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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 have the same thing, I'm 30 and I have tiny bald circle patches (The AA kind not MPB), I also have narcolepsy and get cataplectic seizures that kicked in when I was 18, I fell off a moving truck bed when I was a kid and never got checked out, I never get head aches, but I started to this year and notice the dent got bigger. Someone said they could feel their brain fluids moving, I do too (like a chugging) The tiny bald circle patches are linked to auto immune deficiencies, I don't get sick often but my doctor always says I have a high count of white blood cells in my body when he tests me. I got a CT scan and MRI 3 years ago which came out clear, I have one scheduled tomorrow I'll keep you folks updated. It's crazy to think with all the progress made in modern medicine we might have something that is undiscovered, since so many of us share the exact same symptoms.
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Found my dent last night  I wear glasses on my head too.  Don't worry, I believe it is nothing after reading the comments. I spent the day having everyone feel my head and me feeling their's. I;m sure you woke up and are fine.  
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I found mine months ago, actually I think they've been there for a long time but not noticed or not as bad. mine are either side on the top of my head, almost in line with my ears but up higher, the right side is much deeper and worse than the left side. Kinda feels weird if I keep touching it. Haven't seen a doctor or anything yet. It's probably 2 inches long and quite deep. Ugh :'(
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Has anyone here considered Linear scleroderma/morphea? It is a rare auto immune disease that can be diagnosed by your dermatologist. I was diagnosed with it last week. It can be serious, so if your symptoms match the disease I would see a derm doc asap. Good luck and best wishes!
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WTF!!! I AM 53 YEARS OLD AND NEVER HAD THIS INDENTATION BEFORE! IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE CROWN OF MY HEAD, AND WAS NOT THERE YESTERDAY, JUST FOUND IT 5 MINUTES AGO! IS MY SKULL CAVING IN? I ALSO WEAR MY GLASSES ON TOP OF MY HEAD! IT'S 12:56 AM AND I'M AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP RIGHT NOW! I NEED TO BE UP FOR WORK BY 6 AM! AFRAID I'M NOT GOING TO WAKE UP! WHAT IS GOING ON?????
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Yall are describing my symptoms exactly! I do also wear my sunglasses on top of my head daily. I'm experiencing the forgetfulness, weird mood swings, etc so its hard to picture my glasses doing this but I'm willing to try anything. I'll try to check back in a week and let yall know.
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Woah that's crazy it's almost like I wrot that myself. Every single problem applies to me wtf! We all need to link up and find out what's the root of the problem. I think the tooth is dead giveaway that there's a problem going on inside our heads (literally lol)
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