have had a habit of pulling my hair …. in the past six months my hair has become extremely brittle and wirey ( I originally assumed a bad hair color job) but it has gotten worse. My overall health stinks….. diabetic, hypothyroidism since birth, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and rosacia…..I think I will try and see the doctor tomorrow… I will definately let you all know if I learn of anything……again, it is such a relief just to know I am not the only one….I was afraid to go to the doctor…. they make you sick , you know…..I feel fine….but they keep diagnosing me as “sick” …. obesity is a killer!!!
June 10th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Hi,
I just noticed a ent in my skull even asked my husband, do you remember this
being here. Glade i am not the only one, I have been under a lot of stress so maybe tht is it. I reall don’t reember it. I thought I would feel silly going to the Dr saying I found this dent in my head. I just had a mri a few weeks ago because of headachs, nuro dr said it was a normal mri. Now I have a dent go figure.
I will be checking back and if I go to the Dr I will post what she says.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
I have had one dent for quite a long time, but tonight i found another one at the side of the original one, smaller but there. Thats why i came back to this site to see if there were any updates. If its stress, i can relate to that! Been stressed out for months. The dents come and go, and are more prounounced in the evening.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
HI,
Yesterday my mother noticed these two dents in my forhead that rund from the front hairline and appraoch eachohter toward ( or getting close to) the bridge of my nose. Today when I was getting my haircut, decided to look at it in the mirror to see what she was talking about. I told the lady that was cutting my hair what I was doing and why I was looking and she said that she had noticed it too and never so me like that ( she has been cutting my hair for several years now). That is why I decide to search and came up with this site. I don’t get headaches. But over the past several years I have been experimenting with natural health care as I feel that I have always had hypothyroidism which might explain why I suffer from depression which I have been on meds for for several years now. I started taking this homeopathic suppliment that is used for thyroid support. The directions on the box indicate that it should be taken three times daily. After several weeks, I found the cumulative effects of 3X daily to be too much. So, I recently cut back to two and finally one time a day. Maybe this does have to do with hormones and stress leves. Stress and hormones are somewhat related to eachother.
June 11th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Boy…I am pretty unnerved as well!!! I’m glad I am not the only person…my dent is directly in line w/ the “softspot” everyone has on their heads…any ideas!!!
June 20th, 2007 at 6:11 am
hi, my name is Denise. i’m 40 yrs old, and have noticed this dent in my skull for about a few months now. it seems to get more sore later in the day. this is the first time looking this up. I thought it was crazy, so i never really mentioned it to anyone, not even my doctor. I have looked on some other sites, there are more people with this , all that say basically the same thing. It doesn’t seem to be anything too serious, someone even mentioned that when they found out they had a gluten intolerance and changed thier diet the spot seemed to start going away. this might be something to look into
July 12th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
I agree a lot with what Lewis found. How the cranium coming together from several plates when you are a child. Eventually forming together. Not always so perfectly. Although Ive always believed this to be the case, I can’t help but wonder: My sister noticed a “triangle” like outline on my forehead a few weeks ago. We joked about it being from me tanning and getting one of those “sun” spots. But when I went home I looked at it closer. And felt the lines/dents/ridges. In shape of a triangle. Running from the hairline above my left eye all the way to a point stopping at my eyebrow then coming back up to the hairline father apart then the starting line. It freaked me out at first. But then I thought of how I have always had those “dents” in the back of my head since I could remember. They gave me comfort as a child. I would instinctlvely know to put some pressure on this dents to subside my headaches. And it worked most of the time. I dont know what is going on with this triangle sort of a line…but I know I can’t worry about it too much. What could the doctors really do anyway??? I dont want someone slicing my head open….NO THANK YOU. Surely there must be a doctor in this world that has a dent or something…surely there has to be… All these doctors saying it’s nothing…it may not be harmful…but it sure isnt…NOTHING.
July 17th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
I am surprised that there isn’t more information about these skull indentations on the web. Just like many of you, I have two prominant dents. When I first found them (around 20+ years ago), I have had doctors tell me that 1) it is a skull tumor (I had already had one at 6 years old, was removed, and was benign), 2) no it is a scalp issue, 3) no it isn’t anything to worry about because it is growing too slowly, 4) no there is an abnormality in the skull, and 5) the most recent, no there isn’t anything wrong. The surgery left a hole which is still there, but one of the dents is deeper, wider, and longer than that hole. I don’t have any symptoms except the dents which are tender to the touch. What are they? Is there something pushing down on the meninges around the brain or the brain itself? Is the dent just empty? There seem to be a lot of people with the same issue. Isn’t there someone who knows what is going on?
July 18th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Hey everyone,
For a few months now my mum has had two indents on the top of her head which we have all been quite concerned about. She is finally going to the doctor tomorrow, so I promise you all who are worried about what’s going on with their heads that when I get home from school I will post her results. There’s nothing worse than being worried for your self or people you care about. Let’s hope its a natural occurrence! Good luck to you all.
July 19th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Hi,
I stumble across this site, like others I have a indent on the top right side of my head. I mean huge. I can fit the palm of my hand inside. I have had this indent ever since I could remember. I always had trouble with depression and other forms of mental illness OCD, ADD and have been to doctors and on medications. Well, I laways joked around and said that the indent was the cause. Well, a few years ago when I was at the doctors about my depression I mention this dent. When the doctor felt the dent he immediately said that is was from a early cranium fracture. I had another opinion and the doctor said the same thing. I never remembered having any injury,because of the size of my dent the doctor said it had to happan when I was a baby, that the soft spot in the brain actully saved my life and that if it happaned when I was older and my skull wasn’t as soft, it might have killed me. I was in a very abusive first marriage and my husband on several occassions would bang my head against the wall, sometimes I would almost pass out but I knew that wasn’t the cause because I remember having that dent as a child.
I asked my mother and she said the only thing she could remember is that I fell off my changing table when I was a few weeks old. Could this have caused this damage?
Well, I really never got any tests done on my brain and I think I am going to start looking into it. I was checking out another site which says some skull fractures in childhood could leave dents which is a result of a bone putting pressure on the brain. I don’t believe anything serious is going on, but I would like to know if alot of my depression, etc could be a result of this injury. As big as this dent is..I would like to know what it is pressing on.
I say don’t worry about your dent, it is probably nothing to worry about, if I had this huge dent on my head all these years and nothing serious resulted from it that a few pills won’t help, I am sure you will be find too. But only you know your body and the changes you might be having so………..to ease your mind, go to the doctors.
July 19th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Hey again,
My mum went to the doctors yesterday, and they sent her for x-rays today. The doctor said he thought it may be a disease called Pagets disease- a softening and expanding of the bone. Apparently it’s not curable, however its treatable. At the x-ray today the person said that he couldn’t see any evidence of Pagets, but the doctor would have to verify that. If its not Pagets, then mum has to get a CT. A possibility is what someone mentioned above, Myeloma or something, cancer in the plasma cells (bone marrow). I’ll post the results once we know. However, everyone who is worried should go to the doctors, as it all is an individual thing. One person’s results may not be the same for the other. Good luck, and I’ll post the results soon.
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
My daughter (14 yrs old), started noticing small indents in her head around January 2007. We monitored them and when we noticed they were growing in size (and more were forming), we went to her primary care Dr. He did a CBC and found nothing abnormal. I pushed for further testing to be done…we visited an orthopaedic, who sent us to a neurosurgeon. He did a CT scan of the skull and found definite bone loss. She is scheduled for a complete body scan in the morning. We will find the results of that on the 26th (Thursday). The neurosurgeon has referred us to an ENT because he sees a mass in her nasal cavity (that he says “looks like a calcium deposit”). We have an appt with the ENT next week.
We are hoping and praying that this is something simple and not anything serious. The unknown is the worst part… to see these highly educated doctors not have a clue…it’s scary!
I’ll update you all when I know something… in the meantime, please pray for Kaley.
Thank you SO much!
July 30th, 2007 at 3:45 am
My son who is now 18 has had a bumby indented skull from around the age of two. All the usual baby monitoring check ups never showed any problems and he was a very health baby/child. My mum first noticed his head not feeling quite right when he was about 18 months. After lots of doctor, then peodeatric appointments everyone was still puzzled. He had tests and CT scans which all came back normal. My own doctor was still puzzled and got me an appointment with a friend of his who was a neuro surgeon. He checked all the test/scan results and said he had come across this before although quite rare but his words were that it was just a variation of normal. He said it may smoothen as he grew but it would never be completely smooth. He also re-assured me that there was nothing to worry about. If there was a serious problem he would be suffering from headaches and sickness. As the years past he was and still is a very healthy active normal child, into lots of sports etc. I have always monitored his head for any changes which never happened until approx 4 years ago whilst living in the USA. I was running my fingers through his hair to wake him up for school and his head felt smooth!!!! I could not believe it, but on closer insepction i noticed that the gaps had been filled with liquid and when gently touched you could hear the liquid squelching around, this completely freaked me out. He felt absolutely fine and completely normal and went to school. When he got home from school the liquid had gone and his head was back to how it used to be.I took him to emergency. Two doctors saw him and i explained that he’d always had a bumby/indented head that had been diagnosed as a variation of normal but the liquid was a new occurance. Again they didn’t seem at all fased by his bumpy head and could’nt really give me an explaination for the liquid. This happened a few more mornings but has never happened again. I can honestly say my son has always been a picture of health although i do feel that his eye sockets are quited deeply set but don’t know if this is related to the way his skull has formed. I’m just hoping and praying he will carry on a healthy life without this ever causing him a problem but i do worry about him going bald as he did shave his hair very short once and it looked awful. Does anyone know if surgery would be an option? The whole thing still baffles me, I wonder if i have investigated every avenue and am still trying to obtain more info from the web but as many of you have said there isn’t any info on adults or these indentations happening in older children/adults.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:31 pm
I just happened to notice a dent in my head tonight and it really freaked me out. It almost feels soft. I googled “dent in my head” and found this site. Many people have posted their concerns and seem fine, but I guess that we don’t know what happens after. Then, there are those that are going for tests and worried that it might be something serious!!! I’ve been feeling depressed and lots of aching in my body. I went to the doctor and they did blood work and found nothing, but it is Kaiser and most of the time they are just in a rush to get me out quick. I think I’ll schedule an appointment tomorrow and hope that it’s alright. Good luck to everyone! It will be alright.
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:18 pm
UPDATE TO July 22, 2007 POST…
The full body scan shows nothing abnormal. The ENT doesn’t see anything suspicious in the nasal cavity. She goes into the hospital on Monday (Aug 6th), for a bone biopsy, they will do a scraping and a punch out on he largest indent. The bone will be sent to pathology…I will let you know the outcome.
August 2nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
What a relief to have found this site, as I thought I was the only one with a dent in my head!!!! I’ve noticed a ridge on top of my head about a month ago too! My friends are laughing at me when I ask their advice and think I’m imaginging things. I’m not a hypohondriac, I swear, but they think I always find weird things in my body that turn out to be nothing. I sure do hope it’s nothing. I’ve been under a lot of strees as well lately, but then who hasn’t! I don’t even know who to ask, as I’ve seen my GP only ones, and not sure I even trust her opinion. This board was started 3 years ago and noone still knows what is really going on? Hope we all are just too aware of our bodies.
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 am
PamE, I’ve been waiting for your update and praying for your daughter, wishing you both all the best for Monday, hope all goes well.
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 am
Hi everyone,
I am Renae’s mum. Renae has made a few comments above. My local GP thought that my depressions in my skull may have been Pagett’s disease. A skull X Ray proved that to not likely be the cause. He ordered blood pathology, as I have had renal failures in the past and he thought that it may have been bone not able to replace itself normally through abnormal levels of calcium, but my calcium and phosphate levels are normal also. He ordered a CT scan and that has not been able to pin point the area, as it is two indents where my fontanelle would be. I have headachy days and the need to pop my ears frequently. Sometimes my hearing is ordinary and I feel very pressured in my head. Other days I feel fine! My indents have only been there for 8 to 10 weeks and were itchy to start with. The back of my head (where my other fontanelle would be) is now a little tender and weird too. The CT is normal, but the Dr needs to get a transverse view as he cannot see the affected area. That will be next week. He then plans to send me 5 hours North to a specialist - but he does not know what kind of specialist as he has not seen anything like this in his 30 years of practice!! My gut instinct is that it will be something that is “another form of normal” as described above. I think if it was anything really serious, I would be really ill by now. Cheers and good luck to you all. Pam I am really keen to hear how your little girl goes. Kathryn.
August 10th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
About 3 or 4 months ago, I noticed a dent in my head. It kept getting longer and deeper. Then i found another one. I went to the doctor and he measured them. He scheduled an x-ray and found out my skull is getting thinner in spots. I get at least two new ones a month. I had a CT scan and the results were a normal scan. I get very bad headaches and they’re getting worse. Doesn’t seem to be anything that can be done, except live with the pain. I’m hoping to go to a medical university and see if they can help. The stress idea is very possible for me so maybe I’ll talk to my doctor about it. Thanks everyone.
August 11th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Strange isn’t it that we’ve all found this site after finding these dents, and strange that a majority of us are women? Also strange that none of us have found out what it is after all these posts and even doctor visits? I just found my dent along the part in my hair tonight and Googled it with no help but this site with similar situations and questions with no answers. I just had a baby 8 weeks ago and heard that babies’ soft spots deepen when dehydrated, but I’ve never experienced a “soft spot” on my head no matter how dehydrated I’ve been! Either this is normal and we’re the only ones who have noticed it enough to look it up, or this is abnormal and nobody knows what the culprit is! When someone gets an answer, PLEASE come back to this site and post!
August 13th, 2007 at 4:35 am
ok ladie i noticed my indents when i started going to college. not only did o have the indents but had sever hairloss. i have no hair where the indents are. and the hir will grow and fall out again. the doc said it was stress. when i graduated the hair grew back in a little and then fallout once the indent returned. lost all my hair and can only wear a pony tail. i went to the dermatologist and got the steriod shots and it made no difference. i dont mind the indentations bt the hair loss is what is killing me. my hormones is fine, and thyroid too. the doctor said that the lck of iron can be the reason i have massive hair loss. but those indentations leave massive hair loss.
at first it started with tender scalp and then ur hair just start falling out. i have had this proble for almost 3 year and no one can help me.
August 16th, 2007 at 4:45 am
Please will someone tell us….
August 16th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Hello again - this is Renae’s mum, Kathryn. Hey Tracy - I thought your posting most interesting as I too have had a baby recently - he is now about 10 months old, but I have only had the indents appear since I had him….I am still breast feeding. Since my last posting, my Dr has ordered a nuclear bone scan and is sending me to Prince of Wales to a neurosurgeon. He said that it may take 2 or 3 specialists before we figure out what the problem is. I get headaches, but not everyday. He said that he would be most suprised if it was a tumour, or bone cancer or bone infection. I wonder if a bone infection can enter via a bad tooth??? Just a thought, as I have had a woeful toothache for a while now…yes, getting brave enough to go to the dentist soon!! Having a baby was easier!! Talk to you all soon, and will keep you updated…
August 16th, 2007 at 4:55 am
Oh and Trish, no definate hair loss on my indents - but thought my brush was getting fuller than usual! K
August 16th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Message to Tammi - hi - my Dr told me that some bone conditions were very difficult to pick up in just XRays and CT Scans - honey, I would suggest that you look into something more sure, especially if your headaches are getting worse. Is your vision affected? Kathryn
August 16th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
UPDATE ON MY DAUGHTER (14), KALEY:
Kaley had the bone biopsy done on August 6th. The doctor said the bone was very healthy looking, although definitely thinned out (to the max). He did a complete punch out of the indented spot. He then scraped some of the bone from a thick spot, to compare the spots. He also filled in the hole he made with the scrapings of the thick bone. Kaley did very well with all of this and seems to be healing just fine. (Which is great, since school starts soon.)
As far as any test results…all I have gotten out of them so far is that the bone and the connecting tissue all are benign. The doctor also spoke to the pathologist about Kaley’s case, but they won’t dicsuss that with me on the phone. We go for her post-op visit on the 28th.
I will keep you posted.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
To Gina & Kathryn…
Thanks SO much for the well wishes!
August 17th, 2007 at 10:31 am
I, also, have recently noticed two parallel indents running along the top center of my head just about an inch past my hairline. I was terrified and immediately googled my problem and found this website. I have also recently had a baby (he is 4 months old now). I have been home from work all summer with my son and have spent a lot of time outdoors, in the sun, with my sunglasses on. When I come inside or if it gets dark out, the sunglasses then reside on top of my head, sometimes for hours. I have realized that the grooves or dents are from the nose gaurd on my sunglasses!!!! Could it be that many of you also wear your sunglass on top of your head and that this is what is causing your trouble as well???
August 17th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Thanks for the update PamE!! It was a relief to hear that Kaley’s results are benign. I think for any parent / individual, that is always the biggest worry initially - then we cope with the rest as it comes to hand. Good luck with the rest and please let us know how she goes. What a brave young lady she is! And what a caring mum you are! Also, hello to Nancy with the 4 month old bubba and the sunglasses - yes I wear sunglasses on my head alot - and there is a similarity to the position, however, my indents are big enough to lay half your index finger in. How big are yours? I wonder if this is a bone reaction to pressure? Out of interest too - I found something that is called “osteomalacia” which can cause thinning of the bone and is like a Vitamin D deficiency - it can cause fissures apparently, and can be related to chronic renal issues (which I have). I am going to ask my Dr about it before I make the decision about instrusive nuclear bones scans while I am still breast feeding and neurosurgeons!! I find this site comforting and I think it might even be interesting to print it out to show my Dr!!
August 17th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Hi
Nice to know that I have lots of other fellow dentheads around , and we are all capable of complex thought and computer rendezvous , so it seems that these dents don’t affect cognitive functioning much or brain operation. I have had a large ridge-like dent , on the right side of skull top, that drops about 1/2 inch-about 3 inches long. and then rises again towards the back of the skull , for as long as I can remember.
I thought that the fact that my mother was severely depressed while carrying me , ( at age 41 ) , enough so to have had at least one series of Electric shock therapy treatments ,with me growing inside. of which my father reluctantly revealed under scrutiny only. In the early 60’s, and still today, this was the only non pharm treatment for mothers carrying , with severe depression. Mom also smoked while carrying me , 3rd kid an all . I was probably born a little premature , i beleive , by c section . So I reckon , that maybe my skull just hadn’t had a chance to fully develop into a more mature or rounder skull shape-also my head seems a little smaller than some others , and we all know that smoking during pregnancy , can cause physical , measureable maladies , that will permanently affect the newborn throughout his/her development. Not witstanding , i have noticed that my neice has a similiar dent in her head , and consequently suffers from depression , like my mother and I.
So , go figure-what is the doc supposd to tell you-’You’re right , you do have a rather large dent in your head.”Thinking , Is there anything that I’m going to do about it -not a freakin’ chance?
My theory-Prenancy health foibles, bone plate formation , and delivery and/or soft spots that never completely fill out-as well as brutal infant drops-parental butterfingers-that they are never going to tell you about anyway! Ha ! So how ’bout , I’ll drink to your bump and you drink to my dent !
Cheers Brian in Vanc
August 20th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Hello,
I have had this indentation on the top of my head towards the back, much like everyone else. I have had this dent for as long as I can remember, and it drives me CRAZY!! I am always too nervous to go to the hair salon, wondering if the hair dresser will say anything about it! If anyone knows what the heck these things are, please, tell me!! I don’t want to go to the doctor, because I am just way too embarrassed! HELP ME!
August 28th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
TRISH
I would strongly recommend the book “It’s Your Hormones” for your hair loss.
I noticed a signifigant hair loss starting in April and to make a long story short and after being tested for all autoimmune disease etc I flew up to NY to see the Dr and Author of the book (Geoffery Redmond). He believes and is confident that it is a sensitivity to testosterone (your levels may be in the norm still) and has put me on medication to block it as well as birth control. He said it would be 2 - 4 months for me to see improvement and I can tell you that after 90 days I saw a signifigant improvement. My hair dresser couldn’t believe all the new hair growth she saw on my last visit. If you think this may help you could buy the book and hopefully your physician will work with you on this approach, if not I would find someone who will. Before seeing him I went to a dermatologist who unfortunately gave me cortisone injections and I have had these indentations in my skull (without headaches) as similar to other posts. Not exacty sure if they are related to the injections or not, still working on that part. Some people may get them from sebborhea dermatitis or psoriasis however treatment for dermatitis has not helped and doctors are not in the same opinion that is what I have. I hope this help as I know how distressing this can be.
August 28th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Update on Kaley:
We went back to see the neurosurgeon today for the post-op visit. He says that everything came back completely normal. They haven’t a clue what could be causing it. He wants to see her back in six months, or before, if we notice any significant changes. She will be released in five weeks and can then resume her normal athletic activities. Other than the dents in her head, she is absolutely fine. So, I guess we can live with it. We are very glad to know she is not alone in this. Until I found this site, we felt totally alone. Thanks to everyone. Sincerely, PamE
August 30th, 2007 at 3:51 am
Hi PamE,
So glad to hear Kaley’s post op visit went so well. Don’t know if you read my first entry about my son Jamie but he has has the dent’s in his head since been very young. We never found a real answer and i still often feel guilty, thinking i didn’t do enough to get to the bottom of it and find real answers, but may be there isn’t any?. In every other respect Jamie is still very healthy, racing motocross and playing lots of sports. Let’s pray our kids stay happy and healthy even with their bumpy heads!!!!
Take care. Gina xx
August 31st, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I have just noticed a fontenel like thing on the top my head. So here I am. Never noticed it before. i am worried. What could it be
September 1st, 2007 at 11:42 am
This is more bone bulge than dent related, but the other day I heard someone talking about a bulge in the middle of their forehead. When he went to the doctor, the MD told him what the condition was some really big medical word.
When the guy asked, “Could you please rephrase that in English?”
The doctor replied, “Well, in essence, it means that you’re a unicorn.”
Other than the obvious cosmetic aspect of it, he had nothing to worry about.
September 6th, 2007 at 8:36 am
I am so glad to have happened upon this site!!! I noticed about a week ago that I have an indention on the left side of my head over my ear and towards the top of my skull. I had mentioned it to my family members who told me to have it checked out if I was worried about it but that they were sure nothing was wrong. I was feeling of my head yesterday and to my horror noticed that I have one of the right side too! I have a head full of hair so no one ever sees it, but it has been on my mind constantly since discovering it. I’m not sure what it could be and I am too scared to go to the doctor to have it checked out. It was comforting to see that I am not the only one who has dealt with this and could not find any other information on the web concerning it. Thank goodness for websites like this one!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Hi. I am so glad I found this site. I found a smallish dent about an inch back from my hairline at the top of my skull. It feels weird to the touch but doesn’t hurt. I’ve had a few minor bouts of nausea lately but don’t know if there is any connection. I am going to my doctor next week and will most likely have an x-ray/CAT scan, etc. I am pretty healthy but do suffer from migraines (mostly related to my monthly cycle). If anyone has updates please post - I will when I know more :-)
September 8th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I have had two “dents” in my skull running from my ears towards the back. Just realized that’s where my glasses fit. I did have another dent several years ago (where a newborn usually has one) at the top of my skull. It went away. I’m going to ask my doctor about them. They don’t hurt or anything, just there.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Hi I also searched Skull Dents on Google and found this site. I am a 38 year old mother of two and noticed two indentations, about one and half cm in diameter each, running parallel to each other from front to back, about an inch and a half from my hair line. I am well and healthy and have the occasional headache. I have been more stressed from usual and only noticed these dents about 3 week ago - I put it down to the fact that throughout the summer I have worn my sunglasses on my head a lot! Not been to the doctors. Any advice would be greatly welcome.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:28 am
I’m a 28 year old male, and I recently noticed a small indentation ridge running from my hairline back about 2 inches. The ridge is about an inch to the right of center. It was not there before a week ago.
Much stress and severe depression as well. That seems to be a … could it be the cause or just another symptom of something else?
September 13th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Was wondering is anyone who has dents has been exposed to or living with any viruses.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
With the past month, I noticed two indentions on either side of the top of my head. I had never noticed them before because they were never there before. I do however have an idea of as to why they are there. Within the past 3 months, I started taking a diet pill. It was after I began taking the pills that the indentions began to set in. In many cases from what I have been learning, these “dents” are not much to be worried about. They can actually be something caused by a change in diet, a deficiency to one thing, or and intolerance to another, whether it be foods, vitamins, or other various things. I am NOT a doctor or in any way, shape, or form, educated enough to provide medical advice to anyone; however, if you have not had blood tests done to check on these things, it might be something to look into or ask your doctor about. Keep in mind that this condition technically does not have a name from what we all know; therefore, your doctor may think you are crazy if you ask for a blood test because of the dent. If there is no known diagnosis, there is no known cure, so it’s time to think outside the box. The dent can go just as it came, but we need to first see what we did to our bodies that caused it to happen. If anything changes with me, I will be sure to let you all know. Good luck to you all!
September 20th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Greetings Y’all,
I guess this is where the “dent-vent” party is. So, it’s September 20, 2007, and today, after finding a large dent on the right side, running vertically from the hairline towards the top of the skull, I find myself posting to a thread that began in December, 2004. Have had similar frontal hair loss/thinning, and I so agree that male-pattern baldness is definitely not attractive on a woman. Incidentally, I wear my glasses pushed up on my head quite frequently and am also experiencing a great deal of stress. Any of this sound familiar?
Like most of you, I turned to the net and could not find any sites other than this one. It is relieving to have found all of you, because this post began almost three years ago and, with the exception of one or two instances, everyone seems to be doing (more or less) okay. If further research turns something up, or if I go to the doctor, will keep you posted. DPK — thanks for being brave enough to start this. Your last post was almost seven months’ ago. How are you doing? Inquiring, (dented) minds want to know.
Take good care,
Sharon
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Well it IS a relief to know there are others out there with dents. I’m 65 and have noticed mine recently….. just the last few months. I’m a 4and a half year breast cancer survivor. I know this thing is new to me. I don’t have much stress in my life–no headaches, no head trauma, . I’ve learned to maintain a healthy (I think) level of optimism and contentment. My dent doesn’t hurt at all. It’s located just one half inch to the right of center at the hairline and goes straight down for about an inch. It’s not discolored at all. I have a ton of tests regularly, and had a brainscan just today to check on other symptoms (balance issues, memory lapses). I forgot to mention the dent, but when I talk to the doctor again in a couple of days, I’ll let you know if he comes up with any answers (or not).
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I’m a 21-year-old college student, female, with near-perfect health [an annual cold, no more no less], and I just found a dent slightly to the left on top of my head today. It clearly wasn’t there yesterday! It’s disconcerting to see so many people with this problem and so few answers from the medical community. I have no headaches or anything of that ilk, but I AM getting over a cold that my room mates passed onto me, so I currently have rather congested sinuses. Thanks to commentors for all the information and links… I hope that some doctor gets their act together soon and lets one of us know what’s what-!
October 4th, 2007 at 5:14 am
Well, well, well, I have had two indentations above either side of my forehead for as long as I can remember. I have never come across anyone anywhere that has these indentations in the same place. Mine are always there and are about 3mm in depth, not noticeable unless you were looking for them. I have only pointed them out to a few people before and when they have felt them, they have become quite freaked out. They are almost as if I have had horns and they were removed (this is no joke), if you were to actually place your fingers in either side in the center of the indentations, at the center you can actually feel what feels like a four way split (+) similar to a plus symbol.
I am now married and have been for the past three years and my wife still gets freaked out by it.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
i dont know people but i think its scleroderma linear scleroderma i been reading on it because i got a dent in my hairline runs down to the middle more to the right of my top nose….i feel it when i run my finger against it and it feels like a gapped line or something werid and freaky:( its more pronounced if i lift my eyesbrows i can see it running through my forhead :(( grosssssss i dont know i might go see a doc i have had it for 2 yrs or so but now im just recently paying more attention to it looks more pronounced and i too get headaches i get sharp ppain ones sometimes not everyday or anything what do u guys think about that look up “coupe de sabre” it deals with a scleroderma disease but its like a morphea type …..
October 6th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
You know, I posted a few weeks ago regarding the “dents” I had. I realized that the dents are right where my sunglasses sit on the top of my head. In the morning, the dents are very much reduced, and If I dont sit my sunglasses on the top of my head, then they are gone, but it takes just a short period of time for the small weight of my glasses to create the dents again if I slide my glasses to the top of my head. I remove the glasses and they go away. I dunno??? Go figure that sunglasses would do something like that!
October 8th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I just want to let you know that I have lived with two dents on my forehead…one is from the hairline that goes vertical towards the inbetween section of my eyebrow and the other is on the left side just above my left eyebrow. Explanation to relieve some of you is that there could be an underlying cause - a possible malformation within the brain that causes this. You may want to get a second opinion for them as I did and found a malformation that was treated.
October 10th, 2007 at 5:09 am
Hi,
I always had a dent in my forehead but recently I woke up with an eraser tipped sized indentation on the area just above my temples.. It has happened quite afew times and usyualy disappears within 3 hours. any help?
October 18th, 2007 at 12:58 am
This sunglasses on the head idea might have some merit! The dents are about the same distance apart as the lenses, are there generally in the evening after a day of out and about with sunnies sitting right there in that spot.
Though the stress idea also has merit. Like may before, I hope someone with medical credentials takes a look at this page and gives some authoritative input to the issue, hopefully to put to rest some of the concerns.
October 19th, 2007 at 6:01 am
I have had an indentation on my scalp for a long time and a sore that won’t heal close to it. I found out I have skin cancer. I am having MOH’s surgery and then a skin graft by a plastic surgeon. Then I have to have tissue expanders after that. The plastic surgeon told me there is a possibility that the cancer is in the bone underneath the scalp which would require a neurosurgeon to take some bone (possibly from a rib to replace the cancerous bone). Has anyone else had the same thing?
October 21st, 2007 at 9:24 am
Ok, so i’m not sure if i feel better or worse after reading these. I noticed the dents a couple of weeks ago. it starts right behind my hairline, and goes back about three inches, just to the right side of the center, so not really inline with a coronal suture. I have been worried about this, but have no medical insurance, and feel very stressed about it. I too notice the dent to get “deeper” later in the day, and a second small dent now forming to the left side of the center. I don’t really have headaches that coincide with it, no do i have tenderness, itchiness, or hair loss. i don’t know…. i guess i better just go to the dr.s. i’ll post back if i learn anything… my best wishes to all of you and your families. please be sure to keep us updated, i feel for each of you. -Kathleen
October 29th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Hi,
I too have recently found a dent in my skull which runs from the hairline, slightly off centre, towards the back of my head. My sister was more freaked out than me but went to the doctors anyway to have it checked out. He stated that it was fatty tissue!!! Did not think that this could be correct and felt like I was being fobbed off, especially when he said ‘It’s ok you don’t have cancer!’ Very insensitive of him as my sister is teminally ill with cancer. I also have sharp pains in my head from time to time. I am going to keep my eye on things and if it gets any bigger, or if more appear, then I am back for a second opinion.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:58 pm
This is so crazy! I couldn’t believe that I couldn’t find anything about this online. I just found a dent three nights ago on the left side of my head right behind my hairline. I do get headaches often, and have been under extreme stress for the past two years! My mom was had a tumor and had to have surgery 1 1/2 years ago. I am so worried that I have the same thing! I went to the doctors yesterday and they sent me for a x~ray. I have not heard anything yet, and it is very hard to get through the day not knowing what is wrong with my head! :( My head in that spot feels like it is tingling. I wish SOMEONE on here had some type of answer. I also can’t believe that SO many people have not gone to the doctors! I hope all is well with everyone!
November 4th, 2007 at 8:32 am
I have noticed recently that I have two dents - one on each side of my skull, they appear to be in line with the arms of my glasses, which I need to wear all the time, and the area above seems spongy. Occasionally I also experience a sort of buzzing sensation as well as a odd sense of external pressure, which may not be related. I’m wondering we may have some other link, such as exposure to particular chemical, a common drug or even lifestyle activity, who knows there may be a really simple explanation for this. Have the people who have seen a doctor already been diagnosed with anything specific or is it a total mystery? The only drug I take regularly is Ibuprofen for headaches, it also contains a small amount of codeine - oh and caffeine. Any thoughts?
November 5th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
In the past few months, I have been noticing dents on my skull that have been very worrisome. My husband didn’t believe me that my skull had changing dents, so it’s a big relief to find a site where there are people like me! I am going to the doctor to have him take a look, but hopefully they are nothing. Has anyone with these dents been diagnosed but the doctor? Very curious to know what might be causing these dents.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Hi all,
This is my second post since October. Well, the good news is that we’re not all crazy. My doctor has told me that most dents are absolutely NORMAL. Now that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t get yours looked at just to make sure. I, for one, am very relieved. Hope you are too.
Take good care.
November 13th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
I also noticed dents in my skull. I wear reading glasses and when I am not reading, they sit on the top of my head. I keep them there like a headband and pull them down when I need to read. The little nose protectors on the eyeglasses sits on my skull right where I have these dents. I am wondering if, over the course of 7 years of wearing my glasses on top of my head everyday, that this has caused these dents… much like a night time retainer will gradually shift your teeth???
November 17th, 2007 at 9:54 am
my son is 9 year old and he is also getins these indentations in his head if i find out anything i will post results.
November 17th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I’m a 22 year old female and I have a deep, painful, indention that showed up about 3-4 months ago along my sagittal suture at the crown of my head. I’ve had alopecia for 3 years now with no luck from any doctors or dermatologists. All blood work is normal(including my thyroid). I’m finally going to see an endocrinologist next month and I’ll show him the dent as well, since someone had mentioned it could be hormonal. We will see! But from the sound of it, I imagine he’ll say something like “it’s completely normal”. I’ll let ya know how it goes. I promise. Even if no one reads this anymore! haha.
November 21st, 2007 at 4:20 pm
I just recently found a indent on the top of my head about 3 inches long going from the front to the back. Therefore, I scheduled a doctor’s appointment just to be at ease that it wasn’t anything. When I try to move my scalp, the indent moves with my scalp. I let the doctor check it out and he said it’s not your skull, it feels like the tissue is just thinner for some reason. So I got an x-ray done of my skull & everything is okay with my skull. He said everything’s okay & that I don’t have to worry myself to death. He said it’s probably from a childhood injury which I did have when I was 6 years old. He said I have probably had the dent all my life, but I just recently noticed it though. Therefore, if you have an indent in your head, it’s probably nothing at all; however you should still see a doctor just to ease your mind. Good luck & may God bless you!
November 25th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
I just looked up head dents, and found this blog. So glad that others are concerned. I tend to think of the glasses I have been wearing on my head after reading this blog as the culprit, and possibly also stress the last year. Glad to see others posts on this site to know I am not the only one!
Pamela
November 28th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Hi Everybody. This is where I belong I guess among my denthead tribe! I am a 25 year old male and I also have two dents in my skull that start about an inch back from my hair line and run vertically from almost the top of my ear to about 2.5 to 3 inches up. The dent (ridge my girlfriend calls it) appears the same on the opposite side of my head, identically almost. I DO NOT wear glasses so I know thats not the cause. I’ve had these for a little while I suppose, I’ve only really noticed them since my last year of college. Kinda freaky, but you all bring me comfort. I’m not alone!!!
November 29th, 2007 at 9:03 am
I ALSO JUST FELT THIS INDENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON TOP OF MY HEAD. I AM A NERVOUS WRECK ANYWAY, AND THEN THIS HAS MADE ME GO, OH —-, WHAT NOW. I AM SO SICK OF GOING TO DOCTORS, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH ANYTHING. I HAVE FELT SO TERRIBLE FOR SO LONG THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FEEL GOOD. ONE DR. HERE RUINED MY STOMACH, BEFORE THAT WHILE GETTING A CT SCAN, THE TECH MADE ME GET UP ONTO A HIGHER TABLE AND IN DOING SO I GOT TWO HERNIATED DISKS, AND A RIP IN MY SPINE WHERE IT BLEED INTO MY SPINAL COLUMN. THE NEXT MORNING MY LEGS AND FEET WERE NUMB AND I HAVE BEEN A MESS EVER SINCE. I HAVE BEEN X-RAYED, MRI”ED AND CTED TO DEATH. I AM IN CONTANT PAIN AND I CAN NOT TAKE MANY MEDS AS I AM SENSITIVE TO MOST OF THEM. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ALL OF YOU WITH THESE INDENTS ALSO, AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU AND MYSELF WILL BE OKAY. GOD BLESS, DAWN
December 8th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Wow. I just googled indentation in forehead and found this, hoping to find something out and I stumbled upon this. I’m a 19 year old male and I just found an indentation, probably 2 cm long, that goes from the top of my right eyebrow to my hairline. I just noticed it today, I don’t know its been there or if it just appeared. I’m thinking that maybe these indentations have something to do with stress? I have exams coming up. I’ve never noticed an indentation like this before. If anyone finds anything out, please post.
-Rich
December 11th, 2007 at 10:17 am
I just found this blog and I hope to get some answers - particularly from Rich who posted on December 8. What did you find out from the doctor? I am a 32 year old healthy female and just recently noticed an indentation running vertically from the inside of my left eyebrow - upwards at an angle to the left. It is about the size of a fingertip. I noticed this after 2 months of a sinus infection, and recently asked my ENT about it - he had no idea what it could be. If anyone else has a similar indentation in their forehead (not visible, but you can definitely feel it), please let me know!
-Sara
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Wow what a great place for us dent heads to compare notes…. I’m 50 and have had a 3 inch circular dent in what is normally the soft spot when you are a baby… I figured it was just the way the soft spot formed,,, However, all three of my daughters have smaller but deeper dents in the same general area…probably about 1 inch by 1/4 inch wide and a 1/8 inch deep… I figured it is just hereditary, but they are concerned because their dents get tender at times … My spot has never been tender, but it is balding… We are all in relatively good health …..
Seems like only a few of you have dents in the same area as ours and most of you seem to have two dents on the sides related to wearing glasses on your head.
Anyway, we will monitor this site…for answers if there are any…Meanwhile, I want to encrourage all dent heads to unite!!!!
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 am
like everyone else I was shocked to find there are so many others with dented heads! I first noticed mine at the soft spot of my head last March and it seems to be growing and just under it to the left I have a new one forming. My fam doc says its the muscles in my head (i have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and anxiety/depression). The spots burn sometimes and are tender to the touch and often give me headaches if touched too much, so this seems to be a good diagnosis! I have not had and x-rays of my head or anything. I still get worried sometimes that these spots could be more because of some other symptoms I sometimes have, but who knows. I hope this helps!
January 24th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Hello All, Guess it’s my turn. After using the bathroom last night, I was washing my hands when I looked in the mirror and saw a dark indentation approx 3 inches long in the center of my forehead. It wasn’t noticeable this morning. I will keep checking it nightly. I have not had any headaches or other symptoms. It is very odd to look in the mirror and see this indentation. I can understand everyone’s concern.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
So I discovered this dent in my head tonight and I’m thinking - Oh great, what now? After 43 years with this skull I would have noticed if it had been there for a long time. After reading through about 1 and 1/2 years of postings I came upon the one where she figured out that the dent (s) correspond with the noseguards on her sunglasses. Guess what? I wear sunglasses all year round and have long been teased by my husband for leaving them on the top of my head (often for hours) when indoors. I checked and my sunglasses fit the dent very nicely and led me to discover a smaller dent on the other side to match. So thanks to that sharp observation I will not be stressing about skull cancer in an otherwise more-or-less healthy body. For those of you have discovered sunglasses dents my thought is this: is there some underlying factor that would seem to soften the skull so that a lifelong habit of wearing glasses on the head would suddenly result in these dents? Age? (I’m 43) Stress? (Enormous over the past 5 years). Anybody have any thoughts in this vein?
January 29th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Hi, I have a daughter who turned five yesterday, we are leaving in the morn. to go to the childrens hosp. My dd lost some of her hair(were a baby’s bald spot is) there is a line going down but the circle of hair loss is indented. They thought she had alopecia but they are leaning toward morphia, localized sceloderma. I hope we find out soon, this is so stressfull. If any one had anything similar with the hair loss please help me. Thanks.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
ANSWERS TO INDENTS IN SKULL
I may have an answer for some of you. About 2 months ago my 49 year old mother noticed 2 indentations in her skull, starting right behind her hair line. These indents were about a 1/2 inch wide and traveled toward the back of her head approx. 3 inches. She also had some seemingly unrelated symptoms which were aching and burning in her feet and toes, weakness/tiredness, and feeling cold almost all the time. She saw her Dr. for these symptoms and he tested her for iron deficiency. The test came back positive and he put her on iron pills about a month ago. A week after starting the treatment, her symptoms began to subside and one month later they have completely disappeared. Today she noticed that her strange skull indentations have also began to disappear, they have gotten smaller in size and have become more shallow in depth. I hope this will be helpful those who may have the same iron deficiency, have your Dr. order some blood work, it might be as simple as just taking an iron supplement. Lisa
January 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I’m 39 and noticed two ridges or dents running parallel just above my hairline. I showed my Doctor and he could not explain it. He sent me for a CT Scan of the head. The results were normal. Come to find out after living with these “dents” for four (4) months—It was my damn sun-glasses resting on my head. The dents are still there even after not resting my sunglasses on my head. My Doctor agreed and laughed. He would have never figured it out!! So relax and take in to account what I said?
January 31st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Wow! I too just noticed two dents in my forehead and one in the back of the top of my head. is scary as I am 51 and feel it could be anything. I am going to have my Dr. check it out, but hope he says it is nothing as most of you have said. Don’t understand how they all of a sudden appear. They seem to be the same all the time. No headache other than once in awhile which is normal. Today I noticed the new one in the center of my forehead. I will let you know what my Dr. says. Glad to hear I am not alone.
January 31st, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hey, we went to the childrens hosp, they believe she has morphia,( localized linear sceloderma) I know that it is spelled wrong. They sent her for a biopsy, MRI, and alot of blood work. This can be very serious, it can come up in any place of her body. The treatment is very scary, they have to get it in remission for the years that it is active. They siad they would use chemo(metotrexrate) 3 days every month, for 3 months. I would also have to give her steroid injections every day for 2 years. This seems so unreal, I feel like I am in a nightmare. Sorry for all the misspellings, I will keep you updated.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Hi All,
I have recently discovered an indentation in my scull on the right side. I too always wear sunglesses on my head, but i do not beleive that this wold leave dentas on my skull, they are not that heavy!
I do plan to go to the doctor about it and get him to check it out, seems strange that no-one knows what it is when so many people seem to be affected.
I also have hair loss, but i have a 7 month old baby, and have suffered hair loss after all my babies, but not usually for so long. Maybe it is hormome related??
Shannon, i hope you find out what is going on with your daughter, please keep us updated. My thought are with you xxx
February 6th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Ugh!! I AM SO glad to find an article about this. This has been bothering me for the past 3 years now! I am terrified because I am only 21..and I have this dent in the middle of my head that is sore, oh so bad! :( I have to lay off of certain hairstyles because I don’t want anything tuggin or pulling my hair where the dent is. Very painful at times, and it’s the first place I noticed my hair may have a sweaty stinch although I wash my hair all the time! I am so worried.. glad to know there is other people who understand where I am coming from! It is in the middle of my crown, and I could slide my finger thru it like if it was a key to a slot. It is weird feeling.! I am planning on going to the doctor to find out! :( As for me, it is very painful!
February 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Hi, we got her results yesterday. My daughter has localized sceloderma. The brain scan showed 2 places that has fat lost, so hopefully we got it in time. There is no cure, but there is treatment. We are going next week to meet with them. I has mis understood them, the last time we were there. She will be on methotraxate for 2 years, a injection once a week, and for the first 3 months she will have a high dose of steriod by Iv for 3 days every month for 3 months. We are very scared of this but there is a sense of relif that we atleast know what this monster is. I pray to god that my baby well get some help, this is a nightmare. I just cant imagine what the future weeks old in sight. Please pray for my family and my child. Thanks, Shannon
February 8th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Hey Yall,
I’m 25 years old and for years now had hair loss, change of hair texture, fatigue, weight gain, depression, and now DENTS IN MY SCULL AND HEADACHES. WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!!! Dr’s keep telling me they find nothing wrong. I am a mother of two and just want some answers
February 8th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
OK - I am another one. I have been noticing a linear dent in my skull for a while (starting at about the hairline on the left side of my forehead and running backwards at an angle) - and I too believe I would have noticed it in the past at some time if it had always been there. Now recently I have been noticing more linear dents in other places. There is another one not quite as deep on the other side of my forehead, a long one running from above my right ear up to the top of my head, and the same thing on the left side but not as deep, and even some dents near the top, back of my head. It seems the ones above my ears are in the area one would expect bones of the skull to come together (called sutures). I haven’t been especially worried about the dents, perhaps because I had an MRI of my brain about 2 years ago to rule out MS due to some skin sensation symptoms and family history - the MRI was normal. But tonight I was noticing the dents again and decided to see if there was anything I could learn about the cause. Because so many of us seem to have similar dents and most of us are fairly healthy, it seems to me that they must be just a variation of normal in most cases. I am 55 years old, female, with no serious health problems (don’t even have high blood pressure or high cholesterol). I do have headaches fairly often, which I have finally figured out really were migraines (no aura or nausea) rather than sinus headaches. I have taken ibuprofen a lot because of the headaches. I also take Evista to prevent osteoporosis, and I take a multivitimin pill. I don’t believe that any blows to my head could have caused all these dents, and I don’t belive that I am under more than a normal amount of stress. I don’t wear my glasses on top of my head and I have always had a very thick head of hair. I think that I do tend to run a little low on iron at times. I don’t get sick very often and I can go at a good clip on the eliptical crosstrainer at the gym for an hour. I am a nurse and I learned that bone is living tissue that is constantly being remodeled, so it seems that the skull is reshaping itself for some reason. These dents are curious, especially since they seem to come out of nowhere, and I would have thought that maybe they had something to do with aging if so many young people had not also discovered them. It is also funny that most doctors don’t know what to make of them. I wonder if it is a genetic thing - some of us just have genes that make our skulls form dents - but maybe there is some environmental factor also. It would be interesting to do a scientific study to discover exactly what percentage of the population do develop these dents. Anyway, I think those people who have the dents but no other symptoms or health issues probably don’t need to lose sleep over it - maybe just mention it to your doctor when you have a check-up.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:29 am
About a month ago I noticed 2 indentions that most of you have found in the back of my daughters head…been to a doctor and he kind of seemed like it was no big deal..she’s had headaches, vision problems, dizzeness, tired all the time, fatigue and we need some answers…PLEASE help if you have any….also i dont know if this has anything to do with this but her feet have been itching on the inside..been to a couple doctors on this..this has been keeping her up all night going on 9 months now…
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