Strawberry mark on babies face

wmpdd3

Hi there,

Has anyone had experience of strawberry marks like this:

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My little one has this exact mark, it became apparent when she was 7 days old. Since then it has doubled in size.

Its not sore or she doesn't seem bothered with it. People are telling me it could be gone by 7 months / 24months / never / lasered off.

fiona stephanie

My cousin had a strawberry mark very similar to that picture when she was a newborn, I remember her having it up till she was about a year old, then it just faded and disapeared all together.

How Strange

I had one on my face when I was a child. I think I had some operations as a baby and I had it removed by operation when I was 12. Mine was much bigger than that one and as a baby it was black and red. I don't know if there are different types but mine was known as a strawberry mark.

Perhaps there have been medical advancements since I was a child so it can be removed more easily and sooner.

fi1979

My little girl has a euro coin size strawberry on her neck, directly under her chin. We have been assured that it will dissapear (at the latest) by the age of 7. The doc said that if it was showing no sign of going we can always see a plastic surgeon about it. They def can be removed, but I have no idea about age parameters.

wolfpawnat

My son has it on the back of his shoulder. He got it at about 6 weeks. He still has it at 21 months, they don't hurt. His dad had one on his face and his mother (who is all about appearances) had a surgeon remove it. As a result my son's father has a scar on his face! Since it is on my son's back it is not noticeable, what has your GP/PHN said?

wmpdd3

basicallly wait and see, people do take a second look when they peer into her pram, a woman in a lift asked if she was in pain, i nearly melted.

ProjectO

My daughter had one (about size of one cent) on her chin as a baby. We were advised to wait and see, and to consider cosmetic surgery if it didn't change by about seven. It slowly faded over years and absolutely no sign for years now (she is now eleven). We were quite worried but reluctantly took the advice which proved to be correct!:)

cassid

my son had one, got it when he was about 2 weeks old. It was beside his eye, at about 10 months, it was pulling his eye a bit, but thankfully at about 12 mts it stopped growing. Took about a year to fade, he still has the excess skin just beside the eye, and if he wanted to have that removed when he is older , he can.

annetted

my friend's child had one, at about 10 months it faded a lot - you can still see it but it is a light pink colour. her GP said they will monitor it but hopefully it will fade even more in the future..

Acoshla

Just another story on this, I had a strawberry birthmark when I was born, not on my face though on the back of my thigh, my Mom said it was about the size of a €2 coin which is big enough on a 7lb baby. She said I had it for a few years at that size and then it just started to fade, I'm 25 now and I have no recollection of ever seeing it and there is no mark left now anyway, I think the majority of them do just fade over time.

ladypip

My Neice (14) two nephews (11+8) and my son (3) were all born with strawberry marks my son is the only one that still has his the others all started to fade at around five and are all gone. I wouldn't consider surgery esb on her face if i were you it will fade eventually.

Cat Melodeon

My neighbour's son had one when he was born - it was quite big, covering his face from his temple down to his jaw. It was livid red when he was born, he's now about 18 months and already you'd never know he had one.

wmpdd3

ladypip wrote: »

My Neice (14) two nephews (11+8) and my son (3) were all born with strawberry marks my son is the only one that still has his the others all started to fade at around five and are all gone. I wouldn't consider surgery esb on her face if i were you it will fade eventually.

Is there a bigger chance of siblings having them?

Kent Brockman

I know of two people who had the same type of birthmark and both disappeared naturally over time (it was a few years but not sure if it was 3 or 5 ish)

ladypip

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Is there a bigger chance of siblings having them?

Id say so considering all three of my sister children had them and my son as well. But i cant say for sure.