Parents in China are using helmet-like products on infants to make their heads take a rounder shape amid the rise of a new beauty craze in the country. The cost of beauty: A popular belief that ...

This is because perfectly round heads are viewed as the beauty standard in China. Other "head-correcting" products, from sleeping mats to special pillows, are also being snapped up. China's latest ...

It's common for babies to be born with misshapen heads after passing through the narrow birth canal due to their malleable and separate skull bones. Newborn and infant skull bones will usually not ...

Head growth of the fetus and infant is largely determined by brain growth. The brain reaches 90% of adult size by 1 year of age; it is 95% of its ultimate adult size by 6 years of age and growth is ...

During labour, your baby’s head may swell, elongate, or look uneven at birth. This can be surprising, even alarming, if you’re not expecting it. Two normal processes explain most of these changes: ...

Parents should not use infant head shaping pillows to change a baby’s head shape or symmetry, the Food and Drug Administration advised on Thursday. The agency warned that these products can create an ...

Parents and caregivers should not use infant head-shaping pillows meant to change an infant’s head shape or that claim to treat a medical condition, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. ...

The federal agency says the pillows may lead to suffocation or even death. The Food and Drug Administration has released a safety bulletin urging parents and caregivers not to use head-shaping pillows ...