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Birthmark-strawberry Hemangioma
Asked by C.T. from Chicago
on July 22, 2009
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My daughter is 7 months old and has a strawberry hemanginoma on her stomach. The birthmark is the size of a golf ball and protrudes about an 1/2 inch outward. Recently...
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- Hi C. I've never had this problems but I would take her back to the pediatrician. If she doesn't tell you anything different than I would get second opinion from anot...
- My son has one on his eyelid, so because of its location, we have seen specialists since he was about a month old. I highly recommend getting a dermatologist's opinio...
- My son had one on his stomach when he was a baby but by the time he was two years old it was gone. As he grew (and he grew fast)it just got smaller and disappeared. ...
Strawberry Hemangioma
Asked by J.M. from Boca Raton
on April 17, 2009
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My 4 1/2 month old has a strawberry hemangioma on her hairline in the center of her forehead. It doesn't bother her, but it bother me so much. It is red and very rai...
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- my daughter had 6. If you can endure it - it will go away. the two biggest ones she had went away first. I would say after the first 9 months they started going dow...
- Hi J., Well,neither of my kids have had this, but it seems like you've gotten a lot of responses specifically about hemangioma and the surgical options there. I did ...
- My daughter has a Strawberry Hemangioma on her bottom, so it is less visible. The pediatrician has told me that it should disappear during her childhood. However, she ...
Info on Hemangioma's
Asked by C.E. from Fort Smith
on May 23, 2008
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My baby girl has a huge hemangioma on the side of her head. We have an appointment w/ a surgeon at childrens in June to discuss removal. I know these are supposed to...
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- My nephew had a large one when he was an infant. It really did go away when he was only a few years old, and it was never anything that caused a big stir. He didnt e...
- I never really had issues with my son's. Every now and then someone would point it out when he was a baby, but I didn't care, and he certainly didn't (he was a baby)....
- My granddaughter had a one on her forehead. I didn't believe it when they said it would go away, but she is 14 now, and it has been gone for years.
Advice for Hemangioma
Asked by R.L. from Dallas
on February 20, 2009
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Hi moms-
I am seeking advice for my son who has five distinct hemangioma spots and two more starting to form. They are hidden on his back, chest, and neck and he was ...
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- My daughter had one near the corner of her right eye. It showed up about 4 weeks after she was born and then got a bit larger, like a pimple size, then it went away a...
- I have a daughter that was born with a hemangioma on her forehead....started off as a small red dot and soon became a large raised strawberry. Our first peditrician t...
- Our daughter had one appear on her eyebrow and the ped. told us not to worry and that around a year we wouldn't notice it. At right around her first birthday it all o...
Birthmark
Asked by D.A. from Los Angeles
on February 14, 2007
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I have a 6 month old that has a strawberry stain on his face ...any advice or know a good pediatric dermatologist.He has been seeing a doctor but if i would like treat...
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- My oldest son who is now 3 was born with a red mark on his forehead which was very visible but it has since faded a bit...I can still see it but its not as bad as when...
- my son had a little "angel kiss" on his eye lid when he was a little guy too. My Dr. actualy refused to do anything about it until after he was 2... well, by the time...
- I'd wait a little longer my daughter had one that faded at about 9 months. I don't think most Dr's will do anything before the first year but observe it.
Hemangioma
Asked by E.T. from Dallas
on October 4, 2010
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Hello,
Any moms here have any experiences with hemangiomas? My daughter, 10 weeks old, has one on her bottom lip....it's small... but still worries me because it's...
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- My daughter had one on her hand and a big deal was made of it at her adoption court hearing but it was no big deal. It was gone before she was 5. It will begin to sh...
- My daughter started getting her's about 3 weeks, started as a tiny dot and got to be the size of a half dollar and raised too. Her's in on her arm, so the doc wasn't t...
- All 3 of our kids had them. Our son's was tiny and on his back. It has shrunk and faded. One of our twins had one on her ear but it is gone. She is almost 5. ...
Birthmark - Congenital Nevi
Asked by K.R. from Dallas
on January 30, 2012
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Hi moms. My almost 3 year old son was born with a birthmark about the size of two quarters put together, on his leg. My doctors have never really mentioned it much, ...
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- I see a dermatologist every year because I have a ton of moles. I just wanted to tell you that if you are at all concerned, it is better to go to a dermatologist rath...
- I have spilus nevous (spiral birthmark) on my chest about a 3" circle near the collar bone. It didn't really start to show its self until I was about 3. (37 now) It i...
- My daughter was born with a huge hemangioma covering most of her hand and wrist. When she was born, I was told not to worry about it. At her 3 month checkup, the do...
Any Moms Dealing with Infant Hemangioma?
Asked by D.S. from Washington DC
on January 8, 2009
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I have a 3 1/2 month old baby girl. She's absolutely beautiful, however she has a hemangioma on her forehead that's the size of a quarter. It's breaking my heart that ...
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- My daughter Julie (now 15) was born with a tiny speck on her cheek. The nurses called it a stork bite. Within weeks it started growing and even pulling at her eye a ...
- Hi D.. I don't have personal experience in this but I do have two good friends that have dealt with this same issue. In one situation the little boy developed the hema...
- My neice was born with a hemangioma between her nose and upper lip. It continued to grow (as expected) however hers never went down "on it's own" (as expected). They...
Daughter Has Hemangioma on Her Face... What Would You Do?
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on July 19, 2011
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...She's had it since birth, super cute (I think), right on the side of her nose. It's not very dark and kind of looks like a birthmark. It was diagnosed as a spider h...
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- My 2 year old daughter has a very prominent one on her nose. It's big, it's puffy, it's red and purple it's NOTICEABLE. It's about 3/4 inch long by 1/2 wide. It gets...
- A quick look at Wikipedia taught me that these usually "resolve by age 10." If it's not that bad looking, and it will go away by itself, I would say she should learn ...
- My daughter had one on her lip. We had it removed when she was 18 months. I dont see why you cant ask a dr about removing it. The surgery was about an hr and my dau...
Laser Treatment for Hemangioma
Asked by S.M. from Minneapolis
on October 26, 2006
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My son is 3 1/2 months old and was born with a hemangioma covering most of his lower arm. He has had one laser treatment so far. I'm wondering how many treatments it...
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- I am not sure who you have gone to, but I would highly recommend Dr. Kamiab Delfanian ###-###-####. He is highly knowledgeable and very helpful!!!! My son has his hema...
- It sounds like you have gotten a lot of good advice and some good contacts. My son has a hemangioma as well. My husband and our physician told me it would slowly dec...
- Hi S.. You need to stop the laser treatments and contact Dr. Waner at Children's Hospital in Little Rock, AR. This man has devoted his entire career to helping kids ...
