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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation And of course it's not just ancient .
by matt_morgan 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cranial_deformation
And of course it's not just ancient ... my parents had my head shaped (and my brothers') over several years with metal and rubber bands, mostly in my mouth but sometimes attached to a frame wrapping around my neck, being slowly tightened over several years before puberty.
- meric 11y agoWow, do elaborate! What's the shape of your head now? Is it extreme? Would you choose to have you head shaped if you were given a choice? Why did your parents do it, is it a cultural thing, did their heads get shaped too?
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- sneak 11y agoI believe the parent comment is referring to dental braces.
- SHIT_TALKER 11y agoIn case you aren't just playing along: He's making a joke about braces.
- vbrendel 11y agoDoes orthodontics really fall under cranial deformation? ;-)
- matt_morgan 11y agoI know, it wasn't a perfect comparison :-). My jaw, not my cranium. But--it really was basically cosmetic, as are most braces (though our orthodontist invented enough of a reason that my parents didn't feel like they were being extravagant and superficial, and I think insurance even covered it).
- danieltillett 11y agoIs it normal to get braces several years before puberty? I never had them, but of my friends who did all got them well after puberty.
- stingraycharles 11y agoI wore braces for 3 years, starting age 10. The idea was to "halt" the growth of my upper jaw, so the lower jaw could catch up.