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Indentation in top of head

I was really hoping for a suggestion as to why I may have developed an indentation in the top of my head. At first I thought I was crazy, and that it was impossible for that to happen, but over the last few months it seems to have grown and now anyone who feels the top of my head can easily feel it. It scares me, especially since my husband had brain surgery less than 2 years ago- (symptoms completely different of course) I am 35 years old, the only time I remember hitting my head really hard is when I was in elementary school and I fell and hit my head on a tile floor. I have had a history of passing out and having seizures but the doctors never figured out for sure what caused it and it hasn't happened for a few years. The best they came up with was blood sugar, and dehydration as a cause for those episodes, although I never had a MRI or anything of my head. I don't get pains from it, it may be a little tender if I press on the indent kind of hard. Is there any condition that would cause my skull to cave in? please help!
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I also have a soft indention on top back of head about 1 inch across I also get occasional headaches. and when I bend over my face feels like pressure is building up had it for about 3 years any ideas?
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I have the same exact thing! Have you gotten any answers?
I recently found e indentations on the top of my head like a soft spot. I'm really scared about this but actually feel a little better knowing that I'm not the only one. Any ideas on what it might be?
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Hey Lynn, I,myself have a huge dent at the back of my head ever since I was a few months old, my mom told my cousin to babysit me while she cook and my cousin put me  on a sitting position on a very high table and I fell and hit my head very hard on the concrete and I wouldn't stop crying, my head was swollen and I guess that's how I got the dent . I am now 28 years old and I am fine I would usually have migraine headache on a regular basis but now it seems fine. All I can advise you to do is eat healthy ,don't take stress and pray to ALMIGHTY God and everything will be fine ok take care all the best
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Hi I have indentations in my skull. English is not my first lenguaje, so I hope I can write properly the things I want to say. I am 36. I noticed them a few days ago. I was terrified, I thought my head was opening haha! So I asked to my father who is a surgeon . He told me that he has indentations too. And so his mother. It's weird. And they never felt nothing, no migrain, nothing. He doesn't know about the name of this condition , but it's real and it's not dangerous.
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Wow, this forum is so interesting to me! I was training a client and felt an itch on my head not thinking of it, then felt a long narrow indent as if the cracks in my skull were divided and swollen. After feeling it, it started burning.. so naturally I looked it up to validate my crazy and found this. The vit d / calcium deficiency sounds interesting. Im going to add to this forum and say Im supposed to start my menstrual cycle today/tomorrow and that Im 31. Most have posted and said theyve been in their 30s or on a special diet. Missing nutrients may go hand in hand! Ill add some d and calcium and see if it helps, otherwise Ill go to the doc. Ill save this forum and home you have found some answers Lynn!
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Did more vitamin d help?
Did you found out what it was n did the vitamin D n nutrients work for you?
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I know you wrote your post awhile ago but just wanted to pipe in and say great idea....I would be happy to set up a facebook page if anyone else is interested. We could post descriptions and what we have tried to help the situation. Because I have no medical experience I wouldn't really know where to start. Although in saying that I am studying psychology so am learning to read and interpret research reports. Ill check in again soon to see if there is any interest in this.
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I would join, let me know!
Hi
Did you ever set up a FB page to discuss this ?
Would love to know details to join if so
Or any other info you have found to diagnose
Thanks

Hey did you ever get around to setting up a FB page? I'm definitely interested in joining
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Omg this is exactly what I have been experiencing n thought I was going crazy. I have noticed it two time periods the first I thought my boyfriend had just elbowed me in his sleep. This time I feel the indent. I have been eating low carb and high protein n do have autoimmune stuff so vitamin deficiency makes sense too. I am also having a lot of neurological symptoms too (brain fog, balance, fatigue). This is so scary.  
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I’m having exactly what you are  experiencing have you had any tests done ?
Has anyone had any diagnosis or found out what it is ?
I have pains in dent and ridges around, eye strain at back of eyes, blurry vision, memory executive functioning loss, sleepy a lot
Be grateful if anyone can shed a light on this
My Dr is not that great usually to diagnose anything other than a cold, bit complicated and take long time to get to referred to specialist at moment

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Hi Lmac42,
I would like to know how you are feeling now. Is the dent still there? What prescription did you had that helped you? Would like to know. Thanks.
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I just found the ridge last night.  I also wear glasses on my head. I have worn them like this for years.  Yikes! I have been having people feel it all day. Hard to believe that glasses cause this!
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I just noticed I had this same issue tonight on my way home from work. I've never noticed it before in my 40 years. I've been suffering from severe tiredness and forgetfulness recently.. As well as making irrational decisions which isn't like me. I do wear my sunglasses on top of my head daily. They are almost part of my wardrobe. I'll give the suggestion to stop wearing them on top a try and plan to mention this to my physician. Very odd. Hopefully it's not medication related. I take thyroid meds and suboxone daily. Anyone else taking these meds?
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I had two large dents on the top of my head and it really freaked me out.  I, like others, noticed that it was close to where I wore my glasses on the top of my head.  I stopped doing that and they are going away.  After having them for at least a year, in a week and a half of not wearing glasses on the top of my head, they are almost gone.  I would suggest that everyone with dents should think twice about wearing their glasses on their head or headphones.  

Hope this helps someone.
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I just noticed this a few days ago, and they indeed are where my reading glasses, which I always wear, rest... I also take suboxone as of this year and find myself very scatter-brained over the last year, and occasional blurry vision, which is why the reading glasses are a constant wardrobe accessory!
I'm going to stop putting my glasses on my head, increase my water intake, which is 0 right now, and start taking calcium again, as I was deficient on my last check, and see what happens.
I WILL come back and let ya'll know if things improve! God bless ♥
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I am so happy to have happened upon this thread purely by accident.  I have had these dents for several years now and originally noticed them because of deep dark reddish purple lines in my scalp and upon feeling these discolorations found the dents.  They move around and can appear and disappear rather rapidly sometimes with the discoloration; more often not.  Dr.s have told me that they don't exist even though I have shown them pictures of them.  I had my sister take a picture of it and her response was, What is that."  It was gone the next morning.  I asked her to take a picture of it and she said, "There is nothing there."  I told her that that was the point.  I have a suggestion, perhaps we could form a group, discovery group as it were, (since now I know I am not the only one,) and we could start formulating our own research since we are the ones who know best and maybe we could start to throw all our perceived possibilities into a common pot and perhaps discover something or interest a researcher into looking into it.  I know mine exist and I trust that yours exist and I am tired of the medical profession blaming the victim for what they can't explain.
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Hi Rantan, thank you so much for sharing your experience and advice. May I ask what natural therapies you tried? I'm guessing you meant things such as herbal tinctures?

TO EVERYONE & ANYONE,

I've been following this thread for awhile, today I joined medhelp so I could add my experience with the same exact thing...

I found my indent over a year ago. I had a CT scan, they did find a small "irregularity" in my skull exactly where my indent is. Oh and by the way, I don't just have an indent, to the right of it, my skull or whatever is happening there is higher like miniature speed hump.

If I press on it, even lightly, it doesn't cause pain but it does start sensations that do not feel right.

I saw a neurologist, he gave me the all clear thank goodness.

I asked, so what about the finding with my skull? At first he pretended to know what I was talking about so I sat there for a moment as he pretended to find the report he claimed to have read.

Eventually... I passed him my copy of the report. As he read it, I could tell that was his first time reading it, aye... When he got to the finding in my skull he let out a loud "OHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

He only read the CT scan, not the written report by the radiologist. Thankfully, he admitted that the skull is right out of his expertise so he couldn't help me there.

He did a full 360 in his attitude when he realized I have anxiety. My neurologist wasn't professional or compassionate. I almost walked out when he made the nasty switch, thankfully I didn't as that was before we cleared the fact that he hadn't gone over the report. I would of assumed he read that and it was all ok.

Please prepare yourself for this kind of treatment, whether or not you have anxiety. We're investigating an indent in our skull. Whether it's bone or something else, lets face it, it does sound weird and the common response will be, that you've lost your marbles. Or, who knows the outline of their skull, how are you so sure it's changed and all sorts of other rather ignorant things. Be strong guys and know you've got my full sympathy and understanding.

The second I stumbled across my indent, I jump out of my seat due to sheer shock. I went over it two more times, hoping it wasn't so. Then I asked my husband to feel the indent and his eyes went huge, it isn't just a slight change in my skull, it is a bold change. I understand it could be various things, maybe even something new that no one has begun any research in. But upon discovering it whoa! What a shock.

But oh is it rough to see professionals or even loved ones not take you seriously. So over a year on, I'm still trying to find my way. As doctors aren't listening to me so I have to keep changing doctors. Finally one is listening to me even though she doesn't know what's happening, it's a start.

I've had 2 different loads of blood tests done, all good. In fact, I'm quite healthy. So it's even more confusing. I don't have anxiety constantly, I go through phases of it.

So please don't think a neurologist is all you need. Even if they find something, your health in some way was failing, and that's the core root we need to discover, understand and heal.

I tried letting it go. Nice dream... Since discovering my indent, the following has also sprung up...

1. My long and short term memory are bad and on occasion they get worse, a few times I've experienced complete blanks, those moments are scary. Thankfully they're rare.

2. My ears still randomly hurt and make the loudest piercing sounds. Yet there's never an infection.

3. My orthostatic hypotension is constant, although my intense vertigo did go away.

4. My hands tremble sometimes. Occasionally my forefinger trembles on it's own.

5. My postures can feel awkward, sort of robotic I guess, don't know if I also look awkward. If I do, no one is mentioning anything. I wish they would... If it is so.

6. Sometimes I can't find the words I want to say or type. I say the wrong word but it's sort of similar to what I did mean to say so you still understand me even though it's incorrect. Sometimes I say something that is a mixture of actual words or worse, what I say is total nonsense.

7. I can be slow in my thinking, this is the worst part. I'm not my normal sharp self. Something I can't quite explain, dropped. Again, it's really hard to explain. What I can say is I definitely don't feel like myself. I keep waiting to snap out of it, it's not happening.

8. My ability to explain things can be terrible. Sometimes for a simple question. I have to fight just to access some part of the answer. So strange and frustrating.

9. I'm considering this also might be related to my teeth, I did have my first root canal 2 years ago and that's my earliest memory of my head throbbing as if a heart were in there.

As you can imagine, I have been keeping a much healthier lifestyle, not that I was terrible before. It helped with the headaches but I still feel many other things such as...

- Strange, random head pains (they're not headaches) that happen in various spots. The temples, few places at the back near the top, on the sides, usually one spot gets hit at a time then there be a gap and it will hit one of the other regular spots. I think... Also I feel fluid or something move around slowly but surely.

- My eyesight started getting blurry I swear it was sudden, so now I have glasses. That I need to wear often, without them I feel blind even though my lens prescription is the second lowest number. What on Earth is going on.

- The skin on my face went from great to poor.

- Often I feel a strange pull sensation on the back of my head, not where my indent is.

- If I move my hair a certain way, there's another pain that is not a headache nor like the pain I described earlier. It's in a league of it's own.

Ok... That's about it for now.

Oh I saw a chiropractor he did his magical work on me and did cause my orthostatic hypotension to totally disappear for a few days, something I thought I'd never be free of even for a second. So there's a huge pressure relief guys, so maybe check out a chiropractor if the pressure builds too high whilst you sort this out. He thinks I've hurt a ligament around my head. From everything I've heard this feels the closet to what could be apart of what is going on. Only going by my instinct that is.

I will be reporting back here when I learn more.

Good luck everyone.
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Wow thank you everyone...I have been worried about the dents in my skull too! After reading everyone's comments I put my glasses on my head...where I wear them 75% of the time and lo and behold !!! the nose pieces fit exactly into the dents in my head. Thank you for bringing that possibility to my attention. Saved me from wasting my time at the Dr.'s and from having expensive and dangerous testing done.
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whilst searching for possible answers I came across this article....https://www.hopkinsallchildrens.org/ACH-News/General-News/Finding-Success-with-Rare-Parry-Romberg-Syndrome?fbclid=IwAR3XComVwFdqNj5v6AkBAfCBAv6Qf2XfoUyC3HrmZlqhdKzytK8tf5zYxds
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Wow, thanks for the info! I think you hit the nail on the head.
I looked it up and even though it seems to be acquired by younger people, it's possible that other things can cause it too so maybe it can affect older persons as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry%E2%80%93Romberg_syndrome
I've had a long term tooth abscess, so maybe the chronic inflammation helped cause this for me. I just hope it doesn't go onto my face, my head I can manage.
Hi Jenny, I had a tooth abscess too!!, back in August. The antibiotics didn't clear it up so  the tooth had to extracted.  This dent appeared in September time. I've had a skull xray  a few weeks ago and yesterday I collected the results - good news is that there is no bone loss. I wonder if the antibiotics affected my gut and caused a leaky gut. I'm doing everything to increase my immunity and to repair my gut lining. please keep me posted on any news.
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I too have a dent on my forehead, it appeared approx 8 months ago, it's oval shaped and approx 15mm wide. It's situated  above my left eyebrow but more to the left, nearer to my temple. I've had my bloods checked and also vit D - all of them are in the normal range. I'm off to see my GP in a few days time as I believe it's increased in size a little bit compared to when I first noticed it.  I thought a drop in estrogen might have been responsible (I'm perimenopause) but I'm not experiencing any other  estrogen deficiency symptoms,so if anything it's the opposite.  I've heard progesterone deficiency can cause bone loss too, which might be relevant in my situation. The only other thing I do, is clench my jaw during my sleep and I'm wondering if there is a connection as I've clenched so hard in the past that I've cracked a root filling! I promise I'll keep anyone  who's interested updated  - I'll report back as and when
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Has anyone found the answer? I also have a dent, I didn't notice until I saw that there is also a bald patch. I'm taking seaweed for low thyroid, but I'm definitely not calcium or magnesium or phosphorous deficient.
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Lynn. I too have the same thing any update?
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Thought I was asking someone a question :/. I am almost 50. Month ago felt a dent in my scalp like right down my part line.  Had X-ray came back normal now off for mri. Blood work normal.  
any developments?
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Reading this forum has put my mind at ease & I can now avoid a lot of expensive tests.  Perhaps it’s just a sign of aging.  I’m a 41 year old female and have never had any head trauma, don’t suffer from headaches and my two nearly developed parallel dents in the top of my head don’t hurt.  I thought I had caught some sort of skull collapsing disease but it must just be how some people age.
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Meant to say NEWLY developed, not nearly...
Anything new with that dent. I have one too little freaked out about it. Going for mri next week
I was concerned over my indents as well, but come to find out I am a sunglassses on top of my head person.   The collagen separates to allow for the groove of glasses!  
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Google CVG Scalp
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Thank you!  That is hopeful.
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Does anyone have a diagnosis?  Please?! I have two recent dents on top of my head--symetrical along the top of my head.  No pain, but I am beginning to get headaches feel light headed and am terrified.  Just went to the doctor and will be getting blood work tomorrow but I'm worried to see no diagnosis anywhere here!
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This happened to me 25 years ago. First noticed by regular hairdresser. Mine sounds much the same. I never went to G.P and am still trucking along  but have no idea what caused it!
do u still have it? I have 2 that have grown. Dermo called it cvg.
What does CVG stand for?  I am being sent to the neurologist and dermatologist after blood work came back fine.  I am getting headaches not and am sleepy, too.  Did you have these symptoms, still_here?
I have like pressure on temples and behind eyes. Hearache at sides of upper skull. Not continuous but often. I worry often that it could be temporal arteritis..been to several drs but they don't know about everything.
Cvg stand for cutis verticis gyrata..
Have them check for high inflammation. If so, ck into cvg
i also have pressure behind my eyes and headaches at the sides of my upper skill that are not continuous but often.  So, you've been diagnosed with CVG and nothing else?  How are they treating CVG? Do you get sleepy often?  Light headed? What did the MRIs show?  
Nothing. They just gave me that diagnises, well my Dermo did and assured me it was nothing to worry about. But will plan on Goin back to my gp, who said it was cysts, don't blev that. But these symptoms if eye aches and side of head aches and upper cheeks ache at times. I want them to ck me for high inflammation and if I have that I want them to check me for TEMPORAL ARTERITIS. Seems that symptoms of it. If and when I do this I will keep u informed. You do same if u will..hopefully, will get this solved. I know I find myself holding tension in my face. Could possibly be tension as well. I'm trying to notice if I'm on computer and reading alot on real achy days that eyes ache..will c.
Yes iv dealt with being sleepy. Went thru a spell of awful dizzy spells. That ended up I think being from my eustation tube dysfunction
Stopped when I started on flonase (generic) nose spray my ent put me on...
I will let you know what I find out as I get testing done.  I will have health insurance in Sept and will see a neurologist and derm get an MRI.  I feel like maybe a biopsy is needed, too?  I feel light headed throughout the day, too.  All of these symptoms came on very suddenly for me, so I agree temportal arteritis may be a lead, though it seems to affect older people.  How old are you?  I'm a 39 year old female.
I am 60 female..so am at that age. Yes it does seem to hit the older...possibly not it, hope not, but what else?..flonase spray has really helped me with light headedness and dizzy..
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Has anyone gotten any other answers possibly? I don’t know if I should be worried. I didn’t realize how long this post has been. I got a decent size dent at the top/crown area in my skull. I have never gotten this checked out. Should I be worried?
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I also have tworked good size o es at the crown of my head as well. My ENT said it's cutis verticis gyrata. .
Sorry, phone types what it wants. I also have two pretty good sized dents at crown of my head...
Do you know what caused it? I used to horseback ride and hit my head pretty hard from time to time. The only time I truly remember really hitting my head really bad is when I was like 7 and I tried to do a flip off my aunts bestfriend where she held my hands and I would walk up her legs and then kick my legs back over. Anyways, sorry had to describe that to you. I got my head sooooo hard on tile floor and I remember like having serious pain and immediately started crying. But other than that I’m like worried it’s caused by something else. I know for a fact I can never ever go bald cuz I’d look like so type of weirdo thatbdoesnt have a round parietal bone. I feel like pressure get stuck in my head and face a lot too. Is their any treatments you know of?

Sorry it’s a lot. I’m just worried about it.
I totally understand all you're saying. I can't remember I'm sure as a child I've had lots of Knox and bumps and even as an adult I fell back on my head once but and hit a hard floor but I don't truly believe that has anything to do with it. Did you research that cutis verticis that I mentioned above. My ENT said that it really isn't that serious at all. I do get the pressure that you speak of as well at times. But I just keep going about my everyday life and just not worrying about it. Sometimes it will feel like it does when you've had a ponytail in your hair for a long time? And you take it down and it feels kind of sore that is how mine will sometimes feel. I've had so many head issues of late but it's been going on for a few years so I just put it down to just a lot of stress and eating habits Etc. Try not to worry I have seen on here where people have had this stuff like this for 20 years so try not to worry. Try to curb your intake on salt like chips Etc and drink lots of fluid. Take care
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Hi Lynn. I have my indentation in the same place as yours. How is it exactly 10 years on since your post.  
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Have just noticed the same dent soft spot and worried, after reading posts I realized that I where my hair up every day with a clip in the exact spot an some times often I fall asleep with it still in??
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my daughter had 2 dents on either side of her .. she was delivered by forceps. I only first noticed them when she was 5 or 6 years old. that was 55 yrs. ago. you know we have a lot of muscle/tissue that covers our heads. So, maybe, as we get older and or lose weight, the dents become more apparent.
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I believe that there is something going on that this is affecting so many. I have to ask the question "why is it that so many people are affected, yet doctors don't know anything about it?" I remember when I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I suffered with it for years before the diagnosis. The ONLY reason my doctor even knew what it was is because he was officially told about it at a conference he attended. Before that many doctors told us it was all in our heads. Now it actually have a name. I believe studies are being done of this very subject as it is now mushrooming. All of a sudden thousands of people are getting this dent in their heads without injuries. Keep a stiff upper lip. In the meantime, ask for blood tests check in abnormal levels of aluminum and barium. Those are the chemicals that have been reported being dropped in the form of chemtrails.
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I have fibromyalgia as well as a head invention and had blood work to check for heavy metal toxicity and and it came back normal. I have chronic migraine headaches sometimes for several days and degenerative joint and disc disease so life is pretty rough. It has already caused a divorce and some trouble in my current relationship because of the amount of time I spend in bed. I don’t feel up to playing with my grand children and my daughter resents it. I don’t have any answers but I sure wish someone did.
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