Any idea how long skull fractures take to heal?

My daughter fractured her skull in 3 places & doctors just said it will take as long as it takes. Anyone out there with experience who can give me some advice?

My daughter had a severely depressed skull fracture from a car ejection. The neurologist said she had 6-8 weeks to decide if she wanted it surgically corrected. (Her head is all dented) After that amount of time it starts to fuse back together. Total healing time in her case was about 4 months.

well im glad you cause answered this question pretty good, i recently fractured my skull in 3 different places too and was jus wondering how long until i can practice capoeira (kind of martial arts) with my friends again....hope ur daughter feels better i feel her pain Report It

i work at a childrens hospital and each child is different. some kids recover fast and some take a little more time. they should do an xray a few days down the road to make sure she is healing properly. i'm hoping they did a cat scan when it happened to make sure she didn't have any bleeding in her brain which is somewhat common after a skull fracture. if she's at home , make sure you watch out for vomiting or lethargy and take her to the doc if she develops this at all. but mainly you can definitly request another xray to see if it's healing ok.

Well it is a bone, so I would expect at least 3 to 4 months, before allowing her to rough house.

It took that long for my leg to heal after being broken. But being young she may heal much faster since she is busy growing bone at this age.

Good Luck.