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head bump looks like dent

ladylisaltladylisalt member
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My DS banged his forward on the wall last week and it left a decent bruise. Now that it is faded DH and I see a little dent. Does this happen? Does it eventually go away? It isn't horrible to look at but wondering why it looks like a little dent.
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Re: head bump looks like dent

  • id012id012 member
    i dont want to scare you but that one thing everyone always told me while ds was learning to walk and falling all the time, you want a lump not a dent. I would call the doctor asap. My father who is a 1st responder, tells me all the time if he falls and get a dent in his head bring him to the er.
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  • Sept1799Sept1799 member

    Yea, this is what I heard to:

    A Lump is Good

    A Dent is Bad

    I would get him looked at Now!

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  • ladylisaltladylisalt member
    Ok ladies, I will call the dr. The dent came later, like a week later not after the fall. I will still look into it.
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  • LatteLady5LatteLady5 member
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    imageladylisalt:
    Ok ladies, I will call the dr. The dent came later, like a week later not after the fall. I will still look into it.

    I wonder though if it was swollen so you couldn't see the dent?  

    Yeah this. Did you get into the doctor?!? Any updates?


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  • MesmrEweMesmrEwe member
    imageLatteLady5:
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    imageladylisalt:
    Ok ladies, I will call the dr. The dent came later, like a week later not after the fall. I will still look into it.

    I wonder though if it was swollen so you couldn't see the dent?  

    Yeah this. Did you get into the doctor?!? Any updates?

    Ditto!

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  • ellewoodsSCellewoodsSC member
    A few months ago DD lost her balance and as she fell, she swung into the edge of our entertainment center with her forehead.  It formed a nasty egg-sized knot with a bruise in the shape of a line where she made contact.  We iced it down and saw the pedi the next day and she told us that after the swelling went down it would likely leave a dent from all the tissue trauma and scarring below the surface.  Sure enough, DD now has a small pitted area on her forehead.  Fortunately it's much smaller than the initial area of injury. The pedi said it would take months to go away, so I am hoping to see it get less noticeable with time.   
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