My Head Is Huge
November 23rd, 2004
I have one of those bathroom medicine cabinets that allows you to open it up and use that and the front mirror to get a full view of your entire head. I mean, you can see your sideburns, the line of your hair on your neck, your ears — you get the ultimate 3-D view of your skull.
I am extremely distraught that I felt the need to look.
Because while looking at the watermelon that IS my head, I came to the conclusion that indeed my head is the biggest head I have ever seen in all my years on the face of the earth. I mean, I used to think the kid who played Rocky in M.A.S.K. with that huge deformed head had it really bad until I saw my head in the mirror. At least Rocky (played by Eric Stolz and mothered by Cher) had a deformed head that matched his body. Me? I’ve got a head the size of a huge Thanksgiving Day turkey on top of a tiny, skinny frame of a body.
I didn’t tell anyone, until now, that I felt my head was this huge.
Instead, I’d go around asking people to look at my digital pictures and see if anything looked out of the ordinary. I’d stand in front of cardboard cut-outs of other well-known celebrities to see if people noticed the skullular inconsistencies. I would lay my head on people’s laps to see if the weight put too much pressure on their abdomen, causing them to uncontrollably urinate in their pants.
In all of the above situations, except for the urination thing, no one noticed the fact that my head was extremely huge and largely abnormal for a man of my age, stature and weight. I immediately went to see my doctor to ask him about my head. The conversation proves that no one wants to admit to me my head is huge for fear of causing great distress:
Me: Is my head huge, Doc?
Doctor: Your head is perfect, Paul.
Me: No, really. Look at it. It’s way too big for my body.
Doctor: You’ve got a very symmetrical looking head, Paul.
Me: Symmetrically big, sure. But too big for my body, right?
Doctor: People with bigger skulls were known to be smarter in the olden times.
Me: So, you’re saying I have a big skull, then?
Doctor: No, Paul. I’m saying that you’re smart.
I have asked my parents if they thought my skull was too big and their responses have ranged between asking me if my boots are “popular” and if my jeans “are supposed to hang low like that” instead of addressing the head issue. Sure, because I can change my shoes and my jeans but I cannot change the size of my blimp-like noggin.
I have asked my friends if they think my body looks skinny compared to my head and they have simply responded that I shouldn’t get so obsessed about working out and that I should be satisfied with my body type.
Again, everyone disregards or ignores the size of my head.
Well, my medicine cabinet mirror in conjunction with my front bathroom mirror has not. It has, in one swift swing of an open medicine cabinet door revealed the honest truth to my ears, my mouth, my nose and my chin. I have the hugest head out of anyone I have seen.
No wonder hats looks so small. No wonder I can’t find a pair of glasses that look cool. No wonder I always wake up in the middle of the night with my head OFF the pillow. No wonder headrests in cars just hit my neck. No wonder when I sing I hear echoing.
No wonder, no wonder, no wonder.
Well ofcourse your head is huge. You have a hugely handsome face that needs a place to fit. Therefore, the size of your head. And I mean that in a hugely complimentary way.
Oh, and you’re smart too!
Comment by groovebunny — November 23, 2004 @ 9:23 am
If your head were truly too huge, you wouldn’t wake up with it off the pillow, instead you would wake up to pillow smashing on the sides of your face because your head would have been too heavy to move and would have sunken to the matress, forcing the pillow stuffing out to the sides. But as you don’t wake up with your head trapped in a pillow-ravine, I’d say that your head is exactly the right size.
And if you don’t believe me, then I second what Groovebunny said
Comment by Erin — November 23, 2004 @ 9:59 am
Funny! I too have a huge head and can’t find hats to fit or glasses that reach the back of my ears. I recently discovered that when I was a small kid, my head was so big that my parents took me to the Children’s Hospital to see if something was wrong with me. I’ve just decided that if my head had to be of unusual size, I’m glad it was big rather than one of those tiny, beaddy little pin heads.
Comment by Jim — November 23, 2004 @ 10:43 am
Jim — I have to say I laughed out loud when I got to the part about your parents taking you to the “Children’s Hospital.”
Sorry if that was a scarring event, but the idea of parents taking their kid to the hospital because his/her head seemed a tad large, well, is funny!
By the way – I weighed my head this morning on the scale and it was about 34.5 lbs. Although half my body was on the scale too — it’s HARD to weigh your head!
Comment by Pauly D — November 23, 2004 @ 10:46 am
I think that little kid in JERRY MAGUIRE says how much a human head weighs, although I can’t remember what it was, and we really don’t want to bring that little rugrat back into the spotlight do we? Your head is a bit large, but then, maybe you’re right, maybe your body is just a bit smaller. Maybe you could shrink it in cold water, or try wearing REALLY big clothes, to put it all in a new perspective.
Or else, join the freakshow and sell tickets. “SEE THE ENORMOUS HEADED MAN – 25 CENTS”
Comment by Kevin — November 23, 2004 @ 10:56 am
Hmmm…I believe the average weight of the human head is like 20 pounds or so. LOL. I’m sorry but the thought of anyone trying to weigh their head on a scale is totally funny.
As far as hats and glasses not fitting you Pauly, maybe these things are made in Asia? They tend to make things on a smaller scale there. Like a Large there is basically a Small here.
Okay and all this head size talk reminds me of Charlie’s dad in “So I Married An Ax Murderer”…
Stewart: Well, that’s a huge noggin! That’s a virtual planetoid! Has its own weather system! Head! Move!
Comment by groovebunny — November 23, 2004 @ 11:22 am
Your head is not large. silly.
Comment by Kathleen — November 23, 2004 @ 11:31 am
I just measured around my entire head and it comes out to be 65 inches.
Comment by Pauly D — November 23, 2004 @ 11:33 am
If your friends confirmed that your head was huge (not saying that it is), how would you react?
If you asked me, and it were true that you had a big head, I would say “Oh man, your head is huuuuuuGE!! Humongous!!!”
What say you to that?
Comment by Amy — November 23, 2004 @ 12:22 pm
Okay my co-workers now think I’m a freak since a few of them walked by as I was measuring around my head, with a metal measuring tape no less. lol. 23 inches! Okay so what’s 65 inches? I think I already explained perfectly the reason for the size of your head in my first comment.
Comment by groovebunny — November 23, 2004 @ 12:23 pm
Amy – I would say that you obviously have no ability to censor yourself. If someone asks you if they’re fat – even if they are, you don’t agree with them and tell them they’re fat! If someone asks you if their head is big, and it is, you don’t tell them that it is. Let the people who tease them and haze them get the message through to them. Those people will be hated by the big-headed person no matter what happens. But friends, like you, should lie to big headers like me, so that there’s never a rift between us.
As for groovebunny – you have a small head if it only measures 23 inches. I think 50 inches is normal and 65 is me.
I think.
Comment by Pauly D — November 23, 2004 @ 12:44 pm
Wow. I just measured around my forehead, temples and back of my head, but if 50″ is normal, and mine is 23″ equaling way smaller brain, that explains why I was even sitting in my office measuring my head with a metal measuring tape in the first place. lol
But as for you. You must be very tall? And I remember seeing another shot of you with a bit more body for perspective and you looked completely fine.
Comment by groovebunny — November 23, 2004 @ 1:15 pm
Uh Pauly… are you sure you don’t mean 65 centimeters?? I only ask because 65 inches is, like, five feet five inches… I’m five feet tall and I highly doubt that your head is so large that if I were to curl myself around it there would be a five inch gap between my head and my feet. Incidentally, my head is 21.5 inches around, which amounts to 55 centimeters.
That would mean at 65 CENTIMETERS your head is not abnormally large 
It is exactly proportionate!
Comment by Erin — November 23, 2004 @ 10:22 pm
Holy crap, Erin!!
You’re right. I was looking at centimeters, which means my head is not big at all!!
Thank god this was resolved before Thanksgiving or else I would have eaten hardly any of my share for fear of my head getting any larger.
Phew.
Comment by Pauly D — November 23, 2004 @ 10:40 pm
See, and i was having so much fun imagining a guy with a head that was 65 inches around…i mean i have come to trust and depend on the factual entries here on WFME to the point that i just assumed that Pauly was telling us the truth. Erin, why did you have to go and put an end to mental images of a guy with a head as big around as Louie Anderson’s waste?
Comment by jimi — November 24, 2004 @ 7:10 am
Pauly that was hysterical! My sister has the same exact issue with her head. I just read it to her and she literally laughed out loud. Great post!
Comment by Hilary — November 24, 2004 @ 8:40 am
But you asked if your head was big. I guess I could say, “It must be if you are asking!” I have to live with myself.
Comment by Amy — November 24, 2004 @ 9:41 am
LOL. Thanks for pointing that out Erin! I rushed home from work lastnight asking my sister to re-measure my head as I was now having a freakishly small head complex.
And we got quite a giggle when we both realized that Pauly was probably reading centimeters. hehe
Comment by groovebunny — November 24, 2004 @ 10:35 am
Glad to be of service and sorry for spoiling the fun all at the same time! But really, is the image of a guy with a head five and a half feet around one that you can ever really get rid of?
(Sorry Pauly, we all know now that everything is a-okay, but I had to cheer Jimi up a bit)
Comment by Erin — November 24, 2004 @ 10:48 am
My husband has a really big head too. He has the hardest time finding a cap that will fit him. Both times I was pregnant, he was terrified by the ultrasound. I kept explaining to him that all fetuses were mostly head. He was just convinced that he was passing the giganta-head on to his offspring. Luckily, they are both on the normal side of head size.
Comment by Fully — November 27, 2004 @ 2:59 pm
Mate, you do not have a big head ok? And yeah actually you are a good looking guy (and that’s from a guy). I’ve had a couple of snide comments in my time because I have quite a heavy-set face and also thick hair which sometimes makes my head look big when really it isn’t. What you have to remember Paul is that the people who make unpleasant remarks are just jealous. So forget them and love yourself buddy, then others will also follow suit.
Comment by Jack — December 14, 2004 @ 3:00 pm
Thanks, Jack.
I guess I do have to remember that when people point at me on the street and cover the eyes of their children and shriek, “Good god, what kind of big-headed man is that!?” that a guy told me I was good looking.
Thanks again, Jack.
Comment by Pauly D — December 14, 2004 @ 3:04 pm
Hi,
Paul don’t worry about ur headsize ’cause it’s not an unusual headsize. people just like to make fun of others and if u ignore they will eventually stop.
My headsize is 23cm or I should say 59inches. Although somepeople say they find it big I don’t let it faze me.
If we learn to love ourselves an have a good self-esteem people will just love us for who we truly are.
Comment by Jessy — December 20, 2004 @ 7:10 pm
Thanks, Jessy! That means a lot.
Comment by Pauly D — December 20, 2004 @ 7:39 pm
I think Leonardo DiCaprio’s head is large.
larger than yours
http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars/redcarpet
Comment by Kathleen — March 2, 2005 @ 11:29 am
your lucky my hed is like a tiny pinprick on top of my body im only 15 so it shud grow more right? dus any1 no any thing that will help my head to grow like any supplements or anything. its really deprssing
Comment by micha — April 16, 2005 @ 1:03 pm
i dont think your head is big at all!
i have a big head though, trying to work out to make everything look in proportion but its a slow process
Comment by Daniel — April 18, 2005 @ 6:04 pm
We have a friend called Thomas and his head is the biggest we’ve ever seen. Its massive. Really you cant imagine. The mass of his head is comparible to the moon’s. On a few occasions his head has blocked out several people and sometimes the sun. It’s size dwarves that of many small vans. Due to his mammoth head, me and my friends have found it neccessary to constantly remind him that it surpasses anything we’ve seen before. Some of our favourites are:
“Moonhead”
“Headzilla”
“Tom your head’s so big it affects the tides”
“Your head has it’s own climate”
“Cranium”
“Tom did you fall out of bed last night, because I felt the floor shake?”
“Please Tom, keep it away from me, I’m too young to die!”
“Tom if we ever have an ice age we can wrap your hat around the world and keep it warm”
“You have an unfair advantage playing sports because the gravitational pull of your head attracts the balls”
So until the oceans are affected by the size of your head, don’t worry about it. It looks fine.
Comment by Martin and Dean — April 23, 2005 @ 8:59 am
Huge head = great brain.
Besides…as long as the face is a good one- makes you very photogenic. Hey wait – you just wanted compliments, non?
Comment by Crista — July 17, 2005 @ 6:21 pm
Joining the “Entourage” party late is Esther, who just got DVD #1 from Netflix, and just saw the episode where Turtle explains why Adrian Grenier is such a star: because he’s got a huge head. So I sense that your time may be at hand, Mr. BigHead.
Comment by Esther Kustanowitz — August 13, 2005 @ 9:03 pm
hey paul whats up lets put it like this when i was ten years old my head was literally the size of a melon my parents thought my head size was way to big for my body so I went to the doctors. He told me this bullshit story of how my head size is perfect, but now I am a 6ft 16yr old man and my head is to small for my body size.
Comment by fred — August 14, 2005 @ 5:03 pm
NOW I know who you remind me of! It’s “Jack” from the Jack-in-the-Box commercials. It’s a wonder you can get out the door! And you ARE good looking, but don’t let it go to your head. Ooops! Too late.
Comment by nic — August 15, 2005 @ 5:09 am
i hate my head, its measures 23 inches which isn’t abormally big big – but my face is small so i have a massive forehead and it just looks out of proportion. i hate myself
Comment by Tom — September 3, 2005 @ 7:46 am
My head is 67.5cm in circumference. When I look back at photos when I was a child it was SO noticeably big compared to other kids.
I’m 21 now and my body has somewhat cought up, though I’m still concerned it’s still growing :O (I hope not)
I’ve always had thoughts of going back in time and fitting on a helmet that would constrict the growth of my head, something like from that movie Man in the Iron Mask.
Comment by Gene — September 28, 2005 @ 1:38 am
i worry about the size of my head too. from the front my facial features are spaced nicely and look normal but from the side they look all squashed up down the bottom corner of this huge head. thankfully i noticed paul walker appears to have a bigger head than me, and hes a heart throb whos adored by many teenage girls in the western world so that makes me feel better. only he’s taller and bulkier so maybe his head looks more in proportion to his body.
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/mgm/into_the_blue/_group_photos/jessica_alba3.jpg
Comment by Konrad — October 11, 2005 @ 1:55 am
What up fellow bigheads. I have a huge head myself- 23 inch circumference. Its bad enough that I’m only 5’9, but it wasn’t that bad when I was built- 185 lbs, but now I’m skinny (155 lbs) due to myself becoming a runner. An old friend asked me when I turned into Nancy Regan and I that made me look in the mirror that night. Man my head is huge. I have really high cheek bones which makes my face look big too. Why did God give me this mellon? I think if I were 6’2 my head would look normal but not on my girly man frame. I guess I need to hit the weights again.
Comment by stevo — October 17, 2005 @ 6:24 pm
paul i’m 16 years old and my head is big is hell and i actually want it to shrink
Comment by fred — October 21, 2005 @ 6:20 pm
i think i have a big head, i got it offf my dad
i’m only 15 and ppl say it fits my body because im stocky but i disagree, i have tried everything 2 make it look smaller, i have stopped waring hats in fear of it lookin bigger, im 5ft 6 and its getting me down, so i am now growing my hair to make it look smaller like john rzeznik from the goo goo dolls, the when ppl see me they will go , ooo gosh he didnt have a big head after all…….it was his hair:D
Comment by eugene:D — October 27, 2005 @ 11:40 am
Paul
I don’t think that your head looks that big, at least compared to mine.
The bad news is that light colours make things look bigger so when your hair goes grey (like mine) your head will look even bigger.
Comment by Alan Hood — November 4, 2005 @ 6:23 am
My penis is 24 inch (jk) my head sry and im only 5 feet 3. YES LAUGH TY. Do i care ? I do deep down jus like any other human. But ive been told im cute. I`ve had a few remarks from one particular person @skol but i think he thinks his looks like a pineapple anyway. Who watches arthur? OMG . so i try not to let it get me down. although it can damage ur social life and cause u 2 look miserably at life. wen other things go wrong ? . wat can u do to make it smaller ? its a bit like any other myth like penis, shoe size and height, bla blah blah. Id love to meet the ppl who make these myths up. Then again id luv to meet Pam Andeson and feel her tits. Ladies …sry. how shallow of me i must be a cynic. a boob job can cost millions rite? all that on tissue? PATHETIC. u can buy many “nice” cars 4 that. anyway back 2 topic. some men must be so self-conscious, have 1 feet penises, carmen electra wives, 1 mill in bank or maybe women whose love life gone down pan + emotions run havoc creat these myths? We will never know. I doubt having millions would change how u feel inside. Thats why we have films. lol. A fav quote.
“Be happy” -Jesus. I think he meant get a curry and watch the simpsons. yea but no but wit 300+ iq i dont think he kidding.
M. J
Comment by boy — November 4, 2005 @ 9:23 am
LOL.
I know I’m late to this party but your big head story cracked me up.
From one big-headed person to another, I have to say, “You’re one very smart fella.”
Comment by groonk — November 9, 2005 @ 12:12 pm
My head annoys me because its not that big in the front but “very large” in the cranial area. Its makes me look like I have a very longated face.
Comment by goseahawks — December 6, 2005 @ 3:30 pm
im 5’8 158 lbs and my stats are 100 cm shoulders 52cm chest 65 cm waist and 24 inch head is my head proportioante with my body?
Comment by john — December 10, 2005 @ 9:15 pm
Hehe, I’ve got quite some issues with my moon-like shaped head too … It’s pretty big and round and this makes me look a lot younger than I actually am and this sucks. I never get remarks of “O gosh what a freak or smth”, but people tnd to think I’m a lot younger than I really am (am 21 and people sometimes think i’m like 16-17 LOL ) … It’s not a pleasure but nothnig to do about it and luckily my body is quite in proportion to my head
Comment by Sven — December 16, 2005 @ 8:33 am
ive got medium sized m not sure its that huge like i did compare it with others and found mine is bigger. but i wana know if its possible to get ur body size improved so head and body look in same proportion.
Comment by ankz — December 17, 2005 @ 8:40 pm
Just came across this and had to say that my head is GIGANTIC. Or as Mike Myers might say, a la “So I Married An Axe Murderer” — “it’s like a melon on a toothpick!”
Comment by sandra — December 20, 2005 @ 9:43 pm
Sandra – Your head may be like a melon on a toothpick, but my head is like the Guiness Book of World Record’s biggest burrito ever made on a toothpick.
You know?
Comment by Pauly D — December 20, 2005 @ 10:07 pm
I’m 6 feet tall whos got a head circumferance of 23 inches but it’s still bigger than most poeple with the same height as me.
Comment by Rick — December 30, 2005 @ 2:15 am
When I had my son, a preemie, who weighed almost four pounds he was tiny everywhere except his head. It measured in the 90th percentile. The nurse measuring was shocked. Then she looked at my head and told me my head was big too. I just said I come from a long line of big heads. True. She also said there’s more room for brains. Which I have to say, my son is just as gifted as I am. Oh, and maybe lots of room for ego too?
Comment by Rachel — January 9, 2006 @ 7:52 am
I have a big skull, when compared with my shouders. How does your head look when compared to the rest of you?
Comment by ben — January 11, 2006 @ 7:55 pm
i think the basic human size for girls is 21.5 and guys is 23 inches -around. measured as if your wearing a band around your forehead
so if your head is bigger than that..then start worrying
haha
Comment by bid head syndrome — January 28, 2006 @ 11:00 am
Just measured – 25 inches – dammit! I too have many nicknames and am the butt of good-natured jokes (hey, I laugh too). I guess that’s the price I must pay for 160 IQ!! Victory is mine!
Comment by Alan — January 31, 2006 @ 7:07 am
My head measures 23in or 58.5cm. I think a good advice is to workout and try to have everything unde proportion.
Comment by Erick — January 31, 2006 @ 9:32 am
An update for all of you – there is now a PILL on the market that I’m thinking of taking that actually REDUCES the space in between your brain vessels, causing your head to be as small as it possibly can be. It may take an inch or so off your head circumference which, I think, would be helpful in fitting into some of my more favorite hats.
Comment by Pauly D — January 31, 2006 @ 9:40 am
Pauly D,
Seriously fella it all looks fine on your head shape. I have a large head(much bigger than yours) and have had a hard time all my life about it but life is too short…although it does still stress me out. I spoke to doctors in oxford and across US but was told there is nothing that can be done. Bummer.
Whats this drug you said that you are considering taking to take some inches of your head curcumference? I would very much like to know if you can tell me.THANKS My e-mail is Chriswhite272003@yahoo.com if you would’nt mind e-mailing me.
Comment by Chris W — February 1, 2006 @ 10:23 am
Pauly, is there any info on how we can get this pill? Maybe a website or a phone number? I too have a really big head
Comment by Rick — February 2, 2006 @ 10:00 pm
Hello i am 5 foot 11 and i have a head that measures 25 1/2 inches around with very short hair , but not only that it is quite odly shaped (like squareish) and impossible to find hats for. With this pill dose it weaken your head or have adverse medical effects on your brain etc??. would anyone know a site to find a good large deep cap? i havent had a cap since i was 10.
Comment by peter — February 4, 2006 @ 9:53 pm
Yeah, the pill can be found at bigheadpill.com.
Comment by Pauly D — February 5, 2006 @ 8:44 am
I think I suffer from the same thing, I seriously have a abnormally big head, but people don’t belive it and they behave very normal with me, but i guess in their hearts of hearts they know that something’s wrong with my head. I mean neither my parents nor my frenz will ever show me that fact but I know there’ something wrong. Please do contact me if you have something latest in that.
Comment by rocky — February 6, 2006 @ 9:04 am
Bigheadpill.com? Hmm… do they sell the pill on HSN?
Comment by kartooner — February 6, 2006 @ 12:00 pm
oi ur head is not big i hav seen many people in my whole 15 yrs of life and every1 is unique and different and every1 looks different me i hav a really big mouth and i just try not 2 flaunt my flaws
Comment by tameika — February 6, 2006 @ 11:22 pm
Just wondering if anyone has managed to obtain any info about this bigheadpill from the website given above? I’ve had no such luck and am quite sceptical about whether there is any truth in what it can supposedly do??
Comment by Chris W — February 10, 2006 @ 6:25 am
I dont see how its possible for a head to shrink by pills? :S Even if they minimize the space between the brain vessels the skull wont get smaller, at least what i think?
Comment by Alexia — February 24, 2006 @ 8:06 am
I honestly thought I was the only one out there with a huge melon, so I actually find all these comments comforting. I assume this is like being at an AA meeting for big headed people. Let’s call it an HH (Huge Head) meeting. Anyway, I was able to find a website that sells hats with enough material to properly cover my enormous 24.5″ noggin. http://www.bigheadcaps.com As a side note, even though my supportive wife continuously tells me my head looks normal, some “friends” and coworkers seem to have the knack of kicking my self conscious into overdrive with some of their comments. Thanks for the therapy!
Comment by Steve H — February 24, 2006 @ 8:40 am
For past couple of weeks, I been feeling down. It appears to me that people are looking at me whenever they see me because of my head (22.5″). I’m 5′.11″ and mid size 195 lbs. I’m mid 40′s and all of sudden, this crazy low self esteem has hit me. How would you handle if someone is looking at you funny?
Whenever I feel sad and want to feel better, I read the comments from everyone in this website.
Comment by Jim — February 24, 2006 @ 2:21 pm
Jim,
Are you kidding me? I’d love to have a 22.5″ melon! I’m at 24.5″ and I saw someone on here at 25.5″…. consider yourself one of the fortunate with a slightly above average sized noggin and get on with life!
Comment by Steve H — February 25, 2006 @ 8:12 am
Steve H.
God Bless You and Your Family. You just made my day/week/year. My wife say the same, ” Jim your head is normal and stop making yourself sick”.
Once again, Thank You.
Regards
Jim
Comment by Jim — February 26, 2006 @ 2:43 pm
Hey there, i`m verry happy that i found this website.
I have same problem with head, maybe its not so huge (59-60cm,23-23,5inch), but i dont like my occiput`s bulge its kinda big. But hey, we all have problems, we must deal with them.
About those pils, if its true about what they can do, then i will buy them for sure.
Comment by pipperoo — February 28, 2006 @ 11:38 am
I have just recieved a mail from somone at bigheadpill.com. The pill will shrik blood vessels and fluids that are surrounding your skull, and so far it has only caused mild head aches. Your head size may be reduzed with 1/2-3 inches.
Comment by Alexia — February 28, 2006 @ 11:52 am
Look at Jay Leno, he has a big head, but it seems not to bother him. Especially, being famous and rich. I guess, he does not have time to think off his head nor he could care less what people think. I’m sure Paul feels the same.
Comment by Jim — February 28, 2006 @ 2:27 pm
for how long you have to take the pills
Comment by alex — March 7, 2006 @ 12:41 pm
I have a 25 incher, or a size 8 hat. I am 6’4 so at least my head doesn’t look oversized. However it doesn’t make it any easier to find large hats. There are only a couple of sites that have big hats like bigheadcaps.com (that was mentioned above) and Lamood Big Hats. You go to Lids at a mall, forget about it, nothing bu average size hats. There needs to be a place where you can get NFL and NBA large hats. Does anyone know where I can find a Pacers big hat in size 8?
Comment by Jacob — March 9, 2006 @ 6:22 pm
ANY UPDATES ON THE BIG HEAD PILL? IT SAYS IT IS 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM BEING APPROVED BY THE FDA
Comment by Michael — March 11, 2006 @ 8:27 pm
Guys, let’s get serious here. These pills are garbage, let’s face it, your skull will not shrink, only will shrik the blood vessels and fluids that are surrounding your skull. Which means, you will look worst, A WALKING SKELETON.
Comment by JL — March 15, 2006 @ 11:23 am
I found that when you’re good-lookin’ or successfull in some way, jealous people will try to sneek in the back door of your self esteem with comments about your head, weight, nose etc. At 6foot3 230 I’ve grown into my dome (slightly over 63cm, slightly under 25 inches. I’ve found 7 3/4, 7 7/8 and 8′s that fit) My “friends” would tease me in high school, but I realized they hated the fact that all the girls liked me. Merv Griffen said big heads look better on t.v. Thats why Merv picked Vanna White for W.o.f. Bruce Willis, Conan O’Brian, Jim Brown and Shaq seem to be doing ok. I learned a trick; joke about your big head to people and they’ll start saying “you heads not that big” try it , it works. Leave those pills alone, they dont sound right. Now, are all you weather balloons happy? Lol
Comment by Blaq — March 18, 2006 @ 12:03 pm
your head is huge 65cm? You must eat too much or something ROFL hahahahahahah how do you carry all that weight on your shoulders that is just too much head fat.
Comment by biggy — March 20, 2006 @ 12:27 pm
this blog was posted years back… but lolz i feel the same way i have got a huge head aswell and yeh ppl tell me tht…i get annoyed… but cant change it… and being a dentist i have known.. smart ppl have big heads A secondly there are worse things then having a big head
Comment by jawahir — March 23, 2006 @ 5:23 am
Nobody fall for this bigheadpill.com crap, it’s all a hoax/joke made by paul davidson himself. when you go to the website, at the bottom of your browser it will say “images downloading from pauldavidson.net” I have no clue why paul would do something so immature like this? does he like making people look like fools or what?
Comment by Rick — April 3, 2006 @ 6:07 pm
My head is 62 cm circumference and I’m traumatized for this.
Sometimes I hear provocations but I ignore, cause I dont know what I should say or do.
It’s almost impossible to find cap or glasses fits well.
Comment by RSP — April 4, 2006 @ 9:43 am
I have a large head and am quite traumatized by it, myself. RSP do you or anybody else have any contact information.
Comment by Tim — April 7, 2006 @ 11:33 pm
The average size for a woman’s head is 22.5inches. So those men who complain thier head is too big at 22.5 inches it may actually be too small
.
I’m a female and have above average head circumfrence of 23.25 inches.
Who wants to be average anyway?
Comment by bighead — April 16, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
Yea well im 16 and i commonly commonly get the you got a big head phrase from people i know i stand about 5’11 up there you said 22 mite be to small for a guy
well i guesss im not fully grown because i notiice mine pretty well
im a runway model though for hollister an they said having a big head is a plus for tv
Comment by kevin — April 19, 2006 @ 5:41 am
yeah well my head is pretty big, i used to get alot of crap for it when i was younger and every once in a while my friends will joke about it to me, but whatever its just a head i dont see the big deal
Comment by chris — April 19, 2006 @ 3:07 pm
i was once drepressed over my skull sized, that is until someone told me i had a nice shape to my head. well, it’s big, but i’ll deal with a nice shaped head. anyhow it skips generations… at least in my family. my uncle george sported an 8+ head size on a 6ft tall body, and yet he pulled it off (i think it was his amazing beard and ample frame).
i have always noticed that larger heads look better if they are not all pale fleshy colored. get a tan.
take care!
Comment by anthony — April 21, 2006 @ 2:34 pm
what is the average size of the human head??….Also how do you measure it?
Comment by javier — April 22, 2006 @ 8:32 am
Wow thank goodness I found this site! I have a large cranium… 23/24 inches. Always got teased in school and now i’m afraid to pass the trait down to my kids… oh well. At least i’m 6’4″. Guess I’ll start working out to offset the pumpkin a bit.
Comment by Anon E. Muss — April 26, 2006 @ 7:25 pm
you have on big head buddy but think of it this way if it is the size of a watermelon u dont have to go and buy one you can eat ur own head=)
Comment by antonio — April 28, 2006 @ 8:06 am
I was wondering is 24 inches big or normal ??
Comment by jessy — April 30, 2006 @ 10:07 am
teah so i must have been stuck in the super size it line when god was handing out heads. I dont knoew the logistics as far as size goes but let me say that the old high school graduation cap was a tad tight and looked like a yamika on my head.i remember when senior pictures were being taken i asked a friend if they could airbrrush off some of my head as they do with kids with zits and braces. I hAVE to get big sunglasses and as far as hats go dont where them. Wouldnt want to cutt off circulation to the think tank on the shoulders.. way too tight. BUt of a lot of jokes and everything its /was tuff cant stand it when someone says dont let it go to your head . im a chick and chicks are supposed to be able to wear cute hat s while sking , jogging etc. hers to hoping husband doesnt see i have found this site. as if he cant feel the weight when i put this thing on his shoulder. big head people unite and hats off to you all. he , he
Comment by kristin g — April 30, 2006 @ 9:41 pm
this is well funny! i have a big head too (23 inches) and am only 5 foot 9. but meh! i tend to grow my hair long cos at least then it just looks like i have big hair. read the other day that philip seymour hoffman has a 24 inch head so was a bit depressed that mine is only an inch smaller, as his looks massive!
Comment by andyman — May 9, 2006 @ 5:42 am
i have a big head!!!!! i think..why do people gets big heads..wait well people will tell me like hey u have a big head..but they somtimes say its my hair is like a afro lol/// how do u know u have a big head????
Comment by jesse — May 17, 2006 @ 11:03 pm
I couldn’t fit out of the womb because of my head. My dear mother had to have a C-Section and on my first Baby Hospital Check-up, the Doctor wrote, “you know good cardio, normal breathing, uh reflexes fine oh and ABNORMALLY LARGE HEAD.” My mom cried. The doctor had just told her that her beautiful boy was a freak. My mom of course always told me that my big head housed a giant brain, but I’ve never seen any evidence of that. If I buy a normal “one size fits all” baseball cap, it looks like I am wearing a yamicah with a bill.
I’m actually a filmmaker and am making a short film about the plight of big headed people. The comments on this page prove there is a demand for someone to recognize the Cranially Endowed.
Comment by Greg — May 26, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
Well I thought that I had the biggest head in the world until I stumbled on this thread. My head, with a good head of hair, is 23 1/4 inches but I am 6′ 1″ and 230 pounds and my shoulders are over 24″ wide. After reading this thread, I feel that my head, whilst large, may suit my frame and I am going to venture back into the community for the first time in years. Thank you.
Comment by Tom — June 21, 2006 @ 4:48 am
Out of curiousity David, how tall are you anyway? You said that you are too skinny for your head size but exactly how tall are you?
Comment by Jack — June 30, 2006 @ 4:58 am
I’ve got the same problem as goseahawks: big in the cranial area. I’m only about 150 lbs., and the circumference is just under 24 inches. However, my face is thin, so it looks very long from the side. From the front, very tall.
Life goes on, though. If there’s no way to fix it, the only sensible option is to just forget about it.
Comment by Nick — July 1, 2006 @ 11:54 pm
HAHHAHAHAHA
That is the funniest thing I’ve ever read, I don’t even know how I came across this website? oh that’s right. I was checking to see if anyone cared about big heads, as I have one. Oh man, I feel bad for you, but at the same time, I really don’t think people care that much about big heads. Come to think of it, I can’t remember a time i looked at someone and thought “Hmm, they’d be way more attractive if they had a smaller head” …
Hmmm..
Anyway, good material.
Comment by Benjamin Stratton — July 6, 2006 @ 2:40 am
guy,
I too have a HUGE head its like 24 inches/ 62cm and im only 5’8″!! but I have a good reason, i genuinely did have illness that caused mild deformity when i was a kid (hydrocephalus).I took all the teasing at school but now I have grown into it, pretty much, and in the end.. who cares? its only a big head! Attention goes where you focus it. I just ignore it, and others won’t care. dont take yourselves too seriously! By the way, I investigated it when younger, seen the experts about it and there is no way you can change head size or shape once an adult…
Comment by j-o-n-UK — July 7, 2006 @ 4:11 am
what a great and funny site..and the guy who wrote and said his head was 65″ was toooo funny…he must look like humpty dumpty…i was wondering though (seriously) who does have the largest head in the world..and what the circumference is???lol
Comment by ellie — July 19, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
hi, I aswell have a large head ……im 15 and only recently started to notice as people at my school make horrible comments.I also believe i would be more popular and attractive if my head was smaller. I too have a medicine cabinet in my bathroom and have been able too see people’s comments are unfair yet true. My head is 22inches in circumference, looks long not wide. and the ironic thing is my name is also Paul.
Comment by Paul — July 25, 2006 @ 3:51 pm
this site is really refreshing. I just measured my head and its a hair over 23. I can wear caps, but not very well. I’m not that worried about the circumference though. My head is very wide- like 7 1/4 inches and that’s three inches up past the ear, and then it slopes, so it is basically square- just a slight arch. From the side view the back of my head is flat and my forehead is tall wide(not as wide as back of head) and doesn’t slope. On top of that my brow line slopes down. So you all got it easy. I’ve been given crap my whole life. Had people stand over me and basically freak out and say holey cow your head’s huge. Been called frankenstein, had girlfriends tell me that they saw me in the drivethrough and knew it was me because not to many people have a head like me. I’ve had people call me hair-head, I’ve had girls walk up behind me and put their hands on each side of my head to make sure it was my head and not my hair. I had my head shaved in the military and had one person refer to the bumps on the side of my head as “things”. Too many comments to list, and every comment has taken my self esteem lower. I’m writing all of this hoping someone will make me feel better, and if not I’m sure this should make some of you feel better. I’ve been to plastic surgeons, and don’t know if I’m willing to have a scar on my head because I can’t grow my hair out long(too many hard calics and too curly), and am basically housebound. I go out every now and again, and i am always afraid of getting a remark. I’ll send pics or whatever. put your email on here, i just need someone to talk to. I’ve done the friend thing and they don’t lie to me, they just try to make me feel better by saying something that is wrong with them like they’re fat- it doesn’t help.
Comment by Bryan — July 26, 2006 @ 1:00 am
Hey, Guess what ive got a big head to! Its about 60cm or 23 and a half inches. ive just turned 18 and im 6 foot 2. i havent really bulked out yet but wen i do i rekon ill be lookin fine. after all my dads head is bigger than mine and i never even noticed till my mum brought it up. its coz his chest is actually really broad but coz of his big head it looks average.
i liked what the some1 said about havin a tan, i think your head does look a lot better!
having a broad chest really helps!
Comment by Ben — July 31, 2006 @ 12:02 pm
hi i have been reading all ur comments n i feel that my head is too small for my body. im 17 n 5ft 7, i realised ths because my dad one day sed ur head is really small and started laughin i laughed wiv him thinkin he was jokin because he was like that then i was looking threw some old scholl pictures n noticed that i did have a samll head for some one of my height, im only skinny but do u think my head will get any bigger! im really worried that im goin to get taller and end up wiv this really small head
Comment by kerri — July 31, 2006 @ 7:28 pm
MY HEAD IS BIG TOO. AND MY NOSE IS MORE LIKE A BIRDS BEAK….The human head weighs 4.25 kilograms.
Comment by mandy — August 1, 2006 @ 9:27 am
oh man.. i just stumbled across your website and i just now HAVE to comment! you’re so funny! i had absolutely no idea heads could be such a source of anguished obsession lol. anyway, don’t worry about your head.. nicole richie (whom i adore and is GORG) has a huge bobblehead, but it looks good on her and she can totally pull it off. just think of nicole when you’re feeling insecure. lots of people have big heads, now that I think about it..how about tyra banks and gemma ward? SEE! don’t feel bad.. cheer up
Comment by dawn — August 4, 2006 @ 2:17 pm
Well, I just happened to be looking for small headed people and stumbled upon this… I’m 5’5″ and have a 22inch (circumference)head. I have been told on several occasions, (including last night, by my husband no less!!) that my head looks small for my body. I weigh 120lbs and never really thought I was small boned or anything, pretty much always thought myself to be relatively big (considering my sisters are taller than me and weigh like 100lbs) So it’s kind of weird to see that people think they have big heads at around the same circumference as mine even though they’re way taller. I guess the circumference isn’t really much of a guide to head size…
Comment by Ana — August 5, 2006 @ 10:45 am
I just came across this looking for appropiate sized sunglasses, does anyone know where to look. I dont have a gigantic seed(hat size around 7-1/2″) my friends call me Fred Flinstone. I find it all good as I have a IQ higher than allof them. Thanks for all the help. I have to go know as my neck grows tired.
Comment by Stac(m) — August 7, 2006 @ 12:08 am
I’m about 5’8″ and have a 24 inch head. I had a few comments as a teenager, nothing in recent years, although it is something that’s always bothered me and I do worry about it a lot.
The thing is, there’s nothing we can do about it, and it’s something we have to live with. I’ve never had a huge problem attracting members of the opposite sex, and I have had a steady girlfriend over the last 3 years who also happens to be really beautiful.
I suppose the trick is to learn to love your body and put things into context – it could be so much worse and there is so much to be grateful for, really.
Plus, look here: http://www.thehatsite.com/measuring.html
I’ve got an XL head on a M body. It’s hardly the end of the world!
Comment by jambon — August 7, 2006 @ 4:11 am
Jambon, I like your positive thinking. I wish, I can convince myself to think the same.
Comment by JL — August 10, 2006 @ 1:55 pm
wow you guys there should be a forum about having a big head, this whole comment thingy really made me feel better about my 61cm cabeza
Comment by Andrew — August 11, 2006 @ 7:29 pm
Hey its ben again. just thought id add im a Small t-shirt size. ha ha this is my fav page on the internet. some1 shud make a forum it wud be well good.
Comment by Ben — August 13, 2006 @ 11:58 am
my head is 40 inches wide….i measured it, i have to walk very slow, my head may fall off. its hard, but i can live with it if i never look in the mirror. THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER, ITS WHERE YOUR PRE-OCCUPIED WITH YOUR APPERANCE, ITS A REAL MENTAL DISORDER…PLEASE! CHECK IT OUT. http://www.bddcentral.com
Comment by donny — August 14, 2006 @ 3:19 pm
I measured my head again recently and it’s gotten bigger. Which means my head is growing while the rest of my body is not. This concerns me greatly and makes me wonder if people will begin to actually make fun of it when I go into public.
Sometimes I try never to stand next to someone else’s head and shoulders for fear of people noticing just how big my head is.
But now that it’s grown at least 2 inches in its diameter, I’m concerned that no matter where I stand, I might be made fun of.
Hmm.
Comment by Pauly D — August 14, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
Paul, That is impossible that your head grew 2 inches. Reading your previous comments, it sounds as if you are having fun with this issue. Where others may be experiencing deep deep depressions because of it. I was hoping that you can provide us with some advice “How to handle everyday pressure”.
Comment by JL — August 14, 2006 @ 3:45 pm
I found this blog via google, searching for someplace that sells eyeglass frames for big heads. Anyone know of such a place?
BTW, I am 6’4″, my head is over a size 8, 25.5″ (65cm) around. I have purchased hats from bigheadcaps.com before, they fit great, and I have a Tilley hat that also fits great.
On top of my head being big, it is also thin and narrow (front to back), which is unusual. Most people’s heads are round, mine is and oval. This makes finding things that fit even harder.
I had a heck of a time finding a motorcycle helmet that would fit. I finally found one called the Bell Kinghead and it not only fits the size but also fits the shape (important in a safety item like a motorcycle helmet).
My Dad has a big head, too (size 8). Anyway, everyone that has a big head, don’t let it freak you out or get to you…you are who you are and that’s OK!
Comment by johnzilla — August 19, 2006 @ 6:09 pm
I have a relatively small head for a female; just beneath what’s considered average circumference. I’m 5’5″, with a very petite body frame, and a head measurement of 22″ inches.
Here’s the deal, though, while I don’t have a large head, I have a large face, if that makes any sense. My head is small measured around, but my face is long and fairly wide from the front. I’ve always wondered, “How can that be?”
Anyone else have that problem, too?
Comment by Christi — August 22, 2006 @ 1:16 am
I too was born with a big head. My mom needed a C-section as well. I had a birth defect called Sagittal Synostosis.
Take a look: http://www.craniofacialcenter.com/book/craniosynostosis/cranio_2.htm
Sad thing is they didn’t have the technology to fix it when I was born. Funny cuz I didn’t know I had a big head until kidergarten when all the kids started making fun of me. Been teased all my life. I’m 5’5″ 160 lbs and got a 24″ dome. Some of you guys are a bunch of crybabies. You’re complaining about a big head when you are above 6 feet tall. Of course your head will be big, so is your body frame. I have the same size head as you guys only about 7 inches shorter and much smaller frame. At least you guys are more proportional than me. Just glad that there are people out there who have the same insecurities as me. I don’t feel as bad. I have been called egghead, alien, football head, big head, rocket head, Stewie from Family Guy. I never wear hats because like Greg the filmaker said it looks like a yamika with a bill. Greg by the way don’t make a movie about big heads because it would just give my friends another nick name to call me. Probably too late now. So long my big headed amigos.
Comment by egghead — August 31, 2006 @ 1:44 am
This page is hilarious. I have a 23.5″ dome, never bothered me till I was maybe 18, and a couple people started joking about it, then I discovered the 3way mirror at macys and finaly appreciated the magnitude of my dome. I’ve noticed my head is less noticable if I wear hats, I know that seems funny, but theres a specific hat that fits my head and works great. They are flexfit hats in the L-XL. I still havent found the right haircut though. Shaggy seems to work better, but I hate having shaggy hair so I always get it cut.
Also I gained like 20lbs at the gym, helped head look smaller, do alot of work for your shoulders and neck.
Comment by thunderdome — September 1, 2006 @ 8:51 pm
Hi there,
I am 5 feet 8 and have a 24 inch head. I know it is large for my body. I have an amazing girlfriend and have always had very attractive women.
I always get the piss taken out of me but who gives a fuck.
Be confident and dont let it bother you.
Comment by Dom — September 4, 2006 @ 12:13 pm
i am 35 and I have a new born baby sudenly her skull growth ,rapidly and i am loking for doctorsto suggest me .BUT I am very poor from Eritrea,east africa
Comment by mussie — September 7, 2006 @ 12:28 am
Paul, I think this “Big Head” Phase is literally all in Your Head. Your Head is Perfect size. Those who say otherwise are wrong.
Comment by Cody — September 7, 2006 @ 2:59 pm
fuk… wat is rong with u paul!!! UR HEAD ISNT BIG…. and every1 who is upset with thier head size… gosh ive got a big head n i use to be paranoid… my friends would say “ur head isnt THAT big.. the size of ur head doesnt matter to us” but it matterd to me…
but i realised i shouldnt worry… DONT LET IT BECOME A PARANOIA… dont look into the mirror every 2 seconds… or u should go to a physartrist !
srsly ppl… enjoy life… plz
Comment by Jamie — September 11, 2006 @ 4:19 am
well its a heluvalot better to have a big head than a small one…
Comment by Russell — September 12, 2006 @ 1:42 am
Mixed emotions over this forum.My heart certainly goes out to those in pain on this issue.I cannot get over that I am in my 40s and am more consumed by the matter personally,than ever before.I have been going thru all the people that ever stared at me and suddenly realising it must be because of this.I know I need to get help ,but unlike the contributors who are healthily accepting of it,I can NEVER discuss it face to face with anyone.Im wondering if this cloud will ever clear now…S,funny,not a thing at skool was ever said ,so I thought I was normal.It wasnt till later it started to dawn on me.Now I feel like a freak ( and im sorry to those who are better at this)
Comment by Gartside — September 15, 2006 @ 5:51 pm
hi,
do u know any web page with head sizes statistics?
My head is 61cm/24inches large and I wanna find out which percenlite it is.
ciao,
pet
Comment by pet — September 21, 2006 @ 1:09 pm
It sucks having a big head…im not so bothered about the size itself, but it is all deformed and combined with my skinny bodyframe I look like an alien…just to think how nice the life would be only if I look normal makes me so sad…small things like going to cinema, going to university, playing sports, even going out in the morning for bread and milk without everyone staring at you would be so enjoyable…and the thing that bothers me the most is not the stares I got, or being laughed at, it is the Love of course…every time I got inloved and plucked up enough courage to ask girl out I got the same answer…something like ‘you’re so great and all, but…’ …what is the point of living if you arent allowed to feel love…I mean, if you love someone, then you wish all the best for that person…but I sure as hell don’t want for that person to be laughed at because she’s dating a freak…
sorry about bad english
but then again,tommorow is the new day…maybe something will change…greetings from Croatia
Comment by Sagittarius — September 21, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
I am sure my husband will be able to relate to this topic. His head is a little big and he knows it and a little conscious about it. He is tall , standing at 6’3”. Actually from the front view, it looks alright, but from the back, what is unusual is that it is flat, as in no contour unlike most heads have, otherwise, it would have been not noticeable. He has problem finding sunglasses, becuase most of what we find are small for his face, (does anynone know where to find sunglasses for those like him with larger than normal head size). I just found out the website selling hats for large head and would appreciate if anyone can tell me where to buy sunglasses for large head. Thank you.
Comment by dien — September 21, 2006 @ 2:00 pm
my head is 23/23,1 inches and 5’11 long and I have really tall skinny face
I have always thought my head was big,(I have only been called big head twice on internet though)
when I have a buzz cut my head looks humongous but now I have sort of an emo hairstyle and it makes my head look smaller
your hairstyle can make your head seem big or small after what type of headshape you have
and fellas you shouldnt be hating on yourself there are alot of celeberties with big heads Tyra Banks,Jonathan Rhys Meyers,Marilyn Manson,Brian Eno,Conan O’Brien,Ryan ross(Panic At The Disco),Ville Valo(HIM) etc.
Comment by B.A — September 24, 2006 @ 4:58 pm
I would love to have a big head. I’m like 6 foot 3 and have a tiny head. I was wondering if it is possible to make your head bigger
Comment by Smallhead — September 25, 2006 @ 4:02 am
So here I am, definitely the biggest head ever in all around measurement though I only know the circumference is at least 25 inches. But it’s funny how apparent it is in some pictures, while in others not so much. Sometimes I can still manage to look pretty normal but there are some pictures where I really just look like I should be in a freak show. If that bigheadpill finally comes out, I will definitely give it a try, but I’ve also been reading up on reduction cranioplasty: sounds like a promising surgical procedure. In what kind of world does a thing like macrocephaly (the name of our plight) exist without any means of fixing it? It just wouldn’t be fair if there weren’t some way…
Comment by Justin — September 25, 2006 @ 10:13 pm
Ok, so I’m reading these comments and think you are all insane. Trust me when I say that it is FAR better to have a head that is a little too big for your frame, than too small.
I am 5’8….muscular…broad shoulders…and have a small head (22″). But it also small in height. I am so self concious about this and have been for many years. I would give anything to have a head that looks too big than too small.
Comment by Matt — September 29, 2006 @ 5:31 pm
All you guys complaining about big heads when you’re near 6 foot or taller have nothing to talk about!
Im only about 5’6-5’7 with a 23inch head… that’s big on a girl, especially with my height!!
Comment by Kacy — September 30, 2006 @ 8:29 pm
People have made fun of the size of my head ever since I was a little kid. It always hurt me as a kid, because I never really noticed it myself when I looked in a mirror. As I got older, I would laugh it off. When I was in the Navy, the other recruits would call me “Meathead.”
Now, I am married and have 2 kids, and while people no longer poke fun of me to my face, they stare at me and laugh. It happened the other day when I was attending a funeral and saw a group of guys looking at me and laughing. It really hurt. I am an adult with a wife and two kids, and I still feel like a kid in the schoolyard being made fun of. I just can’t laugh it off anymore.
Comment by brian damage — October 3, 2006 @ 10:31 am
Hi I’m 16 about 5″11 and my head size is 58cm correct me if i’m wrong but i think it’s big?
Comment by Hari — October 5, 2006 @ 11:04 am
i think that abig head is tres sexy if it totally outweighs the rest of you’re body. I do however have a 26 ” head myself but still im well sexy innit
Comment by umbokto — October 11, 2006 @ 8:39 am
can we have a picture of your massive head please? post 1 on your site. sweet
Comment by fops — October 12, 2006 @ 3:23 am
Hi… i don’t really know if i have a big head… i have only ever recieved 2 comments that i can remember about my head but they seem so vivid in my mind, and i find myself constantly flattening the back of my hair with my hand to see if it bulges out… sometimes i think it does, sometimes not, but i CANT STOP thinking about it. God i wish i could. Anyway, back to teh comments. I remember my mom, when i was about 8, saying “Your head is big to store your brains.” Then, about 6 months ago, we were talking about what we looked like (animal-wise), and some kid said that i looked like an alien. I assume this was because of my head. i dunno i have taken some pics and it seems alright i jsut can’t stop thinking about it any advice?
Comment by Simon — October 12, 2006 @ 7:34 pm
Wow, 26inches is a big head. But that shows its not about what you look like because you are obviously happy with yourself, unlike some of the other nutters on here. My boyfriends head is about 25-26″ but I have never noticed it to be abnormally large, and he’s bald! I used to be a small time model, but even before the accident I still would have made him mine.
Comment by theflop — October 13, 2006 @ 6:59 am
im 5’6 with a head measuring 60 cm…is that too big for me?
Comment by mark — October 16, 2006 @ 11:22 pm
today my friends made fun of my head size, im 6’1 and i weight 165, i have a head of 23′ and apparently on this site, that is not that big. i usually dont see myself having a big head.
when i was fat ppl would call me fat. now ppl call me “skinny” others say i look good, but the ppl who called me fat now say i have a big head, they even call me gumball machine. w/e i hate it. i thnk im cute though, ppl have told me. i hate it when guys say i have a bighead in fron of a girl. oh well im just gonna laugh it off now. celebrities have big heads. oh yeah im also really smart. its been a while since ppl made fun of my head size, but today it hurt. but u know what? i was being really really mean to that person, so i guess they had to find a way to attack back right? or do i really have a big head? i also have a big stomach and a small ass. any suggestions lol, should i loose more weight? is my head to big? is my body too small? oh god i should be benching right now, making everything proportional but im on this website, answer bitches!
Comment by blas — October 19, 2006 @ 9:49 pm
My head measures 24 1/4 inches around, I am 6 ft and my shoulders are only 18 inches wide! It’s more round (not long) and nearly resembles a perfect circle sitting on my tiny shoulders. I have recieved comments about my huge head since 7th grade and have always had a hard time finding hats and glasses that fit. In fact, I am supposed to wear eye glasses, but stopped wearing them after a week because they didn’t entirely reach behind my ears!! With women, they either find my attractive or repulsive, which to this day confuses the heck out of me.
I’ve found that long hair actually makes my head look bigger (my hair is extremely thick) so I don’t recieve as many “you have a massive dome” comments when my hair is kept rather short. I try to work out to extend my shoulder width, and when I do, my head actually does look smaller (people have told me). I often feel like a freak, but that doesn’t stop me from doing social activities. I am actually quite outgoing, despite the fact that my head size is always, always, ALWAYS on my mind. It does suck having such a huge noggin, but I’ve seen many people with big heads that still look attractive (including women). In fact, I’ve seen a girl with a head as big or even bigger than mine that is quite attractive.
I feel for all of you fellow big-headed people out there. Unlike being fat or having a big nose there is absolutely nothing we can do to decrease the size, which is discouraging. I often have imagined of a surgery that would file a persons skull mass down in order to decrease head size, but then I thought that couldn’t be good. I don’t like to have pictures taken of me especially when I am standing next to somebody. I often get depressed because of this issue. The only thing that has ever worked for me is shoulder exercises, but those are extremely tedious and frustrating.
Comment by Matt — October 20, 2006 @ 12:13 pm
When you use those fold out mirrors the image is distorted. Take a picture of yourself from the side to get a better look at your profile. Having a big head is only bad if your short and skinny, usually.
Comment by Denise — October 21, 2006 @ 7:20 pm
I, too, sympathize with those who live with the constant fear that their heads may, in fact, snap off and roll down onto a small child or family pet.
I’ve lived with a mega-noggin all of my life–the confirmation came when I was being measured for a headpiece for a costume in a play. The tailor actually commented, “Ooooh, you’ve got a BIIIG head!” Thanks for that. Yeah. I think it measured 23″ or so, but it’s been a few years.
I’ve found that my smallish, round face, my lack of chin definition, sort of large nose and unbelievably thick hair (along with teeny, low-set ears, thin limbs and a 5’9″ frame) have contributed to what I (along with family members) joke is ECS–Extended Cranium Syndrome. I have this Precious Moments Doll-like profile that was probably cute when I was five, but I think it just looks weird now.
Oh, well. Guess it’s better than the bedknob head thing. I can look forward to getting older and pushing my hair forward like old men tend to do, I suppose. Maybe that’ll create some sort of optical illusion.
Comment by Kevin — October 30, 2006 @ 11:10 am
lol, you guys got big heads? lol i stand about 5’9 ish if that!! my beachball i mean head sorry is 63 cm and i wiegh about 185 (with rocks in my pockets i my as well add) dont fell bad as much as i do
Comment by allan steele — November 6, 2006 @ 3:43 pm
I came across this post when I was feeling bad about my big head, again, and did a random search. After reading the post and all the comments, I don’t know whether to feel better or worse. I feel better because I know I’m not alone, but worse because I’m 5’2″, 100lbs with a 22 1/4″ head, and people who are complaining about the same head size are all way taller than I am! Talk about disproportionality.
I disagree that big head is better than small head, especially for girls. All the models have small heads (did someone say Gemma Ward has a big head!?) and I hate looking like a walking lollipop.
I know I can try to think that it’s no big deal and that it’s “all in my (giant) head,” but the fact of the matter is I don’t like having a big head and hate myself every time I look into the mirror or see how small other people’s heads are. But there’s just nothing I can do about it and I’ll just have to live with it for the rest of my life. Is there anything more hopeless and depressing than that?
Oh, and the pill thing is not funny.
Comment by BHC — November 8, 2006 @ 11:08 pm
i have been reading the site for a few months now and i dont know what to think really.Until i was about 13/14 nobody had even mentioned my big head .A school friend used to call me beach ball ( i used to love that). I had 2/3 comments over the years until a few years ago (34 now) when i put on loads of weight, it seems more people make comments. I now have two children, my youngest being a boy who seems to be like his dad in head department. I look at everyone and judge them by their head size. I weigh 224 and im 5 11″ with a 24 incher. Try doing some big head spotting, its very therapeutic. KEEP IT REAL!!!!!
Comment by ph.by. — November 9, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
As a fellow big head I have researched this subject a lot-the best
data are the anthropemtrical surveys done by US military and RAF
eg 1971 RAF athropometrical survey of 2000 aircrew-these give tables of all aspects of head measurement-head circumference,
head width etc and gives percentiles for each head size-ive found
that the 95th percentile for head circumference ie the percentile
which ony 5 percent of population has a head bigger than is
approx 59.5cm
Comment by david — November 10, 2006 @ 6:14 am
David:
Do you have more detailed data from the study (ie. what’s the 50th, 75th percentile, etc), or where we could access the survey? I tried Googling it but didn’t come up with much. Other relevant information that you’ve come across in your research would also be appreciated. Thanks.
Comment by BHC — November 10, 2006 @ 8:15 pm
Im 17 year’s old and Ive dealt wit the big head issue ALL OF MY LIFE. it really really brings me down and I dont know how much i can take. ive dealt with being called fat head, jimmy neutron etc but i have been body building recently and went from 145 to a bulk of 185 and my lats and shoulders are now massive helping the head a little bit
but sometimes i wish i could go out and not worry about wearing a hat all the time
its my security blanket so to say, no matter wut i do(even if a hat isnt going to be allowed ) i usually wear a hat. heck if my job didnt allow hats i probably wouldnt work there it really comforts me that other people go through the same shit but i mean my head size is 22 1/2 around and im 5’11 and yo usaid thats a normal size its just my head shape, its real flat on top and is sorta shaped like a beat in the back
i guess i need to get on the juice and just get massive
Comment by bighed i guess — November 11, 2006 @ 2:22 am
BHC- search for anthropy on wikipedia-the online encyclopedia-website
then scroll down to notes and references -you will find link to US
Military Anthropological tables-these are some 541 pages long
but look in index for head circumference and you can easily locate tables-i hope this helps
Comment by david — November 11, 2006 @ 12:26 pm
BHC -search for anthropometry not anthropy
Comment by david — November 11, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
I’m 22, and round heads are a “tradition” it seems in my family. My dad’s got a pretty round shaped face, my brother’s got it, unclesn nephews etc … . I always thought my head looked pretty big, measured it, and came to smth like 22 inches or 55 cms, which isn’t that big actually, quite average, but the round shape makes it look pretty huge, and makes me look a bit younger than I am in fact … ; /. Any other guys inhere who were gifted a round appearance by mother nature ?
Comment by Sven — December 5, 2006 @ 5:24 am
We should all move to a deserted island and start a tribe.
Comment by Mike — December 7, 2006 @ 2:41 am
thats a cool idea mike, what could we call our tribe? no one would mess with us.
Comment by ph.by. — December 8, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
Glad to see this thread still going. Just measured my noggin – 24.5″ (62.2 cm). My friends joke about it but they also know I’m smart – tested by a psychologist at age 13 with an IQ of 158. Be a real pity to have such a “planetoid” with nothing in it!
Comment by Alan — December 10, 2006 @ 9:14 pm
I have a good story:
I have a King Cranium as I like to call it, a little over 24″ in circumference and I’m 6′-1″ 172lbs. My height probably hides the mass a bit now, but I wasn’t always tall. As a kid I was teased a lot and it affected my self-esteem bigtime. Until one day when I was 26 some girls at work were talking about the guys at work that were “cute” and my name came up. I reminded them that I could not be cute because my head is too big and a few other things. They told me that my head was fine and in fact was one of the things they liked about the way I looked, because it was different and “adorable” as they put it. (I have a “Capt. Picard” head al la Star Trek). They referred to me with the petname “applehead” ever since that, and they mean it in the most affectionate way. I actually ended up dating one of the girls for 2 years. That totally changed my attitude about the subject. I even laugh at my own head sometimes. It really isn’t the worst thing in the world. Some people like bigheads and some just don’t even really care about it and won’t even notice it. So you shouldn’t sweat it either. Master Domes Rule!
Hope that helps with some of the anxiety.
Comment by King Cranium — December 18, 2006 @ 1:27 pm
Here’s the deal for the big heads out there, I’ve been suffering from low-self-esteem all my life because of my big head and i finally found a solution to make a head smaller, significantly smaller, YOU have to do this….. 1. Shrink your brain…and 2. get a plastic-reconstructive operation to close in the space of the shrunken brain..thats all….but how do you shrink your brain? easy. Drink lots of alcohol and smoke for a long period of time. go get your brain scanned first and then after 2 years get it scanned again youll see a difference.Period
Comment by 22' Big Head — December 18, 2006 @ 6:10 pm
I havent tried it …it just makes sense because its true you can shrink your brain by drinking lots of alcohol and smoking even better. well good luck i wish my self luck too.
Comment by 22' Big Head — December 18, 2006 @ 6:40 pm
I am 5’11″ with a 24.25″ noggin. What helps me is that I have a 200 lb frame with big hands and feet to mention a few. The best thing is to accept your genetic make up and deal with it. On the other hand, if all false, try to lift weights. Try to work out your shoulders and calves, it helps.
Comment by phat head — December 19, 2006 @ 2:26 pm
hello dudes,
since i was a child, to be exact when i was 7, i got a comment about my head, i didnt care about, but years passed and now im 17 years, for the past then years people teased me a lot about the head business, I got called alien, match, hidrocephalic, that my head shape is an oval, octopus, and also compared me with comics and such things. My head is 58cm..but it looks normal in the front, when i see it by side is when i get depressed…also people say im cute, and also im smart, but i am not sure about it…I think when a walk in front of people the first think they see is my head, which is pretty annoying, but my question is how important you think head size is for being attractive, and the other one is that my head is really big or not (58cm) it is not symethric…its kinda larger in the high part of the backhead and shorter in the low part…(58 high and 56.5 low)
PLEASE IM HOPING SOMEONE HELPS ME WITH THIS!!!!!
Comment by lp — December 21, 2006 @ 5:01 pm
This is a task for everyone here why dont we starting typing down any ideas how to get a smaller head. Comon we have to let our big brains to think big to get our solutions.
Comment by Big head — December 23, 2006 @ 4:58 pm
Having a big head is the worst thing youy can have.
Think of it, getting a girlfriend, a job, life in general, having a big head will always put you down.
If it’s big, its the easiest thing for people to notice, so they can just call you a big head, fat head, gigantic head, unlike things that people need to notice in detail like size of lips, skin complextion, shape of nose, or if your ugly.
Yout head is your overall face, people will definatly think strangely to the size of your head that it is abnormal, no matter how good or bad looking you are, a big head is a Big head.
Well no matter what its a way you have been made, if your overall skull is large, there is no cure, thats the size for the rest of your life. It is the worst feeling to experience before uglyness. Uglyness you can hide, but u cannot hide a large head. Random people off the street can say ” oh mum look at that boys head, its massive!” “that boy’s got a wierd head” “oi you fat head” “mate you’ve got some big head” it can really effect your emotions.
Furthermore this will effect social life, love life and woring life.
If you watch TV and you just wonder about this post in general, look out for famous stars and presenters on TV and notice how everyone on TV or famous does not have a big head. Famous presenters can be ugly, but there heads are of a normal size or small. But what’s worse, Big or Small?
Thank you for listening to this experience, if you feel the same its okay, life is good in places!
Comment by Unknown — December 23, 2006 @ 9:11 pm
I only recently realized how big my head is. It was a surprise to me, although I don’t know why. I rarely find hats that fit and NEVER find glasses that fit. I think it’s funny because I have issues with other parts of my appearance and a big head doesn’t seem so bad. I never notice other people’s heads, so I doubt my huge head draws much attention.
I just wanted to say to BHC:
Models have HUUUGE heads compared to their bodies! A lot of the pretty models and celebrities do, anyway. Probably the biggest heads of any one I can think of. All those slender girls with large heads…to make room for the big eyes and pouty lips, I suppose:
http://www.nndb.com/people/489/000022423/kate-moss.jpg
http://thomashawk.com/hello/209/1017/480/Gisele%20Bundchen,%20Esquire.jpg
http://thebosh.com/archives/upload/2006/10/sexy-scarlett.jpg
(I don’t think she’s very pretty, but loads of guys do.)
I think big heads probably make them look younger. I’ve had the same experience as another commenter, where people think I’m 15 or 16, even though I’m 20. I noticed other women with big heads when I was watching a video of one of my favorite singers, who is simply beautiful She kept looking down at the stage, and I realized she had a very big head. It didn’t make her any less attractive (and now I feel like I have a big head in common with her, if nothing else.)
You probably look fine, and possibly even gorgeous. I would only worry if your head is wider than your shoulders and you have veeeeeery tiny eyes. That would look so weird.
(I thought the pill thing was funny.)
Comment by Big Head Girl — December 26, 2006 @ 2:59 am
I can’t understand why some of the people here are complaining about their head size. The size of your head doesn’t have to mean anything, but it’s shape means a lot.
It all comes down to what you “look like”, not the facts about the size. If you have broad shoulders and are tall and musculous, you’re head won’t appear big – even though it is 70 cm the hole way around.
Comment by Hakan — December 30, 2006 @ 3:29 pm
Just found out that my head is around 58 cm, but I think I have a big head – because my body is so fu**** skinny and 6,2″/189m tall, but I’m only 16 so my shoulders and upper body will eventually get bigger and everything will be well-propotioned.
Comment by Hakan — December 30, 2006 @ 3:36 pm
I know my head is big from years of school being called “bighead” and whatever else.. I’m 6’1″ 180lbs. My head is 23 1/4 inchs around.. I know many people who wear bigger or the same size hats as me, but I believe my problem is the vertical length of my head. From the bottom of my chin to the very top of my head is 9 1/2 inchs. Also from temple to temple I am 6 1/4 inchs wide. reading the other comments, I noticed no one measured how wide or long their heads are. I would just like to know how I stand there. Thanks
Comment by Thomas D. — January 4, 2007 @ 11:42 am
I have been teased from 6 years old up until now at 50. pumpkin head,head like a house cat,ballon head -you name it. I found this site and measured my melon 24.5 inches whatta gonna do? Ive been laughing my ass off, It does suck sometimes very self concious. Ive grown into it somewhat 6ft 2 220 lbs still hear the comments though.
Comment by mas — January 4, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
Maybe I should make a forum about having a big head because ive been teased alot about mine since i was a kid hmmmmm anyone think thats a good idea?
Comment by WEbDESIGNER — January 6, 2007 @ 2:26 am
Hopefully this poem will make you think twice about moaning so much:
Tis true my form is something odd,
But blaming me is blaming God;
Could I create myself anew
I would not fail in pleasing you.
If I could reach from pole to pole
Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul;
The mind’s the standard of the man.
- Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man.
Comment by Ash — January 8, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Paul I looked in the mirror and I have to say I have the biggest cranium ever Ive been picked on all my life becouse of it only thing different is I live around a bunch of fault finders But I like my large cranium it as alot to offer when some one saids use your head I have alot to offer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Tim — January 11, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
Is there anything u can do about having a big head?? like medicine excersizes anything?
Comment by robert — January 13, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Thomas D. I’ve got nearly the same head measurements as you and I’m only 5″9!! Yeah and my head is asymetrical as well so it is a double bummer for me. My life sucks especially when I see all these beautiful people and their even more gorgeous gf’s!!
Comment by Jack — January 16, 2007 @ 3:47 am
All of the comments so far suggest working out, lifting weights, and getting broad shoulders…
I’m a girl with 24″ inches circumference, and its no fun =(
Also I really hate how millions of people posts their baby’s head’s circumference online, so when I google “head circumference,” wanting to know how i fit into the general population, I have 10,000 blogs from a baby’s first person perspective on how the baby fits into the exact 50th percentile.
My mom was telling me when I was a kid, she took me to the dr’s, and the dr said “Your daughter will have an abnormally large skull.. should we stunt the growth?” and my mom replied “No, its cute”. sigh..
Comment by Chloe — January 16, 2007 @ 7:25 am
I’m 26, 5′ 8″, 155 lbs with a 24″ head (hat size XL). I haven’t worn a hat since I was 14 (when a girl commented that a one-size-fits-all hat looked too small on my head), although I have worn a wool cap a few times. After reading this page I’ve decided to try wearing a cap again after finding some sites offering XL caps.
The hardest part about my head size is getting my hair cut, particularly the back where the occipital sticks out. If I get it cut too short, people tell me I look like a kid. If I grow it out, it doesn’t conform to the shape of my head, but hangs down and looks sloppy.
Comment by John — January 16, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
I’ll have to agree with the guy who said that it doesn’t matter on the size- it matters on the shape. But I’ll elaborate….if your head is proportioned to the rest of your face and it has a nice shape then you got no worries. If you got a small funky shaped head then you can cover it with hair and if you can’t it’s not as bad as having a large frankenstein head that amplifies all the abnormalities. Even so if your body is proportioned with your head then it won’t be noticed that much. If you really want to know how bad your situation is then think about how many times you have had a comment. People are insensitive and don’t think that problems exist outside their own. They will make comments because it makes them feel better or because they just think you should know so I guarantee you that if you have a problem you will get the comments on a regular basis. To all of you who have had just a couple of comments then it’s probably all in your head and not literally- get over it, somebody was just screwing with you. To all of you that have had 10 comments or less then yeah the comments were probably mostly true, but your still normal so don’t worry. Even if you have had less than twenty comments then you might even be in the normal range. If you’ve had much more than that though and you see the comments every time you look in the mirror then rest assured your a freak. I’m not trying to get people down, but what the hell can you do about it- suck it up, wear a cap, or flaunt it. Tell the world I have a big ugly head! Hear me roar! Besides you can have a big head and be attrative.
bryanbjg@yahoo.com
Comment by Bryan GReen — January 18, 2007 @ 11:58 pm
aslo all you screwballs talking about tyra banks having a big head and conan are just making people feel worse. You don’t see people with big heads on tv, you see them at 3:30 in the morning at wal-mart.
Comment by Bryan GReen — January 19, 2007 @ 12:02 am
i am 17 140lbs 5’7 with a 22.5in head, but its not the circumference thats big, its the length… so basically the tip of your head to chin, wrapped (not around your nose, but next to it) mine measures 13.6in long, is this average or too big?
Comment by Steve — January 19, 2007 @ 12:23 am
how big are you guys head in length? because mine is pretty long =(
Comment by Steve — January 19, 2007 @ 12:32 am
Well, i understand what your going through…I have found that if your extremly cocky some people will eventually call you out…”hey you got a big head ! “Act like your proud (or be proud)…n, gauge peoples reactions…I stand about 6’4″ n’ have a large head…it does how ever somewhat fit my frame…if your insecure…start lifting weights…i recomend bench presses,millitary press(for shoulder size increace),n’ soulder shurgs(look it up)…Now i do have a higer i.q. than most…(its been proven)so consider what your doctor told you to be true.If you are insecure about it, it will show…people like friends n’ family want to see you happy n’ will protect you…sooo get used to it…its not getting any smaller.(your body could get bigger though) good luck “freak Head” carefull walking down stairs…lol.
Comment by fred — January 19, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
Well, i understand what your going through…I have found that if your extremly cocky some people will eventually call you out…”hey you got a big head ! “Act like your proud (or be proud)…n, gauge peoples reactions…I stand about 6’4″ n’ have a large head…it does how ever somewhat fit my frame…if your insecure…start lifting weights…i recomend bench presses,millitary press(for shoulder size increace),n’ soulder shurgs(look it up)…Now i do have a higer i.q. than most…(its been proven)so consider what your doctor told you to be true.If you are insecure about it, it will show…people like friends n’ family want to see you happy n’ will protect you…sooo get used to it…its not getting any smaller.(your body could get bigger though) good luck “freak Head” carefull walking down stairs…lol.
Comment by fred — January 19, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
Damn this sux… i recently noticed that my head is .. i dont even know if i should say huge or deformed… it looks like my face is more on the left side. Which makes the right side like an extension to another head thats gonna pop out in about a year or 2. I think that my solution would be growing an innormous amout of hair and cutting it on the sides. Which i have done but than the hair got so annoying, now im back to my skinhead mode.
Comment by bighead02324 — January 21, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
To Steve try using a ruler to measure the length of your head (its a bit tricky but possible) instead of using a tape measure.
The average head lenght is around 9 inches for people around your height I think.
My head is around 9 inches long and around 6.25 inches wide and I’m only 5″9!!
Comment by Jack — January 22, 2007 @ 6:11 am
To Steve try using a ruler (a bit tricky but possible) to measure the length of your head instead of a tape measure.
The average length of a head is around 9 inches for a height like yours I think
My head length is also around 9 inches with a width of 6.25 inches. A bit depressed about it actually as I am only 5″9!!
Comment by Jack — January 22, 2007 @ 6:15 am
I’m like 1.74 metres, with a head circumference of 22 … added with that the fact round faces are in the family, I really look like a “funny guy”, and don’t look like my age … Ofcourse people say it’s an advantage cause I’ll look younger when I’m older later, but that’s got no point for me at the moment : / Especially my cheekbones are pointing out sidewards, which makes my head look pretty wide, and even a bit out of shape. I don’t get comments about it, but see people thinking sometimes “Lol what a funny kid” or “damn he’s got a round head” … that’s basically the same as getting the comments … Had long curly blond hair when I was younger (almost 23 now), now my hair is getting all messed up (bit balding) and I’m wearing it short, which makes my head look like … gigantic lol
Comment by Sven — January 24, 2007 @ 5:59 am
I just shaved my head and I re-realized that it is large. This observation brought back some upsetting childhood memories. Back in grade 7, I used to be a very skinny kid, but my head was already its present size. I got teased and it hurt. Around the same time, I started working out like crazy and buffed up within a year. My head is around 23 – 24 inches in cir. and 10 inches in lngth. top to bottom. I presently weight around 87 kilos, my height is 6.2, I have low body fat, broad shoulders and am in excellent physical shape. Ever since grade 8, I have not heard any comments about my head size, NOT ONE. I am sure that this is partially because I became more proportionate as I put on some muscle. It could also be because people just started feeling a bit more intimidated by my more muscular presence and stopped making negative comments in my presence; however, I doubt that.
Anyhow, I used my head size “problem” to my advantage, as an additional motivator to stay in good physical shape.
Ever since grade 8, I have been fully enjoying my life, dating many extremely desirable girls, receiving numerous genuine compliments re. my looks and (more importantly) character form both men and women. It could be that my face is attractive regardless of my head size. Also, my head is nicely shaped, as I was told. Or it could be that I somehow managed to meet the right people and avoid the rest. I don’t know. Or…
Anyhow, now that I shaved my head, the grade 7 memories came back, but writing this personal comment actually made me feel better.
There are a few quality posts here, but the many of them are rubbish. Many of u are blowing this thing way out of proportion and blaming ur unfortunate circumstances on one particular, isolated characteristic. Yes, ur head could be a bad thing, but I am sure there are many other factors involved.
For some of us, a big head is/was a good thing.
Recently I read the new biography of Charles Darwin, who was extremely proud of his giant bold dome. He chose to believe that it made him superior. Unlike many people here, he chose his irrational beliefs wisely. So be like good old Charles and worry about something that u can change instead and soon ur head won’t matter at all. Try to use the things that u cannot change to ur advantage.
Comment by Crowy — January 24, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Ok. Just to clear things up:
An adult has Macrocephaly (the medical term for a large head) when he/she has a head size greater than or equal to the 97th percentile. This is about 57.7 centimeters (22.7165 inches) for males, and about 56.36 centimeters (21.1890 inches) for females.
I like to compare Macrocephaly to left-handedness. There are ALOT of mentally retarded left handed people. But, on the other hand, there are alot of left handers that are of normal/genius intellect.
Whether head size relates to intelligence is a neurological contraversy. Some scientists (probably with small heads) claim that head size does not make any difference. This is untrue. Studies have found that people with large heads usually have higher IQ scores than people with smaller heads. But, people with smaller heads that have higher IQs benefit more from their small head. The reason for this is because brain signals can travel faster to different parts of the brain because the distance is smaller. Think of it this way: Smaller headed people have faster brain speed–Larger headed people have greater brainpower. When I say smaller headed people, I do not mean Microcephalics (the opposite of Macrocephalics). All microcephalics are mentally retarded. Don’t worry if you have a small head, microcephalics have SUPER small heads (If your reading this sentence you don’t have microcephaly).
I personally have a head size of 23.5, and I am only 14 years of age. Upon reading that I am 14 years of age, you are probably changing your opinion of the above text. It is most likely that you think I am making it all up, because you envisioned me as some old scientist. My information is valid, but if there is anything that you find that is different from what I have researched than please post it.
One more thing, whether you have a large head or not, it does not really matter. There are people in life who will spend all there time trying to find characteristics that make them feel smart. It is idiotic to do that. Look ahead at all the possibilities that this world holds in store for us. Learn a new language. Do well in school. Read. Watch the history channel. Do not waste your life on video games, junk food, drugs, or anything that degrades your mind/destroys your body. We as humans try to compare ourselves to great geniuses and find things that make us like them. It does not matter what characteristics you have, because perserverence triumphs over genius. Stephen Hawking thought about black holes for 29 years before he came up with anything super-brilliant. Einstein thought about physics since he was ten; it consumed all of his time. Darwin theorized for many years after the voyage of the Beagle, before he came up with natural selection. The point is, stop comparing yourself to other people and see the possibilities. How much time have you wasted on comparing yourself? The world exists and eventually it is going to go away from you.
I apologize if I misspelled anything-I did not proofread.
Comment by Alex — January 27, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
To Alex
You need to get laid man.
All joking aside though, your 14 don’t take life too seriously at that age or else you will miss out…
Comment by James — January 28, 2007 @ 6:32 am
To Alex
You need to get laid man.
All joking asides though, don’t take life too seriously at that age or you’ll miss out…
Comment by James — January 28, 2007 @ 6:35 am
I have a big head at about 16 years old. It’s about 23.5 in. I’ve asked a lot of people about it, like, do they think it’s big? Everyone I’ve talked to says it’s “above average,” but not “big.” And I trust these people to give me honest answers since they’ve said things A LOT harsher than “you have a big head.” Chances are, many people aren’t gonna notice your big head size unless they’re trying to insult you about something. This is similar to “you have a big nose, you’re ears are too big, etc.”
Everyone has something they’re insecure about, and for us, it’s this. But really, put it in perspective. There are a lot of things worse than having a big head, and I for one have not had my social life hampered by it. I’ve gone out with every girl I’ve ever liked, and we didn’t break up because “my head was too big.”
So really, chill out folks.
Comment by Brian — January 29, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
Whooa
This thread doesn’t stop getting bigger. Anybody smart enough to set up a cranially endowed people support group or something?
Comment by gigantisus craniumisis — January 30, 2007 @ 11:13 am
to ALEX=
I agree that macrocephaly is people with a head size greater than 97th percentile however you are wrong that this is
57.7cm for males-all the anthropometrical surveys done by military which are the only reliable surveys that have been carried out suggest the 97th percentile for men is well over 59cm
(approx 59.6cm)-these findings are bourne out if you consider mens hat sizes-small medium large and x large-large size is 59cm
and x large is 60cm-if only 3% of poulation had head size of 57.7cm or more there would be a lot of unsold hats-indeed 57.7cm
is little more than average head size for western male
Comment by david — February 1, 2007 @ 7:08 am
Hey guys
How wide are your faces? I have been called big face a few times…:-(
Comment by gigantitus headisis — February 2, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
To the 17 year old Steve your head is 13 inches long? That can’t be right – use a ruler to measure your head properly….
Comment by Janice — February 3, 2007 @ 10:52 am
btw for those who say that having a big head implies a more developed brain then i ask why with the same logic ARE elephants NOT MORE INTELLIGENT??
Comment by Andy — February 5, 2007 @ 3:34 am
I’ve just discovered this….world of us bigheads..
Thank god , I am not alone! ROFL!!!
I am 6’1″/185 and my head…
its 24.8 inches (63 cm)
I was teased quite a few times times when I was younger but now at the age of 28… it doesnt bother me the slightest bit. Nor do they tease me. Long live big heads!
Comment by Frenki — February 5, 2007 @ 6:00 am
I myself have a bighead, but I’ve just recently become conscious of it. I haven’t measured my head but i know its big from looking in the mirror. I” ve gotten jokes about my head before, but I guess they went over my head, or I didin’t pay attention. The jokes were never vicious tho. They were always jokingly. I’m glad tho i went thru most of my young life unwaffedt by my head becasue i couldn’t imagine goin thru high school feeling like i do now. I’m temtped to hink that my really grew with the last few years because ppl nevr mention it to me or stared whenever i was in igh school, and i ‘ve taken a lot pictures and it doesn’t stickout but now i take pictures and boy does it stick out, but it didn’t three yeas ago. Like i said i’m just glad that i’ve recently beocme self-conscious about this. I;ve think my family has jokes on my head more than friends, associates, and strangers.
Also ithink you ppl are on to somethig about that proportiate bisness. My friend told me that was the problem with my head. Its not proportiate to my body. I dunno about that tho. I think person the problem with my headn is its size but ihow long it is. From the front or back you can’t tell. Its from a side view that it looks long rather than big
Comment by Gary — February 5, 2007 @ 11:22 am
What do you do when your head; one huge, two grows to the side (in my case right) lol . About three years ago it was rather normal, now it’s all messed up. What causes this deformation. I dont sit right i allways bend my legs(been doing that for a long time), I don’t think that I sleep properly either. Stopped caring about my health, spend alot of time on computer maybe thats why idk. It’s hard to look in the mirror for me now. This is just sad. I try to ignore it, but everytime i look at myself I just freeze, trying to compare the bigger side to the smaller + my big head. Like if this is ”Normal head -> (*)” ”This would be me ((+))” For some reason it’s not showing on pictures, well when I had long hair it was fine. Now that my friend convinced to cut my hair, it looks like total disaster. Also maintaining hair(meaning keeping it somewhat neat) on my bigass head is a pain.
Exuse me for my grammar, i spent most of my life doing stupid shit. Im very lazy.
Comment by alientype — February 5, 2007 @ 6:13 pm
I’ve been concerned about all this myself, and have been searching for sooomething on the web that backs up my own fears. I’m 17 yrs old, and only 5’5″, and my frame is sadly small. I have nearly no upper-body muscle development, and my shoulders have a very sad span. I just hope I get a real growth spurt, you know. Still hoping.
Comment by younggunslinger — February 10, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
I too have a big head. I measured it and the circuference is about 24 inches and my face is pretty thing. People @ school have called me many names, like bobble-head. THis has really taken my self esteem down. Some suicidal thoughts have even come to my head. Im smart and everything, but i would rather have a normal head and be less smart. I need help desperately. I dont know what to do.
Comment by ogmerchant — February 12, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
Eh, there’s smth wrong with my head, seems to run higher and wider to the right side. Doesn’t seem that noticeable to me, cos never had any comments on it from adults … but I did from children, saying “wow what a big head”, but that’s about it …
Had my head shaved down by this guy http://www.baldlygo.com … this is the result of the right side, looks quite hideous and “swollen”. Luckily I’m quite well-built and this compensates it a bit. Still I feel like there’s smth wrong with it, seems to have an extra layer of bone around my “usual” head. Problem I’ve got quite a high head, trying to cover it up with hair. LOL : /
Send the pic to some neurologists and stuff, and got the answer they can’t do anything about me having a big head, so they admit it.
Still I’m not that bothered with it, I’m quite sociable, but I’d be way more open If not the humungous head … and the pretty girls aren’t biting either : /
Comment by Sven — February 13, 2007 @ 10:02 am
GOOD GRIEF.
Comment by Kathleen — February 13, 2007 @ 9:52 pm
Kat – Just because you don’t have a huge head is no reason to look down upon us large-melon heads. We need an outlet. A place to share our feelings.
Comment by Pauly D — February 14, 2007 @ 5:21 am
Ok fellas listen up… and, again, just like everything else… it’s not the size that matters. When will you guys realize that.
I dated a guy that had a very very big head. So big that when I drove by his window and he was on his computer which is right by the window you would think an oversized pumpkin with ears was sitting at his computer.. but you know what.. i loved him anyway.
Comment by gigi — February 15, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Ogmerchant, you posted earlier on this thread that you have suicidal thoughts and do not know what to do. Do not go on forums looking for help in your life. The best thing for you to do is to find professional help (therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.).
And thank you David for correcting my mistake on the measurements of the 97th percentile.
Andy earlier commented:
btw for those who say that having a big head implies a more developed brain then i ask why with the same logic ARE elephants NOT MORE INTELLIGENT??
Comment by Andy — February 5, 2007 @ 3:34 am
Elephants are less intelligence than us humans because their bodies are in proportion to their head. Humans have a very large head in comparison to their bodies. In fact, Humans have the largest brain size (in proportion to body) of any other species on earth. This does not mean that larger humans are dumber or that smaller humans are smarter. Body size has no relation to intelligence in humans. Body size only correlates with intelligence in comparison to other species.
I viewed Sven’s picture and I had a hard time discerning which side was bigger. Both sides looked the same to me. Some people on this forum may be suffering from Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). This disorder makes you view certain parts of their body deformed or derranged (even when they’re not). Most people with BDD are anorexics/bulimics who view themselves as fat (even if they are as thin as a toothpick), but it is possible to have BDD concerning any part of your body.
Comment by Alex — February 16, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
Hi All, I am so happy that finally i have found people like me. I dint notice that i have a big head until i was 14. I get teased a
few times. I am a female and my head looks normal from front and back. It looks bad from the side, looks kinda elongated. I
really felt depressed. Is there any solution through plastic
surgery. I am 25. And i already wasted half my life by
worrying about my head. Sorry for my grammer.
Please email me if you have any updates regarding medication or plastic surgery. My email is ani_dan2007@yahoo.com.
Comment by Ani — February 18, 2007 @ 7:16 am
there are things that can be done with plastic surgery. if you don’t need it all over they can grind down bumps on your head, but a ct scan has too be done first to determine if the bone is thick enough. this is done in conjunction with a forehead lift usually, trade off is a scar from ear to ear on the top of head. Dr. Hackney in dallas is the person to see.
Comment by Bryan GReen — February 19, 2007 @ 6:09 am
you guys want measurements? My head is over 23 inches in circumference which is still normal, but I am only 5’8 1/2, and my shoulder height is closer to someone that is 5′ 4. my jaw width is only about 4 1/2, but my head right behind the ears is about 6 1/2 in width, so it looks like my neck is too big for my face. Neck is around 17 inches, and if i lift my chin up you can see the back of my head sticking out past my jaw line, and it looks like my ears are growing out of my neck from that perspective. Forehead is only 3 inches tall and 5 inches wide, but the back of my head is around 7 inches wide all the way up, and from ear up to top of head is about 5 inches and from chin to top of head is about 9 1/2 long.
Comment by B — February 19, 2007 @ 7:15 am
omg, i cant believe ive finally found this site….. i am 17, 5’9 and have a head of 23 inches. i was teased throughout one year of school 2 yrs ago by close friends and now i realise that it was down to jealousy and insecurity on their part. I was seeing the girl of my dreams at that time and i think the reaosn i broke up with her was a real big depression in my life due to this. even though it doesnt happen to me anymore it has stayed with me ever since. I hate the stigma attached to it, not being able to style your hair like you used to or feel as confident around other people. Yeh you do look fine by yourself when no one is standing around you, yet when your in a crowd it only feels like certain body parts stick out more than they should….. does anyone else feel the same about these certain issues in particular?
thanks for posting guys + girls, keep it up
sUB”
Comment by sUB" — February 19, 2007 @ 10:57 am
hmm I can’t put a single comment anymore : /
Comment by Sven — February 19, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Didn’t actually post a pic yet Alex, forgot to add it, just posted the link earlier … Here few pics of mine … Think U’d agree the right side looks pretty weirdj, the bones seem thickened in some unexplainable way … I’m not a guy who’s hiding himself in his room and doesn’t go out, but I am bothered by it … just cause I think the right side isn’t normal looking and bigger in comparison with the left side …
Comment by Sven — February 19, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
Hello my name is Amy and I am Dr. Hackney’s Front Office Coordinator. I received your email and wanted you to know that Dr. Hackney no longer performs Oral and Maxillofacial surgeries. Good luck with your search.
Seems dr Hackney isn’t the guy to see anymore …
Comment by Sven — February 19, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
Having a huge head should not interfere with your life; it is not worth losing time or money trying to fix a genetic formation. I have a 24″ plus head and feel as if its one of the biggest head of this furom. I do have good and bad days, but the fact remains, I will have to weather the storm with this huge umbrella.
At an early and present age, I was called bubble head etc… little did I realized that It was due to jealousy. What I realized was that my “big” head was much more popular with the girls then thier smaller “normal” size heads.
If you feel as if someone is making fun of your head, chances are they have issues as well, trust me.
In my case, my big head is a stud; a big stud. I think of my head being only 2″ inches bigger then normal. What is normal!
Just my 2 cents
Comment by JJFAT — February 19, 2007 @ 5:19 pm
http://i18.tinypic.com/2yoz86w.jpg
http://i5.tinypic.com/2ivb8mf.jpg
Here some pics of mine, don’t mind that the temp was about 26-27 in there so I was really hot and sweaty : / lol
2nd pic obviously shows what I wrote about earlier, weird isn’t it … it’s normal a guy from a “beauty centre” in Antwerp said … right …
Comment by Sven — February 20, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
geeza ur hed aint big at all lmao…….
u got nothing to worry about
sUB”
Comment by sUB" — February 21, 2007 @ 6:09 am
sUB
I’m no attention seeker or psycho lol, but I’m definately seeing smth wrong about my head, although I gotta say it’s maybe not that clear on the pics … The right side is broader and fuller than the left side, it’s visible on the left-right comparison’s I had taken in the centre. Asked them to mail the pics through twice, wanna open the file but there’s no pic, only a white page lol
Or …
maybe we just all got a dead wrong complex inhere, can it be we’re all seeing things that aren’t there ? Strange not …
Comment by Sven — February 21, 2007 @ 8:54 am
I have a huge head too!
What clothes do you guys suggest I should wear to make my head appear smaller? and what hairstyle should i adopt to make my head look smaller?
Comment by Ivebert — February 24, 2007 @ 4:09 am
Would be cool u guys post some pics inhere, hard to say anything at all without’m
Comment by Sven — February 25, 2007 @ 4:29 am
Here some pictures and I think you guys should feel better after watching them:) :
http://r.foto.radikal.ru/0702/855066512bcb.jpg
http://r.foto.radikal.ru/0702/c96151ee9aa0.jpg
P.S. Even thou my face is round I am skinny as fuck And I am 20))))…….((((
Comment by LEVKO — February 25, 2007 @ 9:17 am
Levko, maybe try’n grow ur hair longer, it can cover up what U think is a round head (look at mine :/)
I had blond curly hair earlier and just let it drop over my head, really covers the whole thing up : )
Comment by Sven — February 25, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
The post above is mine)
Comment by LEVKO — February 25, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
Oh my, what’s wrong with this website, only of 100 comments goes through(
Comment by LEVKO — March 1, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
Ok, it maybe the length of the comment…now I’ll try to reduce it
Comment by LEVKO — March 1, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
I know it will)
But you know what…. Fuck it!, I’ve decided that I’d better be ugly but real. Covering this mess up and getting even more depressed every time my hair get pulled by wind is even worser.
P.S. Thanks for the advice thou, thanks a lot) I would like to see more of real life pictures of my “comraids”, as well))
Comment by LEVKO — March 1, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
I’ve tried to attach some photos to the previous comment but for some reason it wouldn’t let me to..((
Comment by LEVKO — March 1, 2007 @ 7:55 pm
My head is so big they liken its size in Astronomical terms. As in Jupiter. My head is a little bit big and I am self conscious. But to say my head is a big as Jupiter is a bit over the top.
Comment by Jeremy Searle — March 1, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
I just want to die…Why Do I have to be so different and jealous to literally everybody(even handicapped people)…I can’t go on like that any more…
Comment by LEVKO — March 2, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Well i have to say i have huge head. Ha but i still have a hott girl. Im 16 bout 5’6 120 lbs. With a 22-23 inch head. And live in a small town and lots of girls wanna hook up with me. Ha i have 1 big sister and shes always crakin jokes on my head. Lol But i dont care. Its just my head.
Would faux hawk look good on me?
Comment by Alex Woods — March 4, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
Hello its Gary again. How do you ppl measure your heads. I tried measuring it from front to back with a ruler and i keep coming up with eight inches(which i know is wrong) That can’t be right becuase i went to the cap zone right after i measured with my head with the ruler and i tried a size 8 hat on(which is rare to see. I didn’t even know they sold that size) and it was way way too big for my head. I questioned the store manager about ti and he looked at my head and said my head definitely isn’t 8 inches frnt to back(biy you don’t know how good that felt whenhe said that) cuz he seen a perosn with size a size 8 fitted cap head befoer and my head is way smaller that. SO then i started putting on caps as they got smaller in size form size 8, which included 7 7/8 and 7 3/4 and those too were too big too. The fan blew em of my head in the store and plus they were extra loose fitting. SO then i put on a 7 5/8 and those fit well but a just a little too tight. So i t seems the perfect size hat for me would be some sort of intermediate size between 7 5/8 and 7 3/4. Also the female cashier who was their also said the reason my head may look big is also becusae i ahve extremely small ears(which is extra true. its almost retarded how small my ears are).
So that was a nice, but i ould still like to find out the measurements of my head.
Comment by Gary — March 5, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Gary – Good god, my man, you should be thanking your lucky stars you have such a small head. Small ears? Eh, who cares. If they stuck out, that’s one thing — but small ears close to the head is like ice cream on a hot summer’s day.
Comment by Pauly D — March 5, 2007 @ 6:01 pm
Oh make no bones about it, Pauly, my head is big. Its not normal, i;ll tell you that. I can barely fit a 7 5/8 and thats not exactly a small hat. Most of my friends wear a size 7 1/2 or 7 5/8 small. I just can’t fit the real big hat sizes like 7 3/4. BUt my head ain’t small by any means. Its big. Its just not as big as ppl have been posting on this page, but it is big. I also get the wierd steers when i walk down the street. And small ears are the worst. They make my head look even bigger. I mean, I hace extremely small ears. ANd then my body frame. I’m so skinny and thin. When i walk down the streets or was working at MDonalds for a summer job in high school, customers would always be like, hey slim ,yall ice cream working today. I always got called slim by ppl when i was working like its my nickname or somethin. I think the best thing that counters a big head is being tall. Like a person said earlier some of you guys are complaining about having a big head while being 6 ’3 and taller. Man i wish i was at least 6 feet. And to ake matter worst, I had to move away from home where i had all my friend(even tho they made jokes about , i was used to it from them and it didn’t bother me from them) and I had to make new friends which was jsut emotionally draining. Think god, for my brothers and sisters. They don’t realize how much better they make me feel some days when we’re just doing something so simple as just goin to he basketball courts or hanging out.
Comment by Gary — March 5, 2007 @ 7:33 pm
hi this is shauntelle you might think you have a big head but really you dont so dont worry wat people say your different people call me pig nose and babe the pig i just ignore them and they stoped so just take no intrest x x x x x
Comment by shauntelle — March 6, 2007 @ 2:22 am
in the world of large heads, i beat all of you fools. i’m only 5’1 and 102 pounds, and my head measures 24 inches around (just over 60 cm). i’m tiny, my head is giant (likely the only reason i’m over 100 lbs), and giant heads run in my family, so if i ever breed, i will likely give birth to tiny, giant-headed kids.
(i’m actually really sensitive about this issue, but i deal with being a bobblehead by making jokes about it on this website)
Comment by dancinpistachio — March 6, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
Wow, a 34.5 lbs head!!!! Man, you should enter that pumpkin in the county fair!
This is the funniest site I have seen in a long time. Thanks to all the Mellon Heads out there. I am here because I just met a girl that I am hugely (ooops, sorry for the pun) attracted to. It seems that her head is large for a 5′ tall girl because it does not fit inside my medium sized motorcycle helmet. But still I find her so hot – she looks like an Asian Betty Boop. I am the typical guy that considers a womans appearance to be very important, but I am not detered by her disproportionate dome. And, from experience, I am aware of and thankful for the less shallow priorities of womens’ criteria for choosing potential mates. Translation…girls don’t care that your head takes up all the room on the pillow – she’ll just lay hers on your shoulder.
I hope it doesn’t come to this, but I was just thinking, If one of you moon heads can’t take it anymore and decides to put a bullet into his brain…will one shot do the job???
Comment by I like big beans n I cannot lie — March 9, 2007 @ 9:31 am
)))))))))))))))))))))))))))
We’ll see…
Comment by LEVKO — March 9, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
Houston…we have a problem…”No wonder HATS lookS so small. No wonder I can’t find a pair of glasses…” yes your head is huge, yes your body is small, but what I am most conserned about is…..why would the big headed poet make such a crucial mistake in grammar?
Comment by SugarSoSweetAngerSoBitter — March 11, 2007 @ 9:47 am
I thought I had a big head, then I measured and it was 22.5cm. It’s not that it’s big, but I’m just one skinny bastard. 5’8, 130lbs, so it looks like I do have a big head. That’s probably the same problem you guys have. Just pack on some weight so it’s proportionate with your body.
A tip. Personally I don’t care for my head even though it’s not big compared to some of the posts here, but a good thing to do is to wear beanies/skull caps/do-rags/bandannas. I never leave the house without one, and they can be worn during the winter and summer and be an acceptable fashion.
Comment by joe — March 12, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
I to have a big noggon at 25in and I have been going bald which makes it look even bigger to me.I have had 2 hairtransplant sessions hoping that would mask the big noggon,but I still hear comments coming from people and it’s not that I am paranoid..just supersensitive that people in the world are very cruel.I recently went on vacation to NC and went to church there and heard someone say,when I walked in,look the empire strikes back…I felt very depressed and that person has no buissness being in church.I am 42 yrs old and hibernate and don’t want to go out much,as I don’t want to hear the nasty rude comments.I also happen to be Gay..and let me tell you how nasty my own fellow gay man can get….it seems to be all about the looks in my world…I wish I would be able to meet another gay man who shares the same trauma…Only one who has a big noggon truly understands what it feel like.Please feel to write to me….I think we need all the support we can offer each other
Paul from NJ
Comment by Paul — March 14, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
yo, dont even worry about that bullshit. you should be thankful about how god has given you suc a great body. you know, when a person finds that everything is perfect, he looks for something else that is a bit wrong. so what that your head might look slightly big. it is not a big deal.i know someone who has a face that is on the side of his face. that is a big deal, so chillax. if you get under financial prooblems, you will forget about everything. you should get your focus on something else. remember, the mind is a terrible thing to waste. dont waste your time thinking about this bullshit. i have heard some other dumbassas who left bad messages saying that you have to deal with it. well, they can write that on a note and shove it up their ass. reach for the stars, and remember that you anly get to live once. peace my brother
Comment by the muslim wonder — March 22, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
Thanks so much. I’ve been cured of my big head worries from reading all these stories. I’m a 5’10″ thin but athletic woman with a 23.5 head and have been extremely self conscious of it all my life. I always felt like a freak having a head the size of a Large Man, it’s not classically feminine you know. I was teased plenty and it hurt. I have always avoided wearing hats as they make it obvious my head is very large, they are almost impossible to fit and it can be depressing. But I ride horses and need to find a cowboy hat (sun protection) that works. An extra large will do and thank God for the internet as I can buy it in privacy. There’s nothing worse than going into a hat store when you’re a chick with a huge mellon! I’m going to find the right hat and wear it with pride and (not a white hat though!) and think of this website. It’s been theraputic and LOL! THANKS!
Comment by Kaycee — March 27, 2007 @ 1:27 pm
Here is my e-mail:levko1987@yahoo.com, for those of you who’d like share the grief and just to talk
Comment by LEVKO — March 31, 2007 @ 7:52 am
I wish my head was larger. I have a relatively small head for my skinny, skeletal frame and I tend to look sickly and odd. How can I increase the size of my head!?
If you only knew how lucky you were!
Comment by Lucky Bastards — April 1, 2007 @ 10:53 am
I would be very interested in joining if someone started a forum for us cranially-endowed folks. I always find it a special challenge in getting a haircut, wearing particular clothes that affect the way my head looks, or buying a hat (which I did for only the second time recently). I’m 5′ 8″ with a head of 24″ circumference. I don’t know anyone in real life who I can relate to on this. It would be nice if we could help each other out.
Comment by John — April 1, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
check out director danny boyle or actor dominique pinon they have apple shaped faces or broad foreheads as they are more commonly known,heads come in different shapes from wee to square to round to triangle,smile and get on with life,and those who refer to you having a large head are the ones with the issue not you…
Comment by jason — April 4, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
anyone over 6 feet…please stop complaining
Comment by alex — April 6, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
I came across this website looking for XXL sunglasses. HAHA a Big Head club. Here it is April 2007 and Paul wrote the blog in November 2004.
Comment by Kyle — April 10, 2007 @ 10:28 am
Alex, I am over 6 foot, about 6’1 but my head is enourmous! My height isn’t even considered by some people until they get close and actually realise. I just wanted to ask, how tall are your heads? Because mine is 10 inches :S, which I think is very big, and is also a strange shape.
P.S. Growing your hair does help, as do baggy clothes.
Comment by Patrick — April 16, 2007 @ 11:54 am
I am just posting again because I had the time to take some measurments and I seen a few people took some measurments that needed to be compared:
height: 6’1″
shoulder height: 5’2″
shoulder width: 19″
head height: 9 1/2″
head width: 6 1/4″
head length: 8″
body weight: 180lbs
Comment by Thomas D. — April 17, 2007 @ 5:36 am
My heads like a damn planet, its mainly my cheeks that make it look big, they are massive, looks like im storing food. I get neck ache all the time, i have 6 pillows and sun shades dont fit. I use sunbeds in an attempt to look sexy, but last year i went orange and therefore looked like a spacehopper….., im always red, so I have a huge “red” head, it stands out a mile, like a tomato on a pen.
Comment by Dan Waterworth — April 18, 2007 @ 3:30 am
Thomas how old are you? cos I’m only 16 and this head issue is starting to worry me. I really hope it doesn’t continue to grow till my 20′s.
Oh and Dan, forget about the tan, just grow your hair, it actually works for me.
Comment by Patrick — April 18, 2007 @ 6:51 am
Hey all, im so glad i found this website, i rarely get called big head, but when i do it hurts i know, my head is about 23″ around, its long and thin, and always in the back of my mind (no pun intended.
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Im 17 years old and just under 6ft 1″, Ive found that having longer hair helps (not long i.e. shoulder length, but like 1 or 2″ long and styled.) I dont particulally wear baggy clothes, but wearing shirts or jumpers with collars on do wonders, also posture is involved, after reading all of these comments i am going to join a gym and start hitting some shoulder / kneck exercises.
Ive always thought i was the only big headed person ever
We recieve these comments like “Big Head” etc. or other variations, but i dont see whats wrong with having a big head, everbody is different, people with big ears, noses, lips and eyes, and many other features.
Im not particulally outgoing to people i dont know, but become more outgoing when i get to know people, i used to think this was because i had low self asteem, but i like to believe in myself and i believe that i am too smart for small talk. (lol sounds weird, but i am a very deep person like i imagine alot of us “big heads” are, im always thinking about what people have said to me during the day and thinking of what they really meant.) from this ive realised that small talk is useless making me appear shy, comments like: “Nice Weather” or “How are you?”
Baffle me, unless their family or friends people dont care how you are, and whats the point in talking about the weather. Anyway im going totally off-topic here.
So to all you fellow big heads, dont use your head as a scapegoat, for chicks not being into you, there are many other factors involved. (We could be talking primal, after all technically we are animals. xD)
Anyway use your large brain / head to your advantage, think big, everybody is equal and there is no normal. Dont let the size of your head make you regret things you should have done but didnt.
“Life is what you make it.” – An old lady at my grandma’s nursing home.
Comment by KingDome — April 25, 2007 @ 10:49 am
Man i have big head im depressed and i cant make any friends. This sucks my whole life sucks. Is there anything i can do to boost up my self-confidence?
Comment by unknown — April 25, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
Patrick,
I am 26 now. I am guessing you are a teenager, thats when I first noticed our “problem”.. actually I never even noticed it until I heard comments. which was about 13 or 14. I think your head stops growing around 19 or 20. I remember in about 8th or 9th grade I wore a 7 1/4 fitted hat. Today I am a 7 1/2. The thing that gets me is I know quite a few guys that wear a 7 5/8 or bigger hat and they never hear comments like I do. one reason I believe that is, they have bigger bodies.. I got a slim 180 pound frame. 2 of my friends.. which happen to actually be brothers, wear bigger hats than me. but both of them are over 200 pounds… probably around 210-220. which gives them bigger shoulders, arms, and chests. Its such a worlds difference when your body is big enough for your head so everything looks even.. but if not, even the guys with bigger heads than you will still call you “bighead”
Comment by Thomas D — April 27, 2007 @ 3:28 am
Man my head is quite big i get picked on all the time im 5’10 not fat not skinny just medium and my head is massive i cant take it anymore with all these people calling me things and all sorts anything i can do to make it look smaller
Comment by Neil Ryan — April 28, 2007 @ 6:12 am
Neil, i feel your pain and it does suck to have a big head. Just two days ago two thugs around Wall Street called me “Big ass head,” it hurt and i cried. We cant do anything to shrink our heads. I went to four plastic surgeons and they’ve told me nothing can be done to shrink the circumference, width or height. Our skull is like a nutshell, it is hardened forever and cannnot be shrunk. Lets just accept our problem and hope we live each day in peace.
Comment by unknown — April 28, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
Michael,Scotland my head is quite big and i get all sorts of comments on it all the time .. very annoying and upsetting i just want a normal sized head i was walking down the my street about 1 day ago and these guys shout HEED! and i’ve had enough of it.Sometimes when i get a certain haircut it makes it look smaller but no from the side.
Comment by Michael Din — April 30, 2007 @ 2:02 am
Ive got a big head well .. i think i do at least only a few people have commented on it but im still a good guy with the girls if you know what i mean .. lol
Sean McGeady. Glasgow,Scotland
Comment by Sean McGeady — April 30, 2007 @ 2:23 am
well since i was a kid ive been called big head or fat head ive alwayssss been soo insecure about it especialy at school when we had to wear helmets for softball.once we even had to measure our heads for class i was soooooo embaressed.
i also got a round face so ppl call me moonface or head it always gets me down.
Since i became around 15 boys started taking notice of me and every day i get complimented on my beautiful face,i now have a gorgeous bf whos nikname is melly-short for melon LOL
but i notice if i ever get into a fight or someone does not like me i getted comments about my head. which realy does work to get me down.i guess cos im a attractive girl (im usualy modest)
ppl are gonna put u down for anything!
Comment by melon — May 2, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
I’m sorry guys but I have to be honest with you, any head above 23 cm is a big head plain and simple. I have a 22 3/4 head and trust me people say it is big. If you are above 6 feet tall then a 23 cm head is not bad, anyone under that height with a 23 cm head or above has a big melon.
Comment by Tatiana — May 3, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
I will be honest with you guys, any head circumference 23 cm and up is a big head. I have a 22 3/4 head size and people say it is big. If you are 6 feet tall and man then 23cm is not bad at all, but if you are under that height trust me you got a big melon.
Comment by Tatiana — May 3, 2007 @ 8:41 pm
Education and a large head size are protective factors against dementia according to a study by Mortimer, Snowdon, & Markesbery (2002)
Comment by Jason — May 4, 2007 @ 9:47 am
Thomas, thanks for the reply. I do hope that my head height, width and length stay the same. Boys usually grow until there 20s and it would be really good if my head stayed the same and my body ‘caught up with it’.
p.s does anyone feel their head has good and bad days? like seems bigger on some days and smaller on others? I know this sounds crazy but sometimes I do.
Pat.
Comment by Patrick — May 7, 2007 @ 5:06 am
I have been seeing my boyfriend for almost a 6 months. Im noticing more and more how big hid head seems. He has narrow shoulders and a long neck, this seems to make his head look even bigger. Ill measure it soon and post the sizes..Would it be rude to suggest he works out to build up his shoulders? He has mentioned he thinks he has a bid head once before, but we didnt discuss it further.. Any advice from anyone?? or am i just shallow?
Comment by girlfriend of a big head — May 7, 2007 @ 5:56 am
My head is 23 inches. i’m about 5’8 and very skinny. i’m not a bad lookin guy but i feel i wud look ‘hot or cute’ had i been born with a smaller head. i style my hair to try and hide parts that are large. i’m 18…who knows maby i will fill out making me more proportional.
I was born with my mothers ambilical cord around my neck…..this may have caused pressure in my head as i grew in the womb?????? i cant see any other reason….my parents have normal heads and my brothers n sister do aswell. i like to think personality makes up 4 it as i have a beauitful girlfriend…
Comment by John — May 13, 2007 @ 5:15 am
23 inches here. 5’9″. 10-11 inch long face. Meh. Wish I could shrink it.
Comment by Will — May 14, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
Will. Do you have a 10 inch face or head?
Comment by Patrick — May 15, 2007 @ 10:26 am
I know a guy named Derek with a HUGE forehead. Literally. It’s giant. You could land a plane on it.
But I don’t think you have a big head. And if I did have a big head (which I’m not sure of, I don’t have a measuring tape), I wouldn’t take any crap about it. If anyone yelled out dumb comments to me, I would just swing my big head around and smash their own (puny) noggins in.
Comment by Deidre — May 15, 2007 @ 1:10 pm
Hey who really gives a crap about the size of your head? There are a ton more important things out there to be worried about than the size of your head. I have a big head, so what? does that make me any less of a human or woman? but guess what, to some people it does, AND THEY ARE FuCKINg jealous because I have a beautiful smile and nice skin and really pretty eyes, fuck em all, worry about shit that concerns you and if anyone said anything about my head, they werent friends to begin with, and I just move the fuck on. Too fucking easy.
Comment by Shannon — May 23, 2007 @ 8:53 am
Shannon, I like your attitude and self esteem.
Comment by JL — May 23, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
Yeh but shannon if someone offered you the chance to have a smaller head, one proportionate to your body; would you take it? I know i would, because my head is the biggest i have ever seen. I’m 6’3 almost and my head is 10.5 inches tall, i hate it. I have no self-esteem whatsoever because of this but my mum thinks i am vain because i look in the long-distance mirror in my house quite often. I’m not vain, I’m just very insecure. I’m only 16 and it is still growing. It’s really weird cos my dad and mum have really in proportion heads, and my sister. My grandma and grandad don’t though so I have probably inherited it. There’s nothing we can do about it but talk about the problem and how we can just get on with it.
Comment by Patrick — May 25, 2007 @ 1:18 am
P.s do you guys have long faces as well as big heads? And your eyes below the centre of your heads? these are the problems i have.
Comment by Patrick — May 25, 2007 @ 1:21 am
I’m amazed to see how long this stream has gone. There are a lot of us bigheads out there, I guess. Rather than be bitter about my “enhanced cranium” (after all, you can’t hide it, right?) I decided to do something about it. Along with a friend who has been similarly blessed–see, it’s all about the positive–we founded a company just for us big noggins. Big Melon Gear (bigmelongear.com) features speciall designed hats that are guaranteed to fit us big heads (and t-shirts that proclaim “Because One Size Never Fits All”). We’ve got a sense of humor about our massive melons (in fact, our tagline is “love your melon”) and thus far those who have tried us, love us.
Comment by kevin — May 26, 2007 @ 10:40 am
My name is also Paul, and I have quite the huge head. I haven’t measured it, and I’m not sure I want to either as its not going to change. I wasn’t born with it but have definitely been picked on about it since I was in elementary school. Got it from my dad – hes got a huge noggin too. I’ve been called Beavis by more people than I can even explain or count. In fact, I doubt I could count the amount of people that have called me that horrible name on 20 hands. But reading some of the posts on this forum has gotten me to laugh about something that gets me down literally every time I look in the mirror. Its so awful to think that some people really do judge you based on stuff like this before you even get word one with them, but the ability to laugh at yourself is crucial with stuff like this. So what if people make fun of you about it – they’re assholes and why would you want to be friends with them anyway? People that make it their point to make fun of you because you have a big head or WHATEVER is wrong with you obviously aren’t very secure in themselves either – what you have to realize is that the people that are overly critical of others like this are similarly critical of themselves. Every time I look in the mirror I can’t help but get down about my big head. I think I would be a much better looking cat without it, but fuck it, its not going to change and I know that. I still feel like its the first thing people notice about me when I meet them, and for a while its been that I feel like I might as well introduce myself as Beavis cause so many people have tormented me about my head. But I’m so glad to see that theres other people going through a similar struggle as me.
Comment by Paul — July 20, 2007 @ 9:59 pm
I’m having a serious problem with this. I’ve had this problem since I was about 13 when someone said “wow look at the size of his head” and everybody laughed. Until that comment it hadn’t even occured to me. Now it’s just completely obvious that I’m a ‘big-head’ ‘powerpod’ whatever you want to call it. I’m only 16 and last year I was concerned with this problem and thought I had the biggest head in the world until now. It has grown so much over the last year it’s unbelievable. I’ve not measured it or anything but it is massively out of proportion, and I’m 6’2. I can’t help thinking how much better my life would be if it was smaller. If it grows any more I will be an absolute freak and will really struggle in life.
Comment by Alex — July 24, 2007 @ 11:17 am
What is the average length and width of the male/female head?
Comment by James — July 25, 2007 @ 3:06 am
Paul I see your picture….your head doesn’t look big at all to me…..I have pretty long, very thick hair which makes it not hang down, but instead become one solid object plastered and poofed from the top of my head to where it comes down in front of my eyes. Don’t get me wrong it looks really good but it makes my head look even larger than it is. And that is the excuse people (friends, family) use when i ask them if my head is large. They will say “well, it’s just becuase of that mop on your head, maybe if you got it cut?” *sarcastically*…….but if i were to cut it all off you could really see how abnormally large it is…….is there any way i can find out if it’s really as big as it is or if i am just paranoid? I’m only 16 so please give me some input on this.
Comment by Dillon — July 26, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
For all of those people who have made fun of those of us with big heads, where did they ever get off thinking that they were so much better than everyone else? The truth is that they are insecure and they try to pump themselves up like blowfish to make themselves feel better. I am not talking about those who may have done so affectionately, but to be malicious. They can put us on display by calling us out, but they would never allow themselves to be called out
Comment by Jeff — July 28, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
i tied a belt round my head and it actually made it smaller it changed my life completely im a new man with a normal head
Comment by neil ryan — July 30, 2007 @ 6:06 pm
Body proportions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Head:
The eyes are at the mid-height of the head.
The head also can be divided into thirds – from the top of the head to the bottom of the forehead, from the bottom of the forehead to the bottom of the nose, and then from there to the bottom of the chin.
The width of the head is between four and five eyes wide.
The height of the face is about equal to the length of the hand.
The eyes are separated by a distance of one eye width.
The bottom of the nose to the corner of the eye is equal to the height of the ear.
The width of the base of the nose is equal to the width of the eye.
The width of the mouth is equal to the distance between pupils, or the width of two eyes.
Comment by Thomas D. — August 10, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
I guess I’ll add myself to the list. I came here looking for XXL sunglasses as well. I guess nobody knows where they are. If anyone ever does make huge sunglasses, they’ll be sure to make a fortune.
Comment by mongo noggin — August 15, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
Many people here are putting WAY too much value into the size of their head. It is simply not that important. Or, for that matter, it is not important at all as it is simply not one of the keys for attracting females (which is what the angst is really about). In fact, looks in general are not that important. Just look at the number of ugly guys with beautiful women.
To head size, my uncle was bald and had a 26″ head and he had more tail then he knew what to do with. I have a 24″ head and I am bald and it hasn’t affected my chances with the ladies. I think people are also misjudging what is actually a huge head. I just looked at motorcycle helmets and 24″ in right at the bottom range of XL (medium goes up to 22.83). They have 5x helmets that go all the way to 27.5″. I will trust these guys as being accurate because they have to make a living off of selling helmets. They dont sell a 27.5″ helmet unless their is a need.
However, be warned. If you think you have a big head and it gets to you then you will lose confidence or feel like a freak and you will see a freak in the mirror. If you frame yourself as a freak then others will see you the same way. It is that simple. You painted the reality for them.
In the spectrum of things when it comes to attraction, confidence, smiling, body language, being successful, being interesting, etc are what matter. If you doubt this, I highly recommend you read, “the game” by Neil Strauss. It is the story of a short bald man with a big nose who became one of the best pickup artists in the world and his looks didn’t matter at all.
Comment by David — August 22, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
My name is Jeremy and I have an enormous head. I started going to a public school in Indianapolis for 7th grade. Ever since then I have been told how big my head is. I always hated it because I never thought of it as being abnormal. Despite the accusations I never really realized just how big it was until I was in my twenties. They don’t make hats that fit me and the lack of oversized sunglasses have forced me to stare into the sun with naked eyes for years.
I’m 29 now. My father has a huge head, my late grandpa had an even bigger skull than mine and my poor sister, bless her soul, well, let’s say she has potential to be VERY smart. After all these years I have developed a sense of humor about all this and I must say it is critical to have one. If you can’t look at yourself and laugh instead of want to cry then you’ll have a long road of poor self-esteem a-head. pun intended.
Recently my stepmom and Dad came to visit me and my girlfriend out here in Colorado. We have open discussions about me and my Dad’s large domes. We talk about how my Mom had to have a C-section when I was born, and how painful it was for my stepmother to give birth to my sister. I pointed out how when I was younger and ran track and field, I used to always sort of “drift” into my oppenents lane. We now know that the size of my head was to blame for that. It just pulled me into certain directions and there was nothing I could do about it. My girlfriend also chimed in to let everyone know how scared she is about us having kids. Anyways, without frequent conversations like these and having the ability to laugh out loud about the whole situation makes it easier for me to cope with the size of my head. For those of you who are younger, just remember this. It will get better. When you get older your head won’t get smaller, but people won’t care as much how you look, it’s all about who you are. At least that’s what I have figured out so far.
Comment by Lord Helmet — August 25, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
hey thomas d thanks for depressing me even more.
Ny eyes are a little below the middle of my head.
The thirds deal is way off on me. From the top of my head to the bottom of my forehead is around 5 inches, and from the bottom of my forhead to the bottom of my nose is about 2 inches, and to the bottom of my chin is another three.
The width of my head is closer to six than 5 eyes width- forget four.
The height of the my face is an inch longer than my hand
and the other stuff is a little off too. thanks
Comment by B — August 26, 2007 @ 7:20 am
Hi, I’m Steve, 21 (somewhere in North America). Head: 24 inches.
–OK honestly ladies and gentlemen, “LEVKO” posted a very truthful message when he said “I’d rather be ugly but real”!
Now although I’m not homosexual, I think LEVKO is a person with very attractive features, I’d personally hire him in a film if I were some old Hollywood producer. I don’t know why anyone would even tease him, or any of us for that matter. But one think I know is that wisdom is learned through reading. And after reading all these messages, I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re all basically one person stuck in different cities, homes, workplaces, and schools. Don’t tae me wrong I’m sure we’re all unique but I realized that (after viewing all the pictures posted by the readers) those who think of themselves are unattractive only consider such a horrible decision due to negative comments said by their “friends” or some pathetic strangers. I do not type such things due to sympathy, I mean hell why would I care (I always type my opinion).
You might think to yourself, yea this Steve (me) is just typing BS and doesn’t know what he is talking about!
But you’re mistaken, I have had the toughest experiences due to my large head, think of your worse incident and imagine it happen once a week (at random occasions). Many would think that is horrible.
Story with a good ending:
My recent “horrible” as some might falsely consider event occurred with a girls I was deeply in love with. He hung out together all the time until we started dating. After a while, I noticed her making negative comments to her/my friends behind my back. And by negative I mean it went as far as pointing and laughing at me (at times). I was really frustrated and felt that I’ll never have a mate that’ll appreciate me since this beautiful and sophisticated lady thinks of me as some kind of a full-time clown that is created for the sole purpose of laughter. I spoke to a real friend about this (hes not amazing but doesn’t mock me or back stab me), and he told me that he felt the same, in his case he thought of himself as a fat person (since many “ladies” constantly mock him for that). Thats when I realized, to hell with it! (why? because I know for a fact that my dear friend wasn’t fat AT ALL!, just a bit stocky). So we set out a plan where I would hang around with random chicks, ask them out, and pretend I’m some type of a perfect “stifler” while doing it. After 4 weeks of dating while treating these “ladies” like total garbage (and these were seemingly shallow ladies, the short skirt mall types), I realized that they had the LOWEST self esteem I could have imagined! they apply make up and fix their hair for 2 hours a day! (and I’m serious and that, 2-4 hours a day! everyday!). Why (you might wonder)? because every one of these ladies (3 to be specific) thought she was either fat, short, too skinny, and one even thought of herself as being too tall! After my scientific observation, I basically dumped these 3 painted puppets and returned to my friend with the proof of my daring experiment, showing him that everyone feels down sometimes, and some just feel better by letting other beautiful people to lower levels of mentality by either physical or verbal abuse. Look at all the beautiful children that commit suicide due to verbal abuse, and for what? they’re all perfect in my opinion (not that it matters, I’m just a 21 year old university student that has always been observing the world).
At the end, I returned to my “beautiful” girls that I dated , which teased me, and I pointed out all the things that made her different from the other ladies, yes she started crying but tough luck for such a bully! maybe she learned her lesson!
and I hope through this story you learned something too! (their opinion of others [the bullies] is just their own reflection of their selves). Tough luck for the sujects of my experiment but then again something must be done to understand such ugly bullies.
you’re all beautiful inside and out!
Cheers
Comment by Steve — August 27, 2007 @ 12:08 am
Hi folks,
Its funny that I found so many people worrying about their bigger head size when I was looking for smaller head size. I am 35, male 6ft with 21.5 in head circumference. I have always felt inferior/depressed and constantly think my head is too small for a guy and I don’t even approach a girl as I see most of the girls also having a bigger forehead and broader face than mine. I always feel people must look down upon me as a person with under developed head and face. Infact my whole family has this problem. My sister too has a small head and she is over-possesed by this thought that people with small head look funny. I used to think that Its better to have a big head than a small one.. If you have the average size then you are blessed. But since I am born with it (I wont say my small head doesn’t bother me as I still don’t approach girls) I have no way to change it and thats life. Its funny what different human beings want and in my case its always what I can’t have. Not a day goes by without thinking I have a small head and a small face.. But in the whole realm of life I guess it shouldn’t matter and it bloody has taken a lot of hurt, gloominess and time to realize this. At the end of it I think I have spent more time thinking about my head and face size than my work, future. The more you ignore your so called big/small head you ll be able to head forward. I was searching for a website that would say 21.5 in head circumference is a OK head size so that I can convince my sister about it.
Stop worrying folks!!
Cheers
Comment by Dileep.g.t — August 28, 2007 @ 6:57 am
Hi Dileep:
I’ve been following this blog thread for a while, and your comment is one of several that make me feel better. I’ve always felt so bad about my big head size and envied people with small heads that it never occurred to me they might be feeling self-conscious as well. I guess this just points out how subjective beauty standards are and it’s “all in our heads.”
I wish I could stop worrying about this whole thing after reading your comment, but I probably won’t be able to. But the next time I start feeling bad about myself again, I’ll try to remember your words. So thank you Dileep, and maybe if you show this blog page to your sister it might help her feel a little bit better.
Cheers,
Comment by BHC — September 3, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
beautiful words of wisdom BHC!
cheers,
Comment by Steve — September 6, 2007 @ 10:08 pm
I have exactley the same problem! your head doesnt look big to me though. Mine is huge and i have a receeding hairline so il look awful so yeeh and im 17 and i havent had a girlfriend in ages lol but apparentley i have an ‘amazing personality’ so it aint too bad lol so yeeh sucks to be me
Comment by Paul Hayhurst — September 8, 2007 @ 9:30 am
I have posted under a different name once previously but am not going to tell you which one!! haha. I am in the process of setting up some kind of forum for people with this problem. I understand that probably 90% of people on here have mental problems, as opposed to physical problems….LEVKO for example, judging from his pics, has nothing to worry about physcially, but LOTS to worry about, mentally….it’s called BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER. If your head has not been deformed by an illness or condition, trauma or some other misfortunate accident of some sort, here is my advice: STOP BEING A BUNCH OF WUSSIES!!!
Personally I was born with Hydrocephalus (Google it!)and as an infant my head expanded and grew so that it took on the appearance of a light-bulb! I’m not looking for sympathy, i’m just saying to those of you who haven’t had an illness or whatever: ‘get over it already’!!
I note with interest that most of you are teenagers…if you are a teenager then DO NOT WORRY about it – you are going through a tough time that many teens experience – a time of UTTER neurosis – the older you get, the less people care about how you look (I am 31 yrs old, and HATED being 17-19 yrs old due to my peers’ obsession with appearance).
For everyone else on here who does have a GENUINE complaint with the appearance of their skulls ( due to some kind of illness, condition, birth defect, accident or what have you) watch this space as I am in the process of creating a beautiful website/forum for people who are in some way cranially challenged…
Jonathan Great Skull
London, UK
Comment by Jonathan — September 13, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Thank you so much. Even thou I still persist on abnormality of my looks I may suppose the idea that I have developed that BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER because I cant recall the time when I would consider myself being normal while looking in the mirror. I had one ear a bit different then the other (position and size), that was my first fix. Even thou I have always thought that the head that I’ve been given is my main doom and nothing can be done, that switch to worrying about my ears gave me some kind of hope or something(of course I’ve been lying to myself). So I went through surgery and what…. Well, it did fix the year issue to a certain extent(any surgical interference will look somewhat unnatural!!) but it didn’t effect of what I see in the mirror. Now I also have an open bite(my new fix), which i hope if fixed will reduce the size(appearance) of my jaw and then again that somehow will make my head look smaller. The funny part is : Guys, I am not crazy, I am not stupid…I can actually step outside myself and my thoughts and judge them and see how pathetic and stupid they are. I don’t have life and I use that as an excuse not to have it. I don’t know…I just…maybe i do need a psychological help…Thanks anyway, especially for people that said things about my pictures, that kinda shakes my up a little…
Comment by LEVKO — September 14, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Omg you guys. I want to kill myself I have a huge head and can’t live with it! Is there seriously nothing we can do! I have a 23inch head. !!
Comment by anon20 — September 19, 2007 @ 1:22 am
wow there is a website for big heads?!
after reading al of these comments they actualy made me more depressed about my head then i was before!
I know its big but is it huge?? I am 194 cm(wich is 6,4 right?) and my head is 59 centimeters wich is about 23 inches i think? i’m not skinny but i am not muscular either. So do i have to fear for the rest of my social life or am i ok??
hope i spelled everything right more used to write in dutch:P
Comment by dutch guy — September 19, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
I was a little over dramatic, but is there nothing we can really do. This is really horrible.
Comment by anon20 — September 19, 2007 @ 4:48 pm
I was a little over dramatic, but what can we do?
Comment by anon20 — September 19, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
You guys have nothing to worry about. And to Levko, your head is a little on the large side but your a pretty good looking guy you really have nothing to worry about. Also as people get older appearance matters less so don’t stress yourselves out about it.
By the way, are all you guys white? I really don’t see why some of you 6’4 guys with wide shoulders would worry about your 23 inch heads in fact if u had a smaller head you’d look small headed. A lot of asians and latinos (and lots of people from some regions of the middle east) have big wide skulls compared to American caucasians and they are shorter on average as well. You guys would still look small headed compared to some of them.
Also for those of you who are worried that your kids will have big heads too. I think bone structure is only partly determined by genetics. From what I’ve noticed that Asian born Asians in general have bigger wides heads than American born Asians. In fact lots of American born Asians have tiny pin heads unlike their big headed parents. I’m pretty sure diet, habits,exercise,etc probably have a lot to do with determining the size of your skull as well.
I for example am only 5’11 and I have a 24 inch head. I’ll have to get some measuring tape to get a more accurate measurement and my head might be even bigger than that. I’ll post some pics if you guys wanna see and you’ll realize what a real big headed person looks like. My dad is only 5’7 and his head is as big as mine plus he has narrow shoulders. My mom however, has a tiny pin head. You’d think I’d take their mean have a normal sized head but noooo I inherited my dad’s big headedness completely. I guess it’s the Asian diet that made my head big or something. Make sure your kids drink lots of milk so they don’t turn out like me or at least they’d be taller and better proportioned.
Comment by Chris — September 20, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
I measured mine, its 23 inches and looks like alot of people on here have the same size as me. I’ve always thought I had the biggest head in the world, Ive only just started to take notice of it as a serious matter.
But after seeing this page, and the comments I now know im not alone, Im not a freak.
thanks
Comment by Anon — October 4, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
THIS IS JUST TOO FUNNY I HAD TO WRITE SOMETHING ALTHOUGH I”M BUSY STUDYING
I AM AN ASIAN GUY WITH HEAD THAT IS 25 inches THICK. NOW THINK ABOUT THAT – MY SHOULDER IS 17.5 inches WIDE. I AM 5 ft 9 inches TALL A>N>D I AM A VIRGIN.
I HEAR PEOPLE BEHIND ME WHISPERING ABOUT MY HEAD – THEY SAY IT”S TOO BIG THEY CAN”T SEE AND ONE TIME, A GIRL WHO SAT BEHIND ME MOVED HER CHAIR BECAUSE SHE COULDN”T SEE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT??? OH AND DON”T FORGET THE STEREOTYPE ABOUT ASIAN MEN BEING EMASCULATED AND EFFEMINATE, LACK LEADERSHIP, HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR, BITTER, MYSOGYNISTIC PEOPLE WHO CAN”T GET LAID, EVEN FROM ASIAN GIRLS.
AT LEAST YOU WILL SEE MORE ACTION THAN ME. I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE (half joking). BUT NOW, I KNOW THAT SOCIETY HAS GIVEN UP ON ME, BIOLOGY HAS GIVEN UP ON ME, AND THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO SURVIVE IS TO MAKE SSSSSSHITLOAD OF MONEY AND USE THAT AS A BARGAINING CHIP
PAUL CHOI OUT
Comment by PAUL CHOI — October 9, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
ok I posted before and put in all the measurements of my noggin. But so you dont have to scan through every post. I wear a 7 1/2 hat, I am 23 1/2 inchs around, from bottom of chin to top of head I am 9 1/2 inchs, from temple to temple I am 6 1/4 inchs.
I was at work the other day.. I work construction. and I noticed this guy had this huge head. I only noticed it because he was talking to another guy with a much smaller head. I said to myself “wow my head must look like that to everyone elses too”. well a few days later, they pair us together.. go figure.. they pair up the 2 bigheads… during the day he went on another floor of the building we was working in and I seen his left his hard hat in our gang box (tool box).. no one else was around… I couldn’t resist.. I tryed it on.. it was so big on me.. I could put my hand in it while I was wearing it.
Now remember, my head is 23 1/2 inchs around. thats more than most people claim on here. This guy must have a 25 or 26, maybe bigger head for me to get my hand inside his hard hat while wearing it.
Thing is, this dude works out. he is huge. he is about 6 foot and 220-230 pounds. when you look at his whole body, his head looks normal compared to the rest of him.
Now I am 6’1″ and only 180 pounds.. being skinny with small shoulders, arms and chest only makes your head look bigger.. but in reality its all an optical illusion.
From reading the posts on here, most people were picked on as little kids.. I think a kid would see anyone with a small skinny body with narrow shoulders as having a big head. But we still carry that idea with us now from being picked on in those younger years.
I still look in the mirror and think about the size of my head when I know for certain that there are many heads out there bigger than mine, and its everytime I look in the mirror. This has to be some type of mental problem… The closest thing I can think of simular to this is a beautiful girl thinking that she is fat or ugly everytime she looks in the mirror..
If our heads really are bigger than normal, well we aren’t going to change that. only thing we can do is make the optical illusion work for our favor. you have to get your body big enough to be in the same proportion as your head.
Take this advise: Stop thinking about your head and start planing to get your whole body bigger. I used to work out but only for toning, that wont work for our problem. It has to be strength training. heavy weights, short reps..
What did that one camera commerical say?? “image is everything” well we have to make our own image here…
In the game of life, none of us was dealt a full house, but we can all bluff our way to the pot.
Comment by Thomas D. — October 9, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
Well, I think I can get in on this discussion. A few years ago, my odious boss made a nasty comment about me in an e-mail. Something to the effect of: “your oversized melon” meaning my head. I had never even noticed the size of my head before so I asked my partner (who is now my ex-partner) and the answer I got back was: “Well, it is kind of big.” What? I honestly never even thought about it before that. Now everytime I see a photo of myself, I have to check if my head looks too big. And forget checking out the side view in a mirror. Too scary. I look pretty good from the front, but the profile — yikes! So I read this post of yours Paul, and it really made me laugh. And then I saw how many other people have the same thing happening. So I got a tape measure and checked out my head and it’s 22.5 inches. Then I measured my parents’ heads. My Dad is 22.5 and my Mom is 23 inches. So we are a whole family of big-headed people. What can we do about it? Um, nothing. However, here’s a point worth noting. Most singers and actors have big heads. Why? because they need to make their voices resonate. Bigger skulls mean bigger resonating chambers. Also there were those people on Star Trek who had the huge heads, remember them? They had huge brains so they needed huge heads. So there might be something to the idea that big-headed people are smarter and more talented than their pea-brained, pin-headed counterparts. Yeah, I like that idea. I’m sticking to that one.
Comment by Wicked — October 10, 2007 @ 7:29 am
lol i just love the way most of u ppl claim to be 6’1 6’4 rofl lawl
lol later u melon heads hahahaha
Comment by rofl at ppl — October 26, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
Hi I’m an online sunglass shop owner with a big noggin 5-8″ 24″ I was researching wide sunglasses for persons like myself and customers. I was wondering if anyone could give me info such as experiences shopping for sunglasses, prices paid, attractive styles or anything else to do with big heads and sunglasses.
Kevin, this is a great blog post, I appreciate everything shared so far!
Comment by Gary Richardson — October 27, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
hi heard about all your fuuny comments interesting also got the same problem mines 27inches and am 4’9inches tall plus ama girl to tell my case is depressing beyond words is a serious understatment i practically have the biggest cranium in skul man!! av been sad about it tried drugs u name it stared at the mirror endlessly now resorted to totally avoindin it and leaving a reclusive life . good thing i have a high i q though. i never look good in anything and about hats gave up on that a long time ago .plus i dont take photos they remind me of things ad rather forget. better to leave in denial than in depression eeeh!! anyway “normal” pple see nothing wrong with havin a melon for a head buts thats coz they have nothin to wooy about. so they shud keep their comments to themseves they dont know the struggles of walking in my shoes. i never take lifts or go to salons coz i cant stand mirrors i take the stairs instead and do my hair in the house. ooh, plus i have a receeding hairline and aplateau for a forhead!! i swear lifes tough!! but that life!!
Comment by annie — November 8, 2007 @ 6:16 am
Hey all, another bid-head here. I’m 6’2″ and around 23 and 1/4 inches. I just wanted to ask and see what the general racial background is of all the big heads. I’m guessing most of everyone is of Scandinavian decent. The scandanavian countries, (Norway, Sweden, etc). are known to have bigger heads and there was a study done about head size linked to race and sure enough Scandinavians took the crown for the largest heads, and people of African and Asian descent checked in with the smallest heads.
Anyway, don’t let your big head get you down guys. There was also physical attraction study done about 10 years ago that I came across, (I wish I had the link) where both men and women were shown many comparison images of the opposite sex, and were asked which people in the images they found more attractive. The study examined all sorts of different physical features and one was head size. And guess what? Most women were acctracted to men with larger heads than they were to men with smaller heads. So there you go. Hold your big heads high!!!
Comment by Jason — November 11, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
Sorry Annie are you sure you have a “27 inch” head? You must be mistaken because the biggest head Ive known from the male side is around 26 inches, and that is pretty big….
YOU MUST BE LYING!!!!
Comment by jack — November 12, 2007 @ 11:43 am
Hi Jason: Do you have the links or reference info on the 2 studies you mentioned in your post? Thanks.
Comment by BHC — November 13, 2007 @ 3:29 am
Check this out….
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=112168&title=a-heart-warming-tale-of-triumph&tag=generic_tag_football&itemId=104967
Comment by jason — November 22, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
I agree with the comment that most of the posters here must be white, or at least western European — what is the obsession with everyone having to look the same? Seriously, not to be insulting, but I’ve not met another group of people so determined to find variety in physical appearance to be a problem. Anything outside a narrowly defined set of parameters is deemed offensive or inferior. Why?
And here’s a newsflash — you’re a minority on this planet. Most humans are Asian, which to you probably means big-headed, but that would really mean the opposite is true: most whites are small-headed. Or odd-headed. In fact, most whites or western Europeans have bizarre, “hammer” heads . . . tiny faces, high crowns, flat cheekbones, and absurdly long skulls from front to back, like a hammer (in other words, huge from the side), or the Alien. If you’re supposed to look like anyone based on who the typical human is, it’s Asians (and Asians, why do you keep wanting to look white?). Stop buying into the bias of some of your artists, scientists, clothiers, and media moguls. They’re just feeding you images left over from phrenology — that pseudoscience went out a hundred years ago.
That said, none of the photos here make anyone look odd. For instance, Sven, in that photo of you with the car, you look much better than that kid sitting next to you. He looks like a chihuahua. Like Steve Buscemi. You actually have a face. A lot of women (most according to one study) prefer men with dark hair, broader faces, and higher cheekbones. If you don’t believe me, look at some of the more attractive white movie stars of all time: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Sean Connery. Even James Dean. Heck, though his features are pale and a bit goofy, Daniel Craig’s James Bond has wet more panties than Pierce Brosnan’s, and Craig has a rounder face and possibly larger head. Or, if you can’t stand Asians, take a look at classical Greek statues of beauty, like Da Vinci’s David, or even Egyptian art, like the Sphinx or King Tut’s sarcophagus. Heck, this study in the UK tries to put a scientific spin on it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/12/wboys12.xml.
In recent years, the power of western media and its narrow set of images has warped the brains of too many kids. The self-loathing here is of the same disease as bulimia and anorexia. Instead of wanting to look average, why don’t you focus on looking good, doing the best you can, and living life to the fullest? So you get teased — don’t tell me there aren’t flaws you see in those people. So why take what they have to say seriously? A good life is the best revenge for being bullied. Stop wasting yours on silliness. Maybe you’re really the good looking ones.
Comment by Gasfarty — November 23, 2007 @ 9:17 pm
Oh, and head shape is determined by a variety of factors — heredity, prenatal diet, the shape of the mother’s birth canal, even whether the child sleeps on its back (normal for most of the world) or on its side (common in western European cultures, and thus the longer head). Take anthropology, and you should learn this.
Comment by Gasfarty — November 23, 2007 @ 9:22 pm
Some of you people are looking at this in the wrong light: having a big head is not a curse – it’s a gift! People with big heads are inherently smarter than their small-brained counterparts. This is because cranial circumference correlates to cranial capacity which correlates to brain size, and we all know what that means…. The bigger the motor, the more powerful the engine. VROOM! VROOM!
Comment by MIke — November 27, 2007 @ 3:04 am
exactly.
Comment by Kathleen — November 27, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Actually, even in western European cultures and the U.S., a man having a larger head was considered more attractive and masculine than one having a smaller, longer, oval-faced one, which was considered effeminate. It really wasn’t until the gender-bending 1970s followed by the marketing-driven 1980s that men having smaller heads suddenly became vogue. Just look at older movie stars and advertisements to see how the proportions today are different.
Comment by Gasfarty — November 30, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
You guys I have a big head too. It really depresses me, I used to care so much about life now, but then again I constantly cared about how I looked too. When someone told me I had a big head, it really made me upset. I looked in the mirror, and my head does look a little bigger than my body. The thing is I’m short about 5’6, I can’t just gain weight I’ll look stubby, same thing goes with building muscle. I can get cut but that wont’ really fill out the propotionate standard for my big head. It’s about 22.5 – 23 inches. I’m gonna try and grow out my hair, which will probably make it look bigger, but do you guys have any suggestions?
Comment by Jo — December 2, 2007 @ 6:45 am
Hey this is zach.
I’m currently a senior in high shool (18 years of age) with roughly a 23 inch head.
I am about 6’1 with a relatively skinny body.
When i was young, my friends always said that, “my head wasn’t huge, yet it was just disproportional to the rest of my (skinny) body. I had a shaved head which displayed my rather large head. It forced me to grow out my hair, and only a few people mentioned my large head within the past four years.
However, i am beginning to gain weight and I wanted to know when the head usually stops growing.
I would be satisfied with my head/body now if it stops growing.
Thank you and this site actaully really helped my self-esteem
Comment by zach — December 4, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
when does the head stop growing?
Comment by zach — December 4, 2007 @ 7:10 pm
I’ve been reading all this post and I decided to make you all feel better, posting my measures, too:
I’m 1,70 meters tall, 60Kg (about 125lbs) – really skinny! – and my head is 22cm tall and 57 cm circumference! 57 cm circumference when I’m really skinny! I look like the Alien, without Sigourney!
So, when I see people who are taller and heavier than me and with smallwe heads than mine, complaining, e feel REALLY ANGRY!
Next time you think you’re head is big think “WOW! MY HEAD COULD BE A LOOOOOOOOT BIGGER!” instead!
Because of my stupid head I have the worst self-esteem in the world!
Comment by Peter — December 5, 2007 @ 10:10 am
What is the average length of the human head?
Comment by jason — December 6, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
greetings from wisconsin. i’m shorter than 6′ and relatively thin. my head (bald) is 22 3/4″ in circumference. i had a relatively thick head of hair until i shaved last night. i decided to embrace the size of my head rather than hide behind hair that may or may not be around forever anyway. i think many of us are probably obsessing. shouldn’t we just forget about it? many of these comments helped me for various reasons. i appreciate reading other people’s measurements because it makes me feel average. so many of us are miserable because we have 23 or 24″ heads. but then, there are so many of us! doesn’t that make us about average in some way? how many people are measuring their heads without hair? some websites have indicated that a 23″ head circumference is about average. that puts some of us BELOW average! we’re kidding ourselves. further, we’re bothering our brains with things we can’t change. though i appreciate this opportunity to share concerns with other people. it feels good to vent a bit, no?
Comment by bob zimmerman — December 10, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
Do some of you guys get called “big head” in the street? I just called that name last night. Im still hurting
Comment by jason — December 12, 2007 @ 7:21 am
i’ve rarely been insulted though people have joked around. i think the important thing for all of us who visit this message board to remember is that there are probably similar message boards with similar concerns from people with big mouths, big noses, narrow eyes, small heads, big ears, and so on. i asked my better half if she’d mind it if i shaved my head. she said “why would i mind?” and i said “well, my head’s sorta big. does that bother you?” she laughed and said “i wish it was bigger.” and while i know she doesn’t really mean that i guess the point is to be happy with who we are because there’s really nothing we can do about any of this. has anyone felt truly limited in life by the size of their head? what sorts of problems have we encountered (aside from potentially not fitting into many hats)? it’s a shame to be insulted for anything but, then, i choose to use those opportunities to expose that person’s lack of respect. ask them “what does it matter?” or, quite simply, “what’s normal?”
Comment by bob zimmerman — December 13, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Im a guy with a head circumference of 21.5 inches, and after reading all of this i feel like a freak with a small head. Worst thing is i have very wide shoulders and a longish neck. Im very good looking and of shortish height, but ive always had a thing about my small head size even though theres some people with heads that are only 16 – 17 inches round in this world. Whenever im in public in front of a mirror i see myself as having a pinhead on a massive body. Yet funnily some people say i have a big head, which i cant see myself. So quit complaining guys! if only you knew how i felt having a head just under a couple of inches smaller than guys on here that think their heads are massive, youd think youreself lucky. What you see is how you feel, so cheer up!
Im also very clever so it has nothing to do with head size, i have a friend who has a large head, must be about 25 inches round, yet hes so dumb its unbelievable. Look at kid rocks head, its amazingly small lol you guys are all lucky having heads of these sizes.
Comment by Jack — December 20, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
If you all feel bad, consider this: My head is 26.565 inches around, and i am only 5ft 2. My ex-wife used to call me ‘el blimpo’, before she cheated on me with our pet wallaby. Everyone i love hates me. Everyone i hate throws things at me. Everyone i throw things at makes fun of my head.
Fin.
Comment by Harry Huge-Head — December 21, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
Hi, I really understand your problem. I have the same and I have this problem on my mind all day. I´m not comfortable when I´m among people, because I always feel depressed and ugly.
So my head si 22,4inch, in fact according to statistics it is quite average. But my head si too wide. I have 6,5inch head width and looks really huge. And my body is also far below average. I´m only 5,6ft tall, have 119lbs, my shoulders are only 15,8inch wide.
Here you hafe some sources for your measurements
http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section03.htm
Bye
Comment by Peter — December 29, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
To Peter
Do you mean you the width of your head is 6.5 inches or the width of your FACE is 6.5? Because a 6.5 inches, when looking at the those stats, seem to be on the normal side……….
Comment by jason — December 31, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
levkos head looks normal to me you must be suffering from mental problems i cant see anything wrong with it.
Comment by Jimmy — January 1, 2008 @ 8:58 am
On daily basis, whenever I walk in or out of Building (Work), this jerk will call other people over so they can look at me. I guess, my head. I wish he would say something, this way I would have a green light to go crazy on him. Bare in mind, he is been doing for over a year. How would you handle a jerk like him.
Comment by Jim — January 6, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
Anyone know if hair works better on a big head rather than having it like a buzz cut or something. What about medium type of hair? Would it make it look bigger? This is sad
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Comment by Jo — January 7, 2008 @ 1:44 am
I”m sorry jack, but I would kill to have your head size!
Comment by Jo — January 7, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
Believe me, all of you, that you can’t be feeling more miserable than I am. I’m only 5’6″ (DON’T you people dare saying things like “I’m only 6’1″, ’cause I would kill to be that tall), really skinny, and my face is 9 inches long and my head has a circumference of 22,5 inches.
BUT IT’S NOT OVER YET! The cherry in the top the (HUGE) cake is that I also have plagiocephaly. In other words, if I use long hair my head seems even bigger (and believe me, it’s BIG!), if I use it shorter the plagiocephaly gets more noticeable. If you look at me from the right side, you’ll find it different from the left one.
I don’t know if you know what it’s like to be hating your head 24 hours a day, and have the worst self-esteem in the world
I would LOVE to see at least one person with the same problem, ’cause when I’m in the street I can only find beautiful and perfectly small and symmetric heads.
And I would also love to talk to somebody who has the same problem and feels like me, too.
Why isn’t this treatable?! It’s just not fair!
Life is deffinitely a bitch.
Comment by Peter — January 9, 2008 @ 11:28 am
Hey Peter
Do you have a 9 inch face or head? Because a 9 inch head, from what Ive read, is pretty common………..
Comment by jason — January 9, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
peter I’m 5’6 too. I know how it feels…I feel ugly. I swear that’s all I do now is look at other people’s heads…any one I meet, I size up their head. Life is definately unfair. They have surgery for everything except a big head. ugh. I think it’s worse when you are short AND skinny. We are in the same boat. what is plagiocephaly…My head does look different from one side than the other…I don’t think I have plagiocephaly unless someone didn’t tell me something lol.
Comment by Jo — January 10, 2008 @ 3:53 am
Peter. I can can totally relate to you on so many different levels. It really does make you feel horrible deep down inside. I too had a bunch of dreams to become a musician. I can’t dare see myself up there anymore because of the fact all eyes are fixed on me and my image. I’m very talented. Let alone we are in a world that is fixed on an ideal image. If you don’t fit the exact proportions, then you gotta problem. It sucks that mostly everything can be fixed (nose, ears, lips) Not a big head, forehead, eyes being far apart or too close. It’s depressing. I envy small headed people that have a more proportionate look to their body. My head measures 22.75 inches on a 5’6 frame. I do have wide shoulders tho, but it doesn’t make a difference from the side. I’m trying to put on some weight, but being that i’m short I don’t want to look stubby. I want to grow my hair to cover the flaws of my head, but i don’t think short people with medium-long hair look good. Our options are not very wide. It’s a cruel world. Especially in this world of vanity.
Comment by Jo — January 10, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
I know what most of you feel. I have a 24 1/4″ head, 10″ long face. Thank god I weight 235lbs also have huge hands, feet and my legs measure 24 1/4″ as well. Even though I seem proportioned, I notice that for the most part every one else has about a 19 to 22″ head, which makes me above average. I went to a cranium specialist because of this matter and the doctor told me it is my genes and that even though I have a larger head then most, it was normal. I think I need to focus in other things on life because it is very short. I hope you all do the same .
Comment by JJFAT — January 11, 2008 @ 11:50 am
I know what most of you feel. I am 5′ 11″ have a 24 1/4″ head, 10″ long face. Thank god I weight 235lbs also have huge hands, feet and my legs measure 24 1/4″ as well. Even though I seem proportioned, I notice that for the most part every one else has about a 19 to 22″ head, which makes me above average. I went to a cranium specialist because of this matter and the doctor told me it is my genes and that even though I have a larger head then most, it was normal. I think I need to focus in other things on life because it is very short. I hope you all do the same .
Comment by JJFAT — January 11, 2008 @ 11:51 am
To focus on other things is hard when people make your life miserable about something you can’t change like the size of your head.
Comment by Jo — January 13, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
For those of you who feel living in the States is quite distressing and depressing due to people’s tendency to judge others solely by their look then I’d suggest you guys to plan on living in islamic country like UAE, Saudi Arabia or some Asian countries. They won’t care about physical traits, like head size, color, or anything and they respect people equally due to their religious practice. Ask black people who have been to Saudi Arabia and they will say that they have never been discriminated or teased for being dark unlike in america..
The media won’t stop here, the false information that they’re trying to send, so as the community of so-called normal people who live in the world of vain.. period..
Comment by large cranium — January 20, 2008 @ 3:58 am
Hey. Guess how I found this, google search: something along the lines of “big head” haha.
Well what can we do, other than get really short haircuts and take roids to be huge gym bullies.
Comment by bigger — January 27, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
i cant help but read everyone’s comments, i know i’m extremely late on this issue but i’m not only am i asian (i heard someone making comments that asians are usually smaller, they usually are – unlucky me), and i am also female. i am only 5’1 and i have a 21.5 inch head. and there are some people up here complaining for having friggin 23 inch heads on 6 foot frames!! what i would give to have that kind of proportion.
i always look in the mirror and i think it makes me look short and stout. i guess the reason why not many people have noticed is because of my broader shoulders (which too is a horrible thing for an short asian girl to have).
i hate my head i would bash it up with two trash can lids if it could only make it smaller. i can never tie my hair up because it emphasizes my huge head for my body, and i can never have short hair
. and the sad thing is it also makes my neck look short.
everything is horrible! aahhhh!!!!!
Comment by unproportional head — February 12, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
Hi “unproportional head”.
I’m on the same boat. Well, unfortunatly my boat is worse. Though I’m taller than you – 5’6″ (and I’m short, still) – my head is bigger than yours, too: 22,5.
And think this way: at least you don’t have plagiocephaly. I do :S
and besides that I’ve got more unproportional body parts: my legs. I have friends who have exactly the same height as me but have longer legs, while I have a longer torso. It looks like my legs are underdeveloped (that’s probably due to all those years without exercising, between 9 and 18).
If you’re not happy with the way you look you should visit http://www.bddcentral.com and join the forum. People there are very kind, since they all know what it’s like to be unhappy with our looks. Most of them don’t really have the flaws they see, it’s just the bdd (Body Dismorphic Disorder) talking (sadly it’s not my case. I do have the flaws), but in the end it seems like we’re on the same boat.
Take care.
Comment by Peter — February 17, 2008 @ 7:27 am
Hi “unproportional head”.
I’m on the same boat. Well, unfortunatly my boat is worse. Though I’m taller than you – 5’6″ (and I’m short, still) – my head is bigger than yours, too: 22,5.
And think this way: at least you don’t have plagiocephaly. I do :S
and besides that I’ve got more unproportional body parts: my legs. I have friends who have exactly the same height as me but have longer legs, while I have a longer torso. It looks like my legs are underdeveloped (that’s probably due to all those years without exercising, between 9 and 18).
If you’re not happy with the way you look you should visit http://www.bddcentral.com and join the forum. People there are very kind, since they all know what it’s like to be unhappy with our looks. Most of them don’t really have the flaws they see, it’s just the bdd (Body Dismorphic Disorder) talking (sadly it’s not my case. I do have the flaws), but in the end it seems like we’re on the same boat.
Take care and good luck.
Comment by Peter — February 17, 2008 @ 7:29 am
I’m a female teen, 5’2 and my head is 22.5 inches in circumference. I absolutely hate it, my younger sister is fortunate enough to have a small head but I have no idea what went wrong with me. I guess somewhere in the whole cell division and DNA replication process (or whatever it is..science is not my forte), God decided to screw me over. People say I’m quite attractive but I disagree completely. I can’t help but fantasise how having a small head would enhance my appearance enormously. After all, smaller heads are more attractive from most people’s perspectives and it also elongates your body, making you look taller.
I’ve considered jaw reduction surgery and leg surgery for an increase in height via the Ilizarov Technique, in order to make things look more ‘normal’ but it’s just too risky, costly and unrealistic. I wish I could feel better about this whole situation. I think us people have it bad..people with crooked or hook noses, people with a small chest, people with small eyes, people with excess fat, people with acne..they can all have their issues addressed through means of exercise, surgery, a nutritious diet or beauty products! We can’t! And having to face and accept that truth makes it all the more difficult to deal with..
Comment by sigh — February 17, 2008 @ 8:27 pm
My social life is absolute crap. I’m sixteen going on seventeen and I haven’t lived life like a normal teenager should thanks to my flawed appearance. I’ve read most of the comments above and I find it strange how people are complaining about having a big head when their head circumference is similar to mine and they’re about 1.8m (6 foot) in height! I would love to be 10-15cm taller!
I can’t do much about it. I have long hair. I’m a girl..I can’t bulk up or shave my head or whatever. All I can do is wear heels to make myself look taller. Just like ‘unproportional head’, I too think having a big head makes me look short and stout. It creates the illusion of a shorter neck too. Arghh, there are a myriad of disadvantages and I don’t want to continue listing them because I’m already beginning to feel profoundly depressed.
I should probably mention that I’m also rather slim; about 45kgs (100lbs) and consequently, look like a walking and talking lollipop… I frequently get the urge to just smash my head against a wall in hope that it would somehow decrease my skull size. I can’t date guys who have smaller heads than me because that wouldn’t look right and it’s just embarrassing..I have to take care when choosing outfits to wear and I can never tie my hair up in public. I really hate myself..
Comment by sigh — February 19, 2008 @ 9:40 pm
Oh “sigh”! I totally know what you mean. It’s true that our head has the same circumference and I am taller that you (but not that much, I’m 5’6″) but at least you don’t have plagiocephaly. So we’re exactly on the same boat, you have one problem and I have another.
And the lollipop is true. I feel tha same. I don’t have the urge to smash my head against a wall, but I often imagine a giant razor cutting it off!
And it’s so unfair that all those bastards can correct their flaws (body fat, big nose, etc) while we can’t!
I don’t have any brother or sister, but it really upsets that my mother has a small head and my dad has one as big as mine. Why the hell did I have to get the bad genes??? A could have a perfectly small head like my mother’s!
It’s so frustrating to see every single person with small heads – and even worse: plagiocephaly-free heads – while I’m stuck with this huge deformed skull!!!
Comment by Peter — February 21, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
You guys ever look at it like maybe your body is too small compared to the average size of your 22.5 – 23 inch head?
It is pretty average and more photogenic. You don’t want to be a pin head.
Screw the people who say you have a big head. You maybe unproportionate, but I’m sure you can point out the flaws in someone else. The chances of them actually taking the initiative to fix it are slim, unless they are loaded with money.
Just relax and enjoy life. There’s so much more to worry about than this stupidness.
I mean if I could change it I would, but it’s not changeable.
When you really think about it – who actually looks at someone and says “You have a beautiful shaped head?” or “Man, did you see her head? That’s hot.”
Get real, yeah it looks ocky but no one REALLY cares about it. It’s just one of those things that are like common flaw. Once you get to know someone for who they really are, everything else usually fades.
So you might get it pointed out in an argument, or maybe just for jokes, but you shouldn’t take life so seriously. Learn to laugh at yourself!! Cuz in the end that’s all your going to be…YOURSELF.
Oh well.
Feel better guys.
Comment by FloridaBoy — February 24, 2008 @ 6:17 am
I just thought of something.. for all the insults I heard growing up.. the one person I never heard anything from is my barber… go figure..
Comment by Thomas D. — March 1, 2008 @ 2:05 am
maybe a big head is more photogenic because it takes up 50% of the picture.
Comment by sigh — March 14, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
Man, I finally had the guts to search this prob up on the web. Ok, I also have a proportionately large head. Ever since i was young, everyone would make fun of me. Till now, in grade 10. Well, really now, people are more mature to keep their thoughts to themselves, but its obvious. The thing is, as paul said, its all proportional. Maybe if i spent time working out, my bigger body would match my had. Is that what I should do? Does it work?
Comment by Ali — March 15, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
I’m having a laugh at you guys and that’s not because you have large heads, but because you are making a big deal out of it.
I have a pretty large head myself but it doesn’t bother me at all. I’m just about 6’1″ and my head circumference is 22 and a half, but it ceased to be a problem for me long time ago. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, more noticably Jake Gyllehaal – they all have big heads too, but so what? Does that make them ugly? Ask the girls around, doubt any of them would say so. At the end of the day the difference in circumference between a small head and what you call a large head is minor, you can work it out in a few months.
I grew curly blonde hair (that helps a lot, because it’s hair that draws attention and not the head size), worked out a bit, bought some fancy clothes and created my own style. Combined with my rather good sense of humour it gets me a bit of attention from the girls. I may not be conventionally handsome but I don’t regret that, why would I? I’m different than anyone else, that draws attention – look at Adrien Brody, he isn’t like all those models yet he gets the girls. Same goes for Andy Samberg, who’s teens choice, he could sit down and be sorry for himself, but why would he?
That doesn’t help. You can spend all your life worrying about things you cannot affect in any way, or you can let them be and I guarantee that it will work out pretty fine.
What’s the funniest about it is that you worry about it, and when you go out, you rarely notice people’s head sizes. Some of them may be bigger than yours but you still don’t see it… Well, that’s because head sizes isn’t something that would draw anyone’s attention THAT much.
Comment by teriyaki — March 23, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
Hey Peeps i have a big head measuring 22″, i thankfully feel relieved that its not any bigger but im 16 so it could grow, doubt it though because its normally just your facial features that change, get wrinkles etc.
Anyway i actually think that bigger heads look better in the long run, don’t you agree?
I don’t like my head because, it hasn’t got a round shape to it, it is rather flat at the back.
I was wondering do people actually bother about head size deep down + i always see the guys with the larger head with the better women.
I have have been tormented a few times, which hit me like a bus, and makes me constantly paranoid. At school, people say move your big head, it gets me but i also notice they say it to mostly everyone even if their head is normal. My head looks square ish and if i have my hair long i get occasionally called box head. Yeah id like to have some shape at the back but the people that call me it also have different head shapes. Like one guy calls me it, so i call him potato, but hes a good mate. So if people who are your friends say this, they don’t actually mean it in a nasty way, just a jokily friendly way, sometimes it can get to your heart but just forget about it and live your life.
When, i get tormented i usually make a comeback. One guy said to me in a maths lesson, Tom “have you ever noticed how big your head actually is” it hurt me yeah but i turned round, and said “have you ever noticed how big your lips are” and he actually replied yes i have. So this means he must feel insecure about his feature.
From this i learn t that if people harass you, then you should find something on their bodily features that isn’t perfect, Because lets face it nobodies perfect??
Everybody feels insecure about something at some point, its just self conscious playing on you.
Maybe we have above the average heads but if you become a popular person, people will respect you,
My nick name is BURGER BOY, Baps i bin called any name you can think of, i take them all as jokes and laugh along with them, then fire one back at them, but i know why these jokes come upon me because they see im quiete,
Ive never had a girlfriend, this is a real downer because i think if i got a girlfriend it would be a real confidence builder, and would boost my self image alot.
I dont mean to rattle on about this but it makes me feel much better,
I Really just need to know if people in the outside world actually bother about headsizes so much.
I also know this guy at my skool, and he is really skinny with a big head, i think its just his hair, my mate said he has a massive head, cos i was talking about him being crap bein the goalie, i dont think he would of said that if my head was as big as him but i dunno.??
Is 22″ really big at all to be honest, i know the 25″ is bigger but why do i still feel 22″ is big??
can i see some images of headsizes range from 22″ to 25″ please to see if mine is bigger, but i guess its harder by pics to tell.
God bless you all, i may take tme to produce a website for comfort, maybe provide a social networking site for people like us?? who are basically reaped of their confidence by fucking assholes.
Comment by Tom — April 5, 2008 @ 7:17 am
It’s interesting that people have and do made fun off my head. Sometimes people would say “why the long face” and it didn’t bother me when I was younger but now that I’m in highschool, it does. People have told me that I have a big nose (even one of my teacher made a remark about my nose) or comment about my height. And most of this comments came from a fat boy and girl who were mexicans. People still sometimes do make remarks but it has started to lessen ever since I started to work-out. I have a six-pack, i’m ripped, with big muscular chest. Now there’s a kid who says I have “big tiddies”. It’s interesting what people will say when their jealous. Just be happy with what God gave you. So the point is that someone will always criticize you. If your good looking they’ll say you have a horrible personality, if your buff your to buff. If your smart theyll say you look like a nerd and so on. There will always be jealous people to criticize you.
Comment by Michael Paxton — April 6, 2008 @ 10:18 pm
HAHA
This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a while! I almost pee myself after reading about your head making people urinate because of the extra weight.
BTW, I also have a huge, watermelon head. And a small framed body. We should make a club. Of course our heads probably wouldn’t fit…
Comment by Nessa — April 15, 2008 @ 8:07 am
I came across this forum while doing a search for big headed hats. My head is 25 inches around, and about 10 inches from the bottom of my chin to the top of my head. I’m also 6 feet tall/220 lbs. After reading some of the comments here I think I probably have one of the bigger heads on this board. Like most of you I’m very self conscious about it. I’ve been made fun of pretty much my whole life, less now then I was a kid but I still hear remarks from supposed “adults” from time to time.
You know what though? We can’t let it bother us. There is nothing we can do to change the size of our heads. All we can do is try to enjoy our lives and make the most of it without letting our “melons” get in the way. Look at celebrities like Conan O’Brien, Jay Leno and Rosie O’Donnell. Their heads are huge, but did they let that stop them?
Comment by Tom — April 20, 2008 @ 12:14 am
Hi, I am 30 and also suffer from the same large 24″ cranium. For years I have been paranoid about people making fun of me as at 16 I was 6 foot 1 and 135 lbs. What I have attempted to do to offset this is working out alot. I managed to gain 50 lbs of muscle to offset my huge head. oddly enough though I have never had a problem attracting girls and am strangely attracted to girls with large craniums as I find it sexy now. This site has really helped me to realize that I am not alone in my big headedness!!! Thank You
Comment by Dave M — April 25, 2008 @ 6:13 am
What an amazing site. If there’d only been something like this when I wasa a teenager I’m now in my early 40s and have struggled with the problem since I was about 13 or 14 (like a lot of people on here) and I got the first comments.
I tried everything to minimalise it…usually very short hair which now I realise might have in reality compounded the problem. baggy or loads of layers of clothes to try and make my body size match my head (I was quite slim)…I got sick of people asking why I still had an extrra layer on in Summer…I’d have never have told them why. In fact I’ve never dared mention my heads size to anyone in all these years.
I think it lead to paranoia when I sometimes just heard a word with the “eh” sound in “head” being used somewhere and thought they were saying “head” and talking about me!
A word of encouragement for all the teenagers on here wondering how theyre gonna cope..I think late teens/early 20s before you start to fill out are the worse times and as you get older things will get better. To be honest over the years I’ve had very attractive women take a fancy to me which still amazes me when I think of my head but maybe that just shows how we blow it all out of proportion (forgive the pun) and it’s not quite as all important as we think.
Comment by Jimmy A — April 28, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
You guys have no idea how INCREDIBLY depressed this makes me feel.
It’s the only thing I think about every day when I wake up until I go to bed. It affects my job, my social life, and love life. I feel so inadequate when I’m around other ppl and their small heads. I feel like some kind of freak who doesn’t fit in. Especially from the side. I stand at 5’6″ with a 22.5 inch cranium. I can’t stand it. I think about dying all the time…it’s very depressing because it doesn’t look sexy.
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I hate being depressed because it makes me sleepy and I just want to sleep and just rot because i’m big ass head..I want to cry right now lol.
Any advice on how to cope? I know ppl don’t like ppl with big heads. No one likes a big head.
Comment by anon — May 23, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Hi Anon. when I read your comment I saw myself in your shoes. That is precisely what is happening with me every single day. I think I have an enormous head and face! That is despite my 194 cm and 117 kg of weight, believe me! I have contacted a surgeon because my facial muscles are so large that make me appear 200 kg! I contacted also some surgeons over the web and they have been saying that I would not benefit from a surgery.
Im ashamed to gather and mingle with people. I feel realy embarassed! It affects all the spheres of my life, including the spititual. Some call me a “big guy”, which I may be as well, but I have already heard some pleople commenting on the largeness of my head. Day after day I do not see the joy of live and nice music or beautiful landscapes make me just cry from inside, instead of enjoying.
One thing I’ve however noticed is that people do not necessarily ostracize me on that basis and I had invitations from even good looking woman to go out. Apparently in this situation the problem lies more with us than with other parties. We are much more tolerant with others imperfections than with ours, that has been my conclusion. Those facts help a bit but do not necessarily make me ok. Other fact is that what we look as completely undesirable may be looked by others as something a bit sexy, believe me. So there’s still a lot to enjoy, lets think of it.
Comment by N Nora — May 25, 2008 @ 5:38 am
How tall are you N Nora?
Comment by anon — May 26, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
1.95 M, with shoes. I’ve just measured the circumference of my head and came to about 68 cm!
Comment by N Nora — May 27, 2008 @ 3:40 am
ur tall though…ur head fits your body *sigh*
Comment by anon — May 27, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
anon, i have a 22.5 inch cranium but i’m 4 inches shorter than you. sigh. it’s bad for the both of us.
Comment by .... — May 28, 2008 @ 3:03 am
anyone got photos? lol.
Comment by anon — May 30, 2008 @ 8:16 am
are you female …..?
Comment by anon — June 2, 2008 @ 5:58 am
Is there any possiblility that big heads can be good looking or anyways to endulge sexyness to appeal to men or women vice versa
what can you do to immitate a smaller head
and how do you actually know if your heads big, because people say things when they dont really have a clue what they are talking about
I think my head is the biggest ive seen……… and mine is 22.5 inch Could anybody post pics or send um to me at supertry@hotmail.co.uk , all ppl who have showed pics look in proportion and you cannot really notice their heads unless you stare for hours which i did not do lmao
Comment by Nameless — June 2, 2008 @ 9:03 am
i just measured my head and the tape read 26.5″. i think i could be in the guiness book of world records.. everyone has always told me i have the biggets head in the world.. :-/ oh well.. i still get girls and get laid, so i could really care less about being called “big head”
Comment by david stewart — June 3, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
Btw big heads look sexy on women
Comment by Nameless — June 4, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
It doesn’t bother you david? How did you come across this site?
Comment by anon — June 5, 2008 @ 9:30 am
I am sure it will bother any one, but are you going to live with it forever? I have my days, specially when the public reminds me. Nevertheless, I have awsome days where my huge mellon does not come to mind. Oh yes, I am popular with the chicks.
Comment by jjfat — June 5, 2008 @ 12:43 pm
Jjfat, You are correct. It will not bother us if no one said anything, unfortunately when you have people passing a remark at someone or laughing at you on daily basis, IT BURNS YOU. I came to realize, that the people that make fun of us are mostly uneducated (wise guys) people. Most of the people (educated) they go about their business, the one that have nothing to show in life, have to say something to make them feel superior in life. In reality, they a simple minded. I have a wonder life, wife and family; until I come to work and I have to face this ignored person at work, where I know for a fact that my presents it make him laugh at loud. Now, that is something I can not cotnrol or do anything. I did ask him, what was his problem, but naturaly his response was “I don’t know what are you talking about it”. Sure it makes my day a misearable one……………….
Comment by Jim — June 5, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
I’m sure you guys are tall though right? A bigger head on a taller person is more proportionate than a smaller head and being tall.
Comment by anon — June 5, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
im only 5 feet 8 with 22.5 inch head…? it well bothers me, but im learning to live with it, anon you agirl aint you? no one takes notice of womens head sizes, only the ones that are bitchy … we just got to learn to not let it bother us, no one nows what a perfect species is, what if the perfect specices were to have a bigger head??? then what would them smaller headed people say?? theyd feel that their head would be too small and be depressed about it
Comment by Nameless — June 6, 2008 @ 2:30 am
last time I was made fun of was about a few weeks ago. i was walking in the park as usual and a bunch of low life gangster wannabe made a comment about how big my head is and that I can’t wear a cap/ hat. The fact is that I own caps and helmets that fit me right. I looked at them and kept going, but I realized that they looked butt fucking ugly. So yes, I do have a big head, but they are ugly as hell. No one is perfect. The only way out is to accept yourself and live on. I try to tell my self all the time that I do have a bigger head them most so that it makes me feel normal. BTW 5′ 11″ @ 24.24 head circ. you guy think you have is bad.
Comment by jjfat — June 6, 2008 @ 5:25 am
Man………This is a big topic for me. I’ve been bashed for having a big head since my early days of childhood. I remember constantly in grade school everyone would say “Hey, move your big head out of the way I can’t see the board!” I dreaded sitting at the front of the class & in private I would ask the teacher if she would put me at the back just because of the fact of my huge noggin………….I think mine measures around 22-23 & I stand at about 5’10. I look fine from the front but its just the way my head is shaped that pisses me off. I have a flat ass head it squares off in the back. I’ve been called box/square head many times & if I cut my hair really short its sooo noticeable but if I grow my hair out long it makes my head look even bigger because of my thick ass hair! It’s never really affected my social life I mean I still have a vast amount of friends, I’ve been with many women (no brag)but one mistake I made when I was young was wearing a hat 24/7. I’m 18 now & I still feel the need to put a hat on EVERYTIME I go out in public. It’s like my security blanket because at all times when I’m out I wonder if somone is looking at the back of my dome and saying “Wow what a huge head!” With a fitted cap it completely covers my mishapen head & I feel absolutely comofrtable with it. I have a pretty huge collection of new era fitted baseball caps with the flat brim….its my style but I think I have just about every single new hat out right now LOL…….I do however go out without a hat when I absolutely have to.
This is the first time I’ve ever came out about this…Lately though I dont really give a shit anymore….I have pretty nice hair & have found a stylist to meet my likings.
Honestly all of us need to stop worrying so much about having a big head when there are people out there with FAR worse problems………Missing limbs like an arm or a leg….blind…deff…..handicapped etc etc and we’re over here whining because we have large noggins.
I think most of it is from the past & the comments people have given us have led us to be so paranoid about the whole topic it has haunted us since we were kids & that is really what had a big impact on me.
And to all of you ladies out there with the big heads lets get together =P
Comment by phathead — June 7, 2008 @ 1:04 am
Phat head i have got the same type of problem as you…. when i grow it long it looks square, because my head a the back is a bit flat due to my mum not moving me to my other side when i was a baby,
im looing for some new hairstyles…. anyone got any ideas to make a more shape… and i want it fairly short becos otherwise it looks square.
Comment by Nameless — June 7, 2008 @ 6:03 am
anon, yes i’m female. are you?
5’2 with a 22.5 inch cranium..pretty depressing.
Comment by .... — June 9, 2008 @ 8:46 am
No – I’m not female. I’m a guy. It sucks. Does medium length hair look on good on short guys? If i’m gonna have a big head might as well try and fool them with a lot of hair. lol.
Comment by anon — June 9, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Anon,
Do you live in big city or town
Comment by Jim — June 10, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
yeah, medium length hair can look good on guys who are of average height, as long as it’s styled properly. then again, growing your hair might create the illusion of an even bigger head.
Comment by .... — June 10, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
I live in Miami.
I always hear that it gives the illusion of a bigger head, but I think it’s better than actually seeing the actual massive size of a head with short hair. Hair can give shape to a head. Not everyone looks good with short hair. I think hair makes the face look better.
I want something like brandon boyd, he has a big head, but he’s tall.
Comment by anon — June 11, 2008 @ 6:56 am
By the time you People may have read this, i prolly be no longer alive. It Has come to the stage where i can no longer take the pain of having a big head. The pain is like a disease eating away at every second i live, and i just cant take it any longer.
I feel deeply saddened, but i belive this is the only way out to put myself out of my own misery. I believe there is no hope so i have finaly decided my fait.
I hope you guys will be able to cope with your head sizes, and not fall for my option, i havenever seen someone with a head as big as mine.
It has gotten me down, i feel like it has blocked out all connection with any chance of meeting my love, and i tend to stay in my room most days as i cant go through the hurt of people saying things about my head.
I cannot write anymore as this subject as the pain is burning inside of me, all id like to say, is thank you for this site and, goodluck to you all in your futures, im 16 by th way, and i cannot face anymore of this pain god bless you all and Goodnight, good morning , good afternoon or evening whever you are reading from
Comment by Tom c — June 14, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
i seriously hope the guy above wasn’t being serious.
Comment by .... — June 17, 2008 @ 1:46 am
Hey Tom
I seriously hope that you were joking with your post above or that something happened which changed your mind. Dont let your demons beat you man. Things would get better as you grow older….
Post again here if you want to have a chat
Jack
Comment by Jack — June 17, 2008 @ 11:32 am
It’s mentally disturbing….
Knowing you can’t change something even if you wanted to.
Comment by anon — June 17, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
Jack,
That was very nice and thoughtful of you giving Tom the advice. I’m hoping that he had a bad day and was letting his anger out. All of us do experience rude people (demons) make fun of us, but we need to go on with our lives.
Comment by Jim — June 17, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
I agree with you anon. Nowadays, most imperfections can be ‘fixed’ or altered via plastic surgery and whatnot but this is something that can never be changed. Well, at least not in our lifetime..
Comment by .... — June 17, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
Hey thanks Jack for the advice, but unfortutely im still, contemplating and weighing up the options, of wether or not life is worth living.
, i meen i do, but it has really killed my confidence so much so i dont even go out much anymore.
I know that to put myself out of misery would be letting them “demons” beat me, i know life is too fun to waste but everytime i think about it, it depresses me , how could i stop being so self conscious and learn to live with it?
Is there any like mental excercises i can do =/ I need help because i cant stand feeling like crap all the time. Jack, is ur head bigger than normal too?, what is normal … it confuses me and Jim How the hell do i get on wiv my life
Comment by Tom C — June 18, 2008 @ 1:02 am
Hey, I’m so glad you didn’t go through with it. I’ve thought about it too but it’s just not the right way to go about this.
I’m a female and I’m around your age. My head’s 22-22.5″ in circumference (pretty damn big for a girl) and I’m short in stature so…lol. It’s unbelievably hard to deal with but in the end, you just have to be really strong so you’ll be able to subconsciously ignore stupid comments from other people. Easier said than done though..
Comment by .... — June 18, 2008 @ 4:09 am
you have any pix ….. how tall are you?
Comment by anon — June 18, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
yeah i have pictures but i don’t think i’m comfortable with displaying them for all to see. sorry. i’m 5’2, i mentioned it before.
Comment by .... — June 19, 2008 @ 7:50 am
I too have a large head. Very few hats fit me, my hair looks like it has been placed atop my cranium and I often get puzzled looks from passers by, as I imagine them saying: “jeez, that head is so big it must have its own gravitational pull.”
IT wasn’t until I started being upfront about its size with people, when I found out that I am not the only one with an ample pate. This blog proves it too. I have friends who also have large heads, but manage to carry it off better than I do. We’ve started having measuring contests, and it turns out that I don’t even have the largest head in our friendship group. This new information does have its drawbacks. Now I want to have the largest head and the notoriety and relative fame that comes with being crowned with the title: Big Big Head. For now I’ll have to settle for the title ‘Little Big Head’.
Yours bloggly,
lBH.
Comment by Domski — June 19, 2008 @ 7:59 am
It annoys me that most people who are posting have pretty regular sized heads and wrongfully have low self esteem because of untrue rubbish. I actually do have a massive head, I know this because I’ve heard practically everyone I’ve met in recent years mention it behind my back. If you’ve never heard more than one person say anything about your head then it really isn’t that big. It is a pretty noticable thing believe me! I never realised I had that big a head until I started a new job when I was 21 and I heard people in the office say “he hasn’t half got a big head” which is a phrase I have come to accept as the norm.
What’s brought it back to the forefront again is that I started a new job 5 weeks ago and I’ve heard almost everyone mention it behind my back. I think I even heard someone say they wouldn’t leave the house if they had a head as big as mine. I used to think of myself as normal but now I almost think of myself as a freak. It really gets to me now and then but most of the time I manage to block it out. I really have to be thick skinned and numb to it all. I feel normal until someone whispers behind my back and then I’m back to feeling like a freak again. All that said I would never ever consider suicide as someone previous mentioned, there are lots of good things about life and there are always people worse off than yourself. The size of my head has ruined my life but it’s not the end of the world. To anyone who actually does have a big head, I’m right there with ya buddy.
Comment by Silver — June 19, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
When I was a teenager, it never bothered me. Now all of sudden, it started to affect me. It started, when one of the SOB starter to comment or laugh whenever I was passing by them. I keep saying to myself I guess it is not that bad, specially whenever you see other people that are physically challenged ” handicapped or have illness”, Believe it or not, whenever I visit this site, it makes feel better, that I can share the same grief.
Comment by JL — June 19, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Hey Tom
Glad that you didn’t go ahead with it. Yes I have been called big head by idiots in my life.
To be honest, I too experience the crippling feelings that you are experiencing right now. And I completely understand how you feel. It used to be a lot worst when I was younger, but now that Im a bit older the pain I feel is not so intense.
I have learnt certain tecniques that would distract me from my unwanted situation i.e. like a hobby or something or meeting up with friends. But my insecurities probably would never go and I shouldn’t expect it to go…
But you know that shouldn’t ruin our lives for us. You should just do simple research in the internet and learn for yourself how thousands of people have it a lot worst than we do. Whether they’re completely disabled, completely deformed etc. And these people still try to make something out of their lives.
I think that it would be a slight to their extreme hardships if we don’t take advantages of the gifts that we have i.e. whether it is because of your intelligence (which is a great thing) our friends etc. simply because they would probably give anything to have the body and lives we are living (hard it may be to believe)
Here is my advice to you for the moment: THINK HARD ABOUT THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE AND USE THEM!! Don’t waste your life is the old saying because we may only have one. Read some inspiring books or go to see inspiring films and music Believe me there are a lot of them. Hopefully one day you would realize that the very fact that you are living in this great universe (but not necessarily perfect) of ours is an amazing thing!! When you start to realize how much there is to do in this world then you may start to forget about your insecurities!!
If you want to chat or keep in touch Ill give you my email address….
Jack
Comment by Jack — June 20, 2008 @ 4:05 am
Yeah please do give me your email , it would be nice to know that i could talk if i feel like Rubbish.
i dont mean to be rude or anything and i dont want to be another problem on your list. But id guess it would be nice to know im not the only one feeling lke this. But it seems i am feeling far worse than some other peeps in here, and coping less well.
that goes for anyone
Also Jack, i know you talk about these deformed people worse of than we are, but i feel that we are being categorically matched in with these people, and being looked at as if we belong with them too.
And it hurts me when i see people saying they have big heads when they are quite small. It hurts me because if they think theirs is big when its not whats mine?? No words can describe the pain that you get when you hear someone say that.
I guess ill sop talking now cos im blabbering sorry if i made any mistakes or anything, im having one of those bad days today i am on edge.
Comment by Tom C — June 20, 2008 @ 4:28 am
Silver,
Your life story sounds like mine,keep up the positive attitude.
Regards
Comment by JL — June 20, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
Hey Tom, I have the exact same problem. I am struggling very hard. In my case, Thru my life I had plenty of head injuries and last year I got beaten up bad. I hate looking at the size of my head every day as it reminds me of my major head injuires. Up to this point I am struggling with leaving the house or going to college because I’m afriad to hear people talking about my head. I hear that and my day is messed up. I so much want to kill myself like finding a 4 story building and wanting to jump off head first. As I write this i am very sad and it affects alot of my childhood. I can relate so much of your story. I try to keep myslef busy but it sucks because at the end of the day it boils down to my head.I am struggling so much and fighting to keep my self positive at all times. I force myself to go outside even though I dont want to. I push myself mentally hard to get myself out there. This might suck but I also try to pretend that I am macho even though they give me comments. I give them baaad starress like Im gonna punk them out. I just cant have comments being absorbed like that. I have to WIN somehow. I bought myself a pair of dumbells and working on my body. The days I feel bad. Im am very grateful that I am not alone to have this problem. Sometimes whenI see other people laughing or talking about some indivuals like the specially handicapped children or the abnormal. I choose not to laugh or gossip about it. I find it very rude, I exclude myself away from them. I feel like I understand the real concept of living on earth. When the world ends I hope that God chooses the ones that are innocent. Keep yourself positive and try to have a winning attitude.
Comment by sean — June 20, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
Someone mentioned reduction cranioplasty way up there. Does anyone know much about it?
Comment by .... — June 22, 2008 @ 11:08 pm
Yes, I know about reduction cranioplasty “….” : it’s just not possible. It’s sad, but it seems that we’ll have to learn to live with that. I don’t know if you’re a man or a woman, but workout is a good option. Despite of what people say, not only men look good with muscle, woman look good, too. It may not decrease our head size, but it makes it look more proprotional. Besides that, we can’t be too proud of our head sizes but at least we can be proud of our bodies.
Take care.
Comment by Peter — June 23, 2008 @ 4:15 pm
If you think, you have a problem, look at this man in China.
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Comment by JL — June 23, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
I have a big head, 24inch. However it’s not the size of the head so much which I get comments for, it’s my forehead. My forehead is only a 4 finger head, but somehow in profile it looks to extend to a 7 inch. The problem is it the forehead recedes then it sticks out. Like a large lump in the middle of my forehead pertrudes outwards looking so huge. Now I can have bangs which covers most of it, however that doesnt stop it from being big, and any time my hair is lifted off my forehead you notice it.
For those sad that you have a big head, if your head shape is relatively normal except larger than average; you’re fine. Try work out or gain weight in proportion. To use which have some definite peculiar difference with the head. Well we just have to live with it.
Also this doesn’t prevent women trying to get with me, and my head is freakishly weird. And another thing, I only recieved comments from those whom I was closer too, no-one really comments about it who I dont know. And I get no comments for my head size, just the forehead. Some of you might be a bit insecure and it might be your imagination playing tricks on you with random people making comments.
Comment by Jk — June 25, 2008 @ 9:14 pm
I got a massive head..
Its 23.4 inches all around my head.
I got a really huge forehead its like 5 inches long
And measure my face down to my jaw and its like 7.5 inches long……
Its the worst feeling ever..
Like people have big noses big ears but any of them problems you can get it fixed like plasitc surgery etc it aint a big deal like..
If you got a big head you cant do anything because its your brain and you cant make your brain smaller or you be dead..
The only thing you can take from it is you got a big brain so it means your smarter but that still dont much for me cause im slow ha
Im like 5ft 3 or 5ft 4 in height im not tall atall so big head with small height =serious problems
I hate my forehead the most and i actually got a weird shaped head too so nothing really goes for me..
I was thinking of growing my hair and getting bangs but i think it be stupid
So was looking up on the internet and try to buy really nice beanies (woolies hats…..)
It doesnt help being in the summer i doubt anyone would want to wear a hat
but its defo an option for the winter atleast no one see the size of my forehead……
Does anyone have any ideas to make there head look smaller..
I started the gym monday and im going to keep going for a while so it might make a tiny bit of difference..
But anyways thought i write this message because it might give some people confidence that there is alot people worse off than urself..
People who have a big heads on this are probably tall enough so atleast ye have a few things going for ye…….
Comment by Steo — June 26, 2008 @ 3:27 am
Good to know I’m not the only one who’s experienced what I have JL. I hope you’re able to remain positive too but I must admit I’ve felt worse in the last few hours than I have for years. I’ve been thinking over all the comments I’ve had and situations I’ve been in down the years which has made me feel sorry for myself which I really hate doing. We all have our moments of weakness though don’t we.
I never usually stop to think about it as I keep my mind on other things but this week has been a bad one. Comments I’ve overheard have shattered my confidence and made me quite paranoid. Certain comments in the past click into place and I can’t write them off anymore.
Unfortunately the only way to block out feeling like a ‘freak’ is to live in constant delusion. I don’t know if anyone’s seen the film Memento but I live life kinda like the main character in that. It’s been hard to write this stuff and admit to myself that I probably am a freak. I suppose if I can do that then I can start to fully come to terms with it.
I’m thinking about seeing a shrink so I can get it sorted in my mind and be less sensitive about it. I don’t wanna talk about it with my family as I don’t want them to see me as a victim and I never talk about feeling down because of it. As others mentioned, you can’t change having a big head and you can’t hide it so you’re forced to be thick skinned. Fortunately I have a good family who never mention it which helps me to forget and relax when I’m at home.
It’s very cathartic to get all of this out! I’d recommend anyone reading to try it. I’ve found all the comments from people who actually do have big heads comforting, thank you my fellow big heads, I hope my comment helps you too. I feel a whole lot better than when I clicked on this site earlier.
Comment by Silver — June 27, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
Silver,
For past few years, I was going to see a shrink but I decided against it. The reason being, I’m saying to myself “I’m not crazy”, so why should I see a shrink. If I did see a shrink, my problem would still exist, meaning if some SOB wants to make fun of me, they would continue doing so. For me, the best therapy is this site. PS. If my friends or family member called me a Big Head, it will never bother me, because they not saying to hurt me, they are only saying to joke and I know they love me. If stranger says it they intend is to hurt you. No one really has a guts to tell me, specialy in the workplace, they may whisper between each other, but not to my face, if they, I would speak my mind…….
Comment by JL — July 1, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
A shrink wouldn’t be able to help shrink my head lol. But I think they would help me remain positive and get a winning outlook on life. Whenever I’m tired and I hear people whispering it really gets to me. I guess lack of sleep makes me more mentally vulnerable. I need a state of mind where I’m bulletproof against the behind the back sniping. I don’t want it to hold me back. I know I’m pretty good at remaining positive as many people get depressed over much less, I just don’t wanna be defined by my big head!
What I find about it is that if you act confident people will treat you normally but if you’re quiet people wonder why. Then they see you have a big head and suddenly the whispers start. People have their own insecurities and they want to make bonds with people by sticking together and picking faults in others. I’ve done it myself, but these days I don’t want to be hypocritical.
A problem I have is…when I meet someone new, I get on great with them and then somewhere down the line I’ll probably hear them talking about my head. Do I accept this as something everyone will say and forgive them and move on or do I write them off as someone I shouldn’t waste my time with? It makes it pretty hard for me to be bothered with meeting new people in the knowledge I’ll have to get through that problem.
Oh and regarding height and head size people have been banging on about, it makes no difference. I’m 6 foot 3 but a big head is a big head at the end of the day.
Comment by Silver — July 2, 2008 @ 8:15 am
height certainly makes a difference. i’m over a foot shorter than you and i would kill to be 3-4 inches taller, no…make that two. two measly inches..what’s that? five centimetres? height can determine whether your head looks proportionate to the rest of your body or not. as they say, the length of your face/head should be about 1/6-1/8 of your height for things to supposedly look right. the bigger your head is, the shorter and stumpier you look. don’t say that height doesn’t matter when it is blatantly obvious it does. a head needs to be proportionate with one’s frame and height.
Comment by .... — July 4, 2008 @ 11:21 am
It’s not as simple as how tall you are, unless it’s just that you have a long face. In which case I accept that for you it would make you more in proportion. Still, essentially it would be just as long. For a head to be really noticabley big it is both wide and long. Height alone doesn’t help me, I guess I could do with my body being broader, my body’s long but not so wide.
Comment by Silver — July 5, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
then bulk up. any male can do so with a nutritious and protein-rich diet, appropriate lifestyle and strict exercise regime. i suppose it’s kind of impractical to dedicate a huge amount of time to that though. you could try swimming, swimming regularly usually helps to broaden shoulders.
Comment by .... — July 7, 2008 @ 3:23 am
God, finally a forum where I can express myself! lmao. No but seriously. I have a huge head too. 22.5 inches in circumference, 8 inches long. I’m only 5’6 149 lbs. Good part is I have wide shoulders and upper body muscles. Bad part is I’m in highschool. Around my friends we joke about how my head is big. It doesn’t really affect me. But boy, when a stranger comments/laughs behind my back it really affects me. I’m in the verge of tears and I’m A GUY!!!!! At first I’m scared to talk to girls because I’m afraid they’ll think I’m unattractive because of my head. But once I start talking to them I don’t have a problem. But I’m still sooooooo self conscious when I go to the theather/partys etc. I fear that people might laugh or comment me about my head.
About my hair. Any one got any tips? Right now I’m rocking a ceaser haircut. Any help would be appreciated.
Comment by Anoymous — July 7, 2008 @ 3:53 am
I have started to see that my head is not insanely big no more, ts now that shape that is getting me more, it is squarish, flat at the back and my face is quite flat,
But i have found there is surgery i can get for this, i may consider.
I want to know for having a deformed Biggish head will anyone ever be attracted to me?
I worry about this…. I also i juyst begining to look for a part time job, but my self esteem is low and i keep thinking i wont get a job because of my head size and shape !! Hmm HELP PLZ ARGHH!
If u want me to send pics just ask becos ur not alone
Comment by Tom C — July 8, 2008 @ 9:37 am
I dunno man, I’d need to be on the steroids to make enough of a difference to the width of my body! I’m by no means skinny and I have a bit of muscle.
Comment by Silver — July 8, 2008 @ 10:58 am
I Take my Comment back i mean ill send pics but i think i was having a good day then, I hate my head size and shape, it makes me wanna kill myself !! ARGHH!!! it is so stressful!!!
Comment by Tom C — July 10, 2008 @ 8:54 am
- silver,
whatever you do, stay far, far away from steroids. girls and women do not find that shit attractive.
if you don’t mind me asking, what is your head circumference?
Comment by .... — July 10, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
its like 22 and a bit inches , what about you? my head sucks tho cos it goes flat at back, otherwise i wouldnt be bothered much.
I dunno wether to get surgery cos im 16 and surgery on my skull might give me brain damage if surgery goes wrong.
Also if you take a pic of yourself do you think your head looks big,? n if camera is close up does that make your head look bigger anyway?
Comment by Tom C — July 11, 2008 @ 1:50 am
Mine is 22.5 inches too and I’m female. AND only 5’2. Think how that must look…
Thank God for 4 inch heels.
Anyway, taking pictures close up will generally make your head/face look bigger. My head looks normal in some pictures, and others, not so normal.
Comment by .... — July 12, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
a site i can express my feelingsss
i never knew about this , great . anyway im 14 with quite a big head :\ im about 6ft and not too skinny but in betweeen. im very self concious about my head i hate it !!! ive been wearing a cap for like 2 years :\ and cutting my own hair its a mess because i think it makes it look smaller but i have to wear a cap because people would comment on my hair but i think i deal with it quite well. 
. . and does anybody know about .. surgery or something you can get done ? please answer back . but my life is ok except from that i have alot of friends and a girlfriend and she is very pretty =) i realise now im not alone and theres way way more people than i imagined out there with the same problem as me. 
. . i feel better now ive said that stuff
anyway bye guys..
Comment by Neil Ryan — July 15, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
there isnt no surgery for size only shape , called cranioplasty i was thinking about getting it for my square shaped head but i cant stand the thought of using other bone in your body, like your ribs hip etc.
If oyu have a normal shaped head but just big, it isnt noticeble, its only when its abnormal like mine people start to notice.
flat spots on the back of the head suck, most of you are lucky, for a nice shape.
Have you got a pic cos im 16? and im proper self consious, you say you have a big head how big get a tape n measure please
Comment by Tom C — July 16, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
Paul:
Your post was sent to me by my “friends” with whom I shared a traumatic childhood experience related to my big melon. There was an abandoned house and the only way to get into this one room was to squeeze between two wall studs. Well…everybody in town could fit between the two boards except for me. My melon could not pass. After many splinters in my cheeks and ears I gave up. Alas, this theme has continued into adulthood through telling experiences with eyeglass frames and various medical devices that were too small to accommodate my freakishly large skull. One benefit I can glean from all this is that I have strong neck muscles.
Comment by Floyd — July 29, 2008 @ 8:31 am
I think we should all meet in a large head convention. I think it would be better so we can compare all our heads and meet each other. Is anyone interested in organizing one?
Comment by Jon — July 29, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
When I graduated from High School they had to measure our heads for our graduation caps. Well my head was the biggest in the class and they couldn’t even find a cap to fit me…….I pinned a smaller one on but it was so embarassing. All well……life goes on that was 30 years ago…….there isn’t anything you can do about it so love the head you got!!!!
Comment by Ellen — July 30, 2008 @ 6:40 am
Man!! This is crazy! I never thought I would find *anything* on people with big heads. I, too, have a VERY LARGE head. I had no idea until I transferred schools my senior year. I heard someone say: “Hey! Look at that big-head girl!” And it was like a slap in my face!! I just never thought about the size of my head or that anyone would care if it was big or not! Apparently, having a big head is awful and undesirable. Of course, I was instantaneously sensitive about it and have never been able to forget it. I am always comparing my head size with everyday objects or drawing the “life-size” in the steam on the mirror, then stepping back to look at it. What an awful impression I must make!!
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I’m more likely to make freinds with tall girls so their heads are more proportionate to mine. I refuse to do “cheek-to-cheek” pictures though because I know that when they come out the first thought in whoever’s looking at it will be “Holy crap! Look at the size of her head!” I even married a man with a comparable sized head! (but that’s not why I married him, I just got lucky
Anyway, I think it’s ok for a man to have a large head because he’s a man. But a woman?! No no! Women are supposed to be tiny and delicate. And there is absolutley nothing delicate about a huge head. And it’s not so much big around (well, 22.5 in) as it is LONG… (about 9in.?)<– I think it’s 9 in., I measured it straight up and down not wrapping it from top, across my face and under my chin, whereas then it’s 13in. I used to cry my eyes out about it and pray for God to shrink my head a little. Fortunatley, I’m 5’11″ and it’s somewhat proportionate to my body, but I am still (and always be) self concious about it. If I wasn’t a woman, I don;t think it would be that bad, but I am smart and that’s some consolation. At least I got a big brain out of the deal..
Comment by Peachy — August 5, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
Hi…this forum is incredibly therapeutic (and funny). I also have a 22 1/2″ head, really big for a girl. I’ve heard a couple of comments throughout the years…a guy in high school called me “Betty Boop”; then, when they measured me for my graduation cap, my teacher said “That can’t be right!” (it was, LOL!) The worst was when I rejected a guy in college and then he turned around and said I looked like the Elephant Man…but, remember, I rejected him first.
But, I’ve also been called attractive enough times to believe it, too. I’ve always gotten attention from the opposite sex. And it was interesting to read that people from Scandinavian countries have the biggest heads…I’m Swedish! I also married a guy with a big head, from Germany…so I figure we balance each other out! My husband has been great…he said that a big head and beauty are not incompatible, which makes sense. And one of my favorite people ever, Princess Diana, always said she wanted to have her head “fixed” because it was too big.
I love the idea of a big headed convention…we’d definitely attend (and bring our big-headed, Scandinavian kids if we have any by then)…my parents have really big heads, too. And, remember George Clooney…huge head and he’s considered one of the sexiest men alive…
Comment by Heidi — August 6, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Help. Its me again. They keep calling me a Pumpkin headed Twat. Its not fair. My head may be a little big, (ok, its f*ucking huge). I was born with it, or I don’t know, maybe it just f*cking grew. My ears are pathetically small and it makes it look worse.
Comment by Jeremy Searle — August 8, 2008 @ 2:50 am
Sorry I have no sympathy for you because for one thing, your head is not that big & for another thing, you’re a guy. I am a girl with an enormous head. I have a pic of myself as a child & I look like a giant happy face with stick arms & legs. This continues to be problem today as an adult as I can’t find glasses that look good & it’s impossible to find a flattering hairstyle. And I’m middle aged & single! So I submit that my big head problems suck more than yours! Living in So Cal doesn’t help either. I keep looking for other people with heads like mine but they don’t exist here & if they did, they had plastic surgery to correct the problem.
Comment by Susan Harrity — August 8, 2008 @ 10:40 am
People can’t have surgery to fix their head size. If they could, don’t you think most of us wouldn’t be posting here? I’m 5’2 with a 22.5″ head. I wish I was as tall as you Heidi. I think I have it worse out of the females here..
Comment by .... — August 8, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
This forum and people around me , i have come to terms tht my head is big but not that big.
Look at all the celebs ore than 50% of them have large heads, and are adored.
to hide a big head its all about finding a hairstyle to suit your head shape and face. People only notice my head because its a bit of an abnormal shape, probably like some people also posting here.
Unfortunately , we are a self conscious species, and because of this we convince ourselfs of things that arent really true, so i think we just need to forget about it…
To help me a tried the thing that paul did look in a mirror , and repeat to yourself, my head is not big im beautiful , Its a massive confidence booster and goes along way to defeating the voices inside your heads
Comment by Tom C — August 9, 2008 @ 1:55 am
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Comment by JL — August 18, 2008 @ 11:14 am
Susan, I thought being a women it may be easier to hide the syze of your head, menaing long hair. For men, it is very hard to hide it. Please do understand, we all feel the pain, myesl I have to suffer coming in to work and have peolple in the workplace looking at you like you are from another planet. In reality, it realy sucks.
Comment by JL — August 18, 2008 @ 11:18 am
I posted my comment on this blog 2 years ago. I believe that the “looks” people give or sometimes stare as if we were from another world is nothing compared to what people with worse problems have to deal. Can you imagine someone who doesn’t have a limb or who has major scars? I used to feel really bad about my head and I would avoid going out more than the necessary. However, I started thinking more about this whole situation and I came to the conclusion that I should be glad that I’m in good health. Whenever I feel bad about my problems I try to remember that there are people far worse than me.
I believe that by accepting and loving yourself for who you are is essential to acknowledge the presence of God, who is present in everything because “he” not only created everything, but “he” is everything. It is not limited to the universe that surrounds us, but also in every cell of our bodies.
Feeling bad for having a big head shows how undeveloped we are as a society and how much we lack moral standards. It is the utmost proof of how shallow people in general tend to be. I learned a lot with these feelings and I think that I still have much to learn and hopefully make me a better person.
Comment by Erick — August 20, 2008 @ 12:16 am
Erick,
Well said, I wish the rest of the general public felt that way, instead they look for an oppurtunity to make fun of anyone.
Comment by JL — August 26, 2008 @ 11:17 am
I’d all but forgotten about my big head for a few weeks then today I hear two guys on seperate occasions go into an adjacent room to the one I sit in at work. They both seemingly remarked “He hasn’t half got a big head” Although I wouldn’t have realised if I hadn’t heard it so many times before as it was said thinking I wouldn’t hear it. Anyway, I was very tired towards the end of the day and I was kinda in auto pilot and I was on the phone. Then one of my colleagues comes up to me while I’m tied up and facingaway from him on the phone and puts a ruler against my head. By the time I’d realised his employees had seen it, anfd teh whoe thing was very degrading. I was really tired so I didn’t react (probably why he felt he could get away with it) and also I don’t know how to act. Should I pass it off as my big head not bothering me or kick up a stink about it? I’m always in two minds about that. Anyway not a good memory.
Comment by Silver — September 12, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
Silver,
If you work in a big Corporation, you can follow up with the HR-Human Resource, regarding the abuse. Then you better be prepared to have the entire office looking at you as the enemy.
Or, you can pretend, that you never heard them. In regards to your other incident ” Then one of my colleagues comes up to me while I’m tied up and facing away from him on the phone and puts a ruler against my head. ” this is totaly unexeptable. Do you have a good relationship with this clow (him)? Is one thing if both of you are hanging out and joking, but not in the OFFICE. That is RUDE. If that was me, I would knocked is ass on the floor, and then have HR come to me.
Comment by JL — September 16, 2008 @ 3:36 pm
How big should the male’s head be at the height of 5’6″?
Comment by Jo — November 5, 2008 @ 2:10 am
I read about a quarter of the comments and noticed the sense of disparity coming from all the commenters. Firstly, I have a large head, large enough that when during hockey, I could not find a helmet to fit it. I really do sympathize with the people here. However you guys have to realize, life is all about ups and downs. Sure it might feel like this problem is haunting you, around you all the time in your thoughts and bogging you down 24/7. But nonetheless, you’ll still have days when it’s not on your mind so much. Good days. And of course you’ll have your bad days. That’s what I truly believe, life is about a series of ups and downs. And I know for a fact there are no ultimately satisfying solutions to your worries. But there are a number of concrete things you can do about it. For one, as people mentioned, work out, bulk up, or if you’re overweight, lose weight. Not only will this improve your self esteem, and rectify an altered self body image, but it will literally make you look better in a very real sense. Good fashion and hairstyle also work wonders. Moreover, before you can get your perceived acknowledgment or approval from your peers, you should first learn to love yourself. I know that sounds incredibly lame and cliched, but honestly, if you hate yourself, people really seem to pick up on it and act accordingly. Get out more, be active, make it so you don’t have the opportunity to sit around doing nothing and thinking self loathing thoughts to yourself. And always keep in mind you’re not gonna just feel better one day, it’s a gradual process. And when you do get to a desired level of confidence and stability, there may still be times when you feel like dirt. That’s just the way it goes. And don’t forget, everyone, even the privileged “small-heads” have times where they doubt their looks. In fact, I have numerous friends with an equally distorted body image and who I see and think have nothing at all wrong with them. There’s tons more I could say but it’s getting late… Hang in there friends.
Comment by Intrigued 19 Year old — November 27, 2008 @ 6:51 am
24 inches
Comment by john — November 28, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
does anyone know if doctors are in a process of making a small head pill. Is there a way that we all can petition for?
Comment by john — December 6, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
Hey how come my last post was deleted Paul?
Comment by Jack — November 2, 2009 @ 1:03 pm
Well at least your lucky ,they dont go and say “hey you got a big head for that body ” whereas I got to hear those words and now is becoming an obsession,its like wtf God ,I mean why. lol ,this stupid head is huge man really .And I heard it from friends ,once from my parents .Oh shit I think I hear a voice in my head saying blow that head off.**going to gun store** .And one last thing to all you strangers if you got comments please email them to me at unkown_name@hotmail.com if I make it out.
Comment by Lorik — December 24, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
I am 183cm tall (fairly skinny, around 73KG) and my head measures in at around 22 inches.
I copped a fair battering during high school for having a big head. Funnily enough though I dated some super hot girls (some of the hottest in my year) and girls didn’t seem to mind it it at all.
It was mainly from older males (1-3 years older than myself) that I got a lot of insults from. Not to insult them now, but none of them were that flash and many had pretty average looks. Which kinda makes me wonder why they were picking on me in the first place.
It did weigh on my thoughts (and shoulders!) a lot though. I looked in the mirror a lot and it became a bit of an obsession.
I guess the thing that helped me a lot was to just give up being so deeply engrossed in my self image and for me myself not to look down at others when they aren’t that good looking.
None of my family members have large heads. I have an 8 month old son now with a normal size head.
Strangely enough, I have a square scar near the base of my spine, clearly visible, that looks to be surgical. At one point I was wondering if I had some medical condition when I was a baby that my parents haven’t told me about.
Perhaps they needed to drain fluid out of my brain or something? Gosh I don’t know. I’m happy to be a live I guess!
Comment by Glennus — December 26, 2009 @ 7:07 am
if you got a big head and get joked on, take it like a man, be proud of it, don’t let them feel better at your expense.
I got a big head myself and noticed that as i gained weight it blended in more with my stature. Just bulk up, and be healthy. Its not the most comforting advice but you should be grateful for what you have because their are others in worse situations. Don’t loathe, get money……
Comment by David — December 29, 2009 @ 8:34 pm
I really got the same problems with my self-esteem. sometimes i think about comitting suicide. noone needs a big head. i am 188cm with 22inch head. my left shoulder has half the size of the right one, my head is bigger than half the wide of my ribcage.
sometimes i can live with it and it seems not unusual, sometimes it is very hard to stand.
it startet in form 6, when i was 12 or so, when a boy asked me “why do you have such a big head and such tiny arms?” it was a serious question. so – what would have been the best answer?
anyway it depressed me and i still dont have the courage to look for love.
the only thing that helps me go on is music – tom waits, kate bush, led zeppelin, the cure, joanna newsom…
hope there will be a day when we all come together.
greetings from germany,
moso
(male, 23 years)
Comment by Moso — May 11, 2010 @ 4:32 pm
My head is 23 inches or something. im 5’9 male. is that normal ? im just a bit muscular (upper body that is) and slim. kind of an athletic body i suppose. I’ve been told that my head is big about 10 times in my life (im 16). hows my head
?
Comment by Bob — May 14, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
just been reading through all of these comments, and its actually made my day a bit better, as i now know theres not only me in this world feeling this way.
Im a girl, im only 5’3/4 my head is 22 inches, and it has a flat spot at the back which makes it look square.
i have a gorgeous boyfriend atm, and he loves me, he knows i have a big squarish head, yet it doesent seem to bother him .. he doesent say nething about it, but iv heard his friends commenting on it.
To be honest i dont feel like what there saying is bad, because its true,but it does really get me down.
one of his friends has huge teeth,they stick out of his mouth and r yellowy/green, i dont remark on his teeth,even if there r ugly as fuck, so why comment on me.
Its more now im that bit older,its got to me, bcoz up until like 16,or 17, nothing really ever got said about it. Im 20, and somethimes do generally feel like my life is over, i hate how it makes me feel. i use sunbeds, wear extentions, and look after myself alot,jst to make me feel that bit better.
Will it ever get better tho. i hate having to make myself up EVERY single day, just to feel that bit better about me ….
Comment by 2010x — May 17, 2010 @ 2:24 am
Thankfully I avoided beinv bullied at school and only had 3 nasty remarks made. I was quite happy go lucky and quite resilient. I’m quite bright and had a good if small circle of friends. Was lucky in that regard.
Ironically it was in my 20s that i became more aware of peoples comments, giggles and general nastiness. At one point i was almost suicidal after hearing someone quite far down the street saying ” God, if my head was that big i wouldnt leave the house.”
Strangley, people did and do find me attractive and enjoy my company. I have a partner who is quits attractive and have been stood there. In a bar while someone starts to hit on him. He tells the stranger he has a partner and after being asked where he is he points to me and this guy goes ” oh REALLY??!!?” implying that am not good looking enough. I have tried to remind myself that its me with the partner etc etc but the size of my head and thus my sense of being attractive or even average has really made me paranoid and wary of large social groups and bars where there may be nasty people who decide to make fun or pass comment on my head.
Only last year I was at the theatre waiting for my partner to get some drinks when I noticed this tall and not very attractive black woman with her friends. She turned and looked at me then back to her friends laughing while she did a dance like a string puppet with her head lolling forward. I knew she was being rude . I wished her a speedy death as i drank my drink.
I think the advice to exercise is good as even if you dont get broad you will still look and feel better and live longer than these bitter name callers. Stay positivs and cultivate some good friends who love you for you. Not always easy but us larger headed types are often bright, Witty and fun to be around. Wear bright colours, get a decent flattering haircut and remember things could be much worse.
Comment by zack — May 22, 2010 @ 4:59 pm
My head is really big and I hear people talking about it all the time, specially when I’m in the middle of telling a story about the twins. This situation is 1 of those situations in which I’m not quite sure how to act in. If I want to be sexually (orally) active with a female from my university I hear people talking about copping isaEEcs. It feels me feel like my head is the only this that people talk about and because its so big sometimes people say I block their way. People also don’t believe that I’ve done serious damage to an attackers knuckles when they attempted to punch me by using my forehead as a way of blocking it. My brother also has a big head and he too attends my university, it doesn’t help that his head is quite big too, but he gets teased more about his sac, than his head.
Thank you all for listening.
Comment by isaEEc — May 29, 2010 @ 1:23 am
Wow..My head is big!! I am a woman 5’7″ and my head is 25″ around….no hats for me!!
Comment by Nickie — June 1, 2010 @ 10:29 am
Myself and my wife are chinese and this “big head” thing is very common for asians, especially consider our small bodies. I am 5’7″, about 140 lbs and my head is 24 inch circumference. My wife is about 5’2″, 100 lbs, and her head is 22.5 inch circumference. So our heads do look very large.
It does not bother me though. I would much rather have a large, wide head than a small one, for several reasons which I will note. But it bothers my wife very much. She thinks she is not pretty compared to her American friends at the office, and they sometimes joke her, call her “big head.” Recently, her firm went on a canoe trip and everyone had to get helmets. She said she could barely fit into the medium size while all the other girls, most whom were taller than her, used small or extra small. She got teased and come home crying. She said its so not fair – there is a girl almost 6 feet tall, so pretty, and her head small enough for the extra small hemet.
I remind her that while her head is larger than her co-workers, she is considered one of the best and smartest workers despite only living in USA for 5 years. She is the one that learns the quickest and has to explain everything to the others. Obviously, she has much bigger and more powerful brain. How many languages can they speak – she speaks 5 fluently while they can barely speak 1.
I have same issue at work. Although my English needs improve, I am engineer and outperform most of my coworkers. I learn faster and remember better, and can concentrate better. All that extra brain comes in handy!
Also, I remind her that a thin little head is not prettier than a larger one! Many Asians feel that a wide face is attractive, and that small little faces look strange.
All you large head people should not be sad. All else equal, you are more intelligent. Would you really want small little head with a weak brain? And, in most places in the world, you are considered more attractive.
Comment by Wei Tsui — June 7, 2010 @ 5:57 pm
24.5 inches
Can anyone beat that?
Didnt think so.
I know you think your head is large, but stop complaining. I’ve never found a hat that would fit me in my entire life.
Comment by chris — June 12, 2010 @ 8:49 pm
Wow you all really make me feel better about my big head. I am 5’11″ and about 160 lbs and my head is about 22 1/2 but it is long prolly like 9. I have taken alot of s#$t about it over the years and there were times were I considered suicide. Everytime a girl would reject me I would think only if my head were smaller this wouldnt be happening. I have come to realize that for the most part the people who would make fun of me or judge me based on the size/shape of my head are just doing it to feel better about themselves. All and all I am content with the way I look and dont care what people may think anymore, I just tell myself hay Ive been with some really pretty girls in my day so I cant be all bad. As for the cruel people who might laugh or make fun of your head I say you should either pitty them for being so judgmental or make them feel bad about themselves one way or another (Im not exactly the turn the other cheek type). I just wish I could find a cute girl with a head like mine so I dont have to be paranoid about what she might think about it.
Comment by John A. — June 16, 2010 @ 6:25 am