Craniofacial Program - Children's Health

Treatments and Services

Before

After

Before and After Photos

Picturing what their child will look like after surgery gives our families hope and great expectations. Meet some of our patients who face the world with confidence today and tomorrow after comprehensive, personalized care.

Adam

Adam was born with sagittal craniosynostosis and was treated at 14 weeks old with a limited incision extended strip craniectomy with wedge ostectomy and custom helmet treatment.

Proud to be ACPA-designated

The ACPA defines that the purpose of the Cleft and Craniofacial Team “is to ensure that care is provided in a coordinated and consistent manner with the proper sequencing of evaluations and treatments within the framework of the patient’s overall developmental, medical and psychological needs.” The Cleft and Craniofacial Team at Children’s Health is proud to be an ACPA-designated team.

Broad Range of Specialists

The uniquely delicate nature of pediatric craniofacial deformities requires a broad range of specialists during all stages of your child’s treatment. This is why the Fogelson Plastic Surgery & Craniofacial Center provides not only plastic surgeons, but also orthodontists, dentists, psychologists, speech therapists and others to treat our patients’ conditions from every possible angle.

Parent Resources

Have questions about what to expect before, during and after your craniofacial appointment? Get answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).

Proud to be ACPA-designated

The ACPA defines that the purpose of the Cleft and Craniofacial Team “is to ensure that care is provided in a coordinated and consistent manner with the proper sequencing of evaluations and treatments within the framework of the patient’s overall developmental, medical and psychological needs.” The Cleft and Craniofacial Team at Children’s Health is proud to be an ACPA-designated team.

Broad Range of Specialists

The uniquely delicate nature of pediatric craniofacial deformities requires a broad range of specialists during all stages of your child’s treatment. This is why the Fogelson Plastic Surgery & Craniofacial Center provides not only plastic surgeons, but also orthodontists, dentists, psychologists, speech therapists and others to treat our patients’ conditions from every possible angle.

Parent Resources

Have questions about what to expect before, during and after your craniofacial appointment? Get answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).

Baby Emily thrives after skull surgery and helmet therapy

For Lauren, mother's intuition set in the moment she laid eyes on her newborn, a baby girl named Emily.

A newborn's timely diagnosis results in life-changing craniofacial surgery

Eli likes arts and crafts, coloring and dinosaurs. He is also a fan of football and baseball and hopes to join a team and wear a sports helmet when he's a little older. Looking at this happy, healthy boy, you would never guess that he wore a therapeutic helmet after craniofacial surgery when he was just a baby.

Compassionate care for craniosynostosis

Brett, a Texas A&M graduate and mechanical engineer, and Claire, a British expat practicing law in the U.S., met in Dallas on Valentine's Day weekend. They fell in love, married and started living their dream with a house, one beautiful daughter named Lydia and another on the way. Baby Ava arrived one day early. In the whirlwind of it all, Claire remembers noticing that Ava's head looked elongated, but the medical staff thought it was normal.