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What Is The Treatment For A Dent?

I have a dent in my from an impact with the corner of window frame this happened around 5 years ago. the dent is still there & quite tender to touch occasionally there is a numb pain aroun this area more recently 1 month ago i have had another injury near to the same area this again has caused a dent following this injury the 1st dent began to hurt again this pain has since gone. what would you advise?



Fri, 12 Feb 2016
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Hello. Thanks for asking from HCM.


I can understand your concern. The dent over skull can be due to

: Old trauma

: Bone moulding which occurred in childhood to give shape to skull

: Age related degeneration like sclerosis and lysis.

Presence of dent with occasional headache does not need any surgical intervention. This pain could be due to injury only. Dent will remain there without any symptoms. No need to do anything actively for it. The pain in first dent occurred because of natural phenomenon of pain radiation to scar which occurs in every person. Do not worry about it. It will subside on its own in 10 to 14 days.


To relieve pain, you can follow few tips

: Avoid stress both mental/physical
: Avoid pressure at injury site
: You can take painkiller like Diclofenac sodium after proper prescription

Still no relief, you can consult doctor. The doctor may advise CT head to find out any skull fracture at dent site. Even fracture is managed by medical treatment in case of skull except depressed fracture.


Hope it will help you. Take care. Thanks.

Dr Ishu Bishnoi
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What Is The Treatment For A Dent?

Hello. Thanks for asking from HCM. I can understand your concern. The dent over skull can be due to : Old trauma : Bone moulding which occurred in childhood to give shape to skull : Age related degeneration like sclerosis and lysis. Presence of dent with occasional headache does not need any surgical intervention. This pain could be due to injury only. Dent will remain there without any symptoms. No need to do anything actively for it. The pain in first dent occurred because of natural phenomenon of pain radiation to scar which occurs in every person. Do not worry about it. It will subside on its own in 10 to 14 days. To relieve pain, you can follow few tips : Avoid stress both mental/physical : Avoid pressure at injury site : You can take painkiller like Diclofenac sodium after proper prescription Still no relief, you can consult doctor. The doctor may advise CT head to find out any skull fracture at dent site. Even fracture is managed by medical treatment in case of skull except depressed fracture. Hope it will help you. Take care. Thanks. Dr Ishu Bishnoi