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My baby has a strawberry mark on upper lip. Will it go away?
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 3:53 am
My newborn started having a strawberry mark on her upper lip and it keeps on growing. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it usually go away? If yes then by what age does it usually go away?
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 3:57 am
My daughter was born with a large one on her leg. She's 4 now and while it fades a bit each year it is still very much noticeable.

These things tend to fade a bit each year. I have one on my stomach that is no longer noticeable, but my sister had a few on her face that she finally had removed in her upper teens. They faded, but were noticeable.

When I took my 4 year old to the doctor as an infant (the hospital instructed me to when we left), he said that basically, these things fade and we should just wait. He said that if it's on the face they will talk about removal surgery but for an out of the way area like her upper leg, we can just wait and see.
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FranticFrummie




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 4:20 am
There are many different types of birthmarks. Only a dermatologist can tell you if it is going to grow, fade, when it should be removed, or just left alone.

I'm sure she's super adorable anyway.
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s c




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 5:43 am
My niece had an extremely large strawberry mark on her nose which got even bigger until she was about 1. After that it faded year on year really gradually until her early teens and now no one can remember she had it. Everyone became so used to it we never even noticed it any more. It was just part of what she looked like. It was monitored but they didnt do anything to medically intervene.
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 7:24 am
You should ask the doctor because depending on the type of mark it can require treatment right away. My daughter had one that the doctor said would stop changing after she turns one. When she was two we did laser and today it looks perfect.
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SingALong




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 7:36 am
My ds has one on his arm. Due to the location, dermatologist said not to do laser. Might leave a scar. They gave me a bit of a cream to help move things along but after a year I stopped using it, just got lazy. It gets whiter all the time now looks mostly like skin, but still a bump. He’s 5.

Dr said when kids come in with this kind of thing on the face they do treat it. A friend of mine did a couple of rounds of laser, it was above her lip like your baby. Looks fine now. Someone else I know did a vasosuppresant medication. It’s a cardiac medicine and for some reason with kids it seems to target the strawberry birthmark. You would need to be in the hospital for a few days under observation since they monitor the heart rate when first giving he medicine. Then if all is ok you can continue medicine at home with frequent follow up visit. That type of treatment the strawberry was gone in a few months.
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 9:39 am
If you’re in ny area pls see Dr Francine Blei- it may be a hemangioma which is often times treated with propranolol
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tichellady




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 12:27 pm
go to a pediatric dermatologist if you are concerned about it
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 2:11 pm
tichellady wrote:
go to a pediatric dermatologist if you are concerned about it


We already did and he said it will go away in a year or so but I see that some people here are saying that it took longer and that it didn’t always go away completely for them or their children.
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 7:18 pm
amother [ Mint ] wrote:
My daughter was born with a large one on her leg. She's 4 now and while it fades a bit each year it is still very much noticeable.

These things tend to fade a bit each year. I have one on my stomach that is no longer noticeable, but my sister had a few on her face that she finally had removed in her upper teens. They faded, but were noticeable.

When I took my 4 year old to the doctor as an infant (the hospital instructed me to when we left), he said that basically, these things fade and we should just wait. He said that if it's on the face they will talk about removal surgery but for an out of the way area like her upper leg, we can just wait and see.


Do you think it’s genetic? Do you think it’s more likely that my other children will be born with it as well?
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tichellady




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 7:26 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote:
We already did and he said it will go away in a year or so but I see that some people here are saying that it took longer and that it didn’t always go away completely for them or their children.

It depends on the mark. They are not all the same. If you went to a specialist I would assume he knows what he’s talking about.
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 8:49 pm
Both my kids had one. My six year old had a teeny strawberry on her leg that she was born with. It went away by 2 years old. My 2 year old was NOT born with anything but it appeared at a few weeks old. It’s a hemangioma on her chest. It was bright red. She’s 2.5 now and the area is still raised but no longer red, it is the color of her skin. Doc said that too should eventually go away.
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 9:14 pm
https://birthmark.org/

if you're on fb you can reach out to dr. linda- send her pics of your baby & shes very helpful in directing you on where to go.
g'luck
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amother
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Post Mon, Nov 25 2019, 9:27 pm
If you are concerned, please see a pediatric dermatologist at a large pediatric hospital, such as Hackensack or CHOP. Hemangiomas do go away eventually and don't need to be treated unless they are in danger of interfering with a body opening. But they are now easily treated with propranolol, and they don't require hospitalization anymore, just monitoring at the office.
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amother
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Post Tue, Nov 26 2019, 10:41 am
tichellady wrote:
It depends on the mark. They are not all the same. If you went to a specialist I would assume he knows what he’s talking about.


I hope so
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amother
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Post Tue, Nov 26 2019, 12:40 pm
My daughter had 3 strawberry hemangiomas. It only came out a few weeks after birth. She’s 2 now and all of them have significantly faded and one small one is totally gone. If it’s on a obvious place on her face there’s a cream to use to speed up the process.

There’s a center in Manhattan just for birthmarks I forgot the name. Maybe you can search.

I also had one on my face as a kid and by 5 yrs it was all gone. I guess these things are hereditary ...
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hesha




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Nov 26 2019, 12:49 pm
Go to the vascular birthmark institute in Manhattan. They deal with this all day. Dr Milton Waner helped my daughter. He is the best
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amother
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Post Wed, Nov 27 2019, 1:23 am
I’m just curious how propranolol can treat birth marks? My baby was prescribed propranolol as a beta blocker when he had irregular heart rate after birth..
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amother
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Post Wed, Nov 27 2019, 1:34 am
amother [ OP ] wrote:
Do you think it’s genetic? Do you think it’s more likely that my other children will be born with it as well?


I don't know if they are genetic scientifically but no, not all my kids had them. My sister had several and I had one. My 4 year old has this one on her leg and none of my other kids had. She's my 5th child out of 6.
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amother
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Post Wed, Nov 27 2019, 1:51 am
amother [ Bisque ] wrote:
I’m just curious how propranolol can treat birth marks? My baby was prescribed propranolol as a beta blocker when he had irregular heart rate after birth..


Don’t quote me on this, but my daughter took propranolol for a hemangioma when she was a baby many years ago, and the doctors simplified explanation was that it lowers the blood flow/ pressure a little bit , enough that the blood does not get to the blood vessels in the heamgioma and it shrinks. Every month we had to have her blood pressure checked that it’s not too low and she did have bluish cold hands and feet that year. He said they discovered this use for the medication by accident in a hospital in Belgium I believe.
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