Gamers and Streamers have been noticing a weird shape on the top of their hair, multiple gamers brushed it off but when Curtis, who goes by “Curtoss” on the streaming platform Twitch. He went live on June 3rd to raise money for the “Leukemia & Lymphoma Society” organization. While shaving his head, his viewers got to see Curtis’ shock as he saw the headset dent on his head. Since some gamers had the same hair problem they decided to shave their hair off to see if they also had a dent in their head. They soon discovered a headset–like dent on their head. This is a result of headsets being pushed down on fat and soft tissue.Many gamers including “NickMercs” on youtube and streamer “Timthetatman” had also discovered a headset dent. Many gamers didn’t know how this happened until they researched and some even immediately stopped wearing headsets or limited themselves after hearing about the incident.

Noah Montano stated that “I wear headphones every day and in every class” now that is 8 hours every day, plus more when he is at home. His head isn’t badly dented but it’s still a bit noticeable if you really focus on the top of his head.

Now this is mainly caused by wearing headsets too much. Luckily, headsets don’t dent your skull but they do dent soft tissue just like wearing a tight bracelet for too long. luckily you can simply remove it by applying pressure or messaging the area the dent is at. What you can start doing is limiting how much time you have headsets/earbuds on your head or in your ear, some take it safe and stop wearing them completely. Additionally, wearing a headset or earbuds for too long may cause dents in the skin tissue, hearing loss, hair damage, and damaging the auditory nerve. If you don’t want to spend less than 2 hours on a screen then at least put your screen time and headphone use into sections during the day. Possibly even switch to earbuds instead of headphones, even though earbuds are worse than headphones you should still take it safe.