Laser Treatment for Hemangioma

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 hemangioma ulcerate which was very concerning for me. He helped explain how it was healing itself and how he probably would not need any laser treatments. This was when he was five months old and now he is sixteen months and it is almost completely healed and gone. I went to three Dr's to get different opinions. I hope your son's gets better soon.

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 decrease in size and probalby be gone by the time he is five. He is now almost two and it's already getting smaller.

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 with hemangioma's he even donates his house in Little Rock for families to stay in while their child is under his care at the hospital. My daughter has a hemangioma on top of her head right on her soft spot. We were lucky enough to see Dr. Waner. He has been featured on the Discovery Channel many times showing the treatment that he created to remove the hemangioma with very little blood loss. He explained to us that other dr's just don't have much experience with hemangioma's so they try things like laser treatments that generally don't work. I am completely honest when I tell you this man is a genius! He can help you. Call today, don't let your child suffer anymore.

Hi there, my daughter was born with 2 hemangioma's. One on her cheek and one on her back. She is 4 and they are both almost completely gone...on their own. It's not fun to hear people ask what happened to her face. At first I would become extremely defensive and tell them to shove it, but now I just tell them that that is where the angel's kissed her. Nobody even notices it now, it is so small and light. They started out large and very red, now they are just about gone. I am not sure how long the treatments take, but I do know that they go away on their own atleast by the age of 5. Good luck with everything and if you feel uncomfortable about continuing the treatment, just know that it will go away.

Hi S.--
My husband has a hemangioma covering his L arm (up all the way to the shoulder and part of his upper back). When he was young, his father (a pediatrian) took him in for the laser treatment. He said it hurt so badly he refused to go in for any more treatments, (although this was 25 odd years ago so I imagine the treatments have become less painful by now). So he still has the hemangioma today, and it hasn't caused any problems at all! He has to answer annoying questions sometimes (why is your arm red?), but he just educates the person. The only issues of leaving a hemangioma are that you have to be vigilant about moles that appear in the site (they have a higher rate of becoming cancerous), and he shouldn't get vaccinations in that arm because of an increased risk of bleeding. My husband hasn't had any of these problems.
Good luck!
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My 8 month old little girl has one on her back the size of a quarter and one on her arm a little bit smaller, the doctors told us our only option was laser but I didnt want that because I had read that they go away with out treatment.... So, we opted for no treatment and sure enough they are still there BUT I went to a different Dr. and he said that it will continue to grow for the first year of life and then start to fade... since her birth they have gotten bigger but not really bad and they have already started to fade away.... the second DR said that it will fade to a non exsistant or a light gray color (my baby is half mexican and half white.... I am sure depending on your pigment it would vary but I believe that we did the right thing...) ALSO you can jsut leave it now... and if it bothers him later in life, he could have it done then in the off chance that it doesnt go away on its own. because they are not painful, I had one and it is gone..... SO that is my opinion in a long winded not really focused sorta way!!!! Hope it helps

My daughter (now 3) has a portwine stain birthmark on her face, and she is having laser treatments for it. This is different from a hemangionoma, and is less likely to fade with age, which is why we opted for treatment. She has had 2 full laser treatments and 2 partial laser treatments, and they have been quite effective. The number of treatments needed to remove a birthmark vary from child to child. I saw a little boy with a birthmark very similar to my daughter's, and after one laser treatment it was almost gone.
She hasn't had any problems with scabbing or bleeding, and tolerates the procedure very well. We go to the dermatology clinic at Children's Hosp in Milwaukee and have been very happy with the care.

My brothers son had a large one on his lower arm and with a fitted brace like a carpul tunnel brace that covered the entire area, it finally went away. He is almost 3 1/2 and it's almost gone now. But he had to wear the brace ALL the time, even at night. I think it started to become difficult for a while when he got old enough to remove it and, fitting for new larger sized versions were costly...but...no evasive action was needed. Infact, his first doctor recommended the laser surgery and they said no. They found another Doctor that recommended the brace, and thankfully, they went that route. Now that you went through one surgery, I'm not sure if you can stop...and go the brace route or not...but it would be something worth looking into. Also, I think that the Doctors are most concerned if the area is near a vital organ...like your chest or on the face, etc. But, with the arm...there are less evasive ways to treat it, without having your little one go through such trauma. Good luck.