Comments on: Raspberry the Strawberry Mark

By: Mia

Mia — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:10:39 +0000

my birthmark looked identical to the first picture and now it is the size of a dime. However I do not believe it bubbled the way your daughters has…

By: NOLA Notes » Blog Archive » Strawberry Mark at Three Years

NOLA Notes » Blog Archive » Strawberry Mark at Three Years — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:43:48 +0000

[...] will be three years old in a couple of weeks. You may not remember when I first wrote about her birthmark, or when I followed up on her treatment when she was just over a year old. If you do remember, or [...]

By: haley willis

haley willis — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:24:42 +0000

my daughter has one and she scratches it all day and we took her to get it looked at and they told us when she is in her teens whe have to get surgery done on it!
i just wish it would go away!!!!!

By: Jaime

Jaime — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:09:23 +0000

Hi, I was searching for Raspberry Birthmarks and stumbled upon this. I am 14 years old and I have a huge birthmark located on the left part of my torso which extends to my back. My friends tease me and I can never wear those pretty dresses my mom buys for me. I have always wanted it to be removed but we don’t have the money to get laser treatments.

I hope Sun will be alright.

By: tlc

tlc — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:39:43 +0000

Don’t worry about Sun, she’ll be fine. What she needs is the love and support you would give any other child – praise her, keep her safe, tell her you love her and that you’re proud of her. Take it from someone who’s has hemagiomas on about 30% of her body (leg/arm/back). Pretty angry looking. Yes have been stared at for most of my life and no you never quite get used to it. However, you have to understand that people will look at things that seem out of the norm – it’s human nature and not always a sign of ignorance or insensitivity. I know my eye is drawn to someone walking with an odd gate or missing a limb. All I’m saying is that we can’t automatically assume that there is ill will from people that stare… Crickey, I’d never step out of the house if I believed that! However that being said – yup there are jerks out there! Luckily I’m fairly quick witted and have turned around potential embarassing situations. Finally, what I mention above – the love and support you would give any other child stands. I’ve been blessed with phenomenal parents that have always been proud of me. Although the doctors had told them that I probably wouldn’t be able to fully use my limbs – am proud to say that now in my 40′s, am still extreamly active and training for my second ironman.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:30:04 +0000

I was born with a strawberry on my face. I was lucky, it was about the size of a quarter and went away by the time I was around 4. My mom has told me many horror stories about taking me in public when I was young. She was stopped MANY times by idiots asking what happened to me. She also gave them all crash courses, but to this day is baffles me that people are so quick to get in other peoples business and make harsh judgements. Good luck with everything!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:40:57 +0000

Hi, Thank you for your story. My daughter is 9 months and has a very large hemangioma on her forehead and another on her eyelid. At first it bothered me that people would stare at her, but the more I became comfortable with the facts: IT’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE SOON and IT IS WHAT IT IS, I took great pride in educating people who were obviously interested. Most people do not mean any harm, but they can be inapropriate. My daughter just finished taking a perscription -Propanolol (high blood pressure med) to reduce the size and what a relief, taking the med resolved the hem. on her eyelid aprox 85-90%. She is currently having laser treatment every 6 weeks for the hem. on forehead but so far no change. We are optimistic, but realize it takes time. How is Sun’s leg today? Best of luck!

By: Baby3eyes

Baby3eyes — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:31:30 +0000

Hi, I was born w. a strawberry hemangioma on and behind my eye. I remember my mom telling me stories of how people would just stare at her when she would take me out in public places. As i got older and entered school, during kindergarden at the age of 5 is when i was first made fun of by a little boy who called me 3 eyes. To this day i have never fully recovered over this comment. It always hurt to be known as the twin with the eye thing. Now as I am entering college, i want to be able to be a surgeon to remove these tumors. It breaks my heart to see a child worse than me than i was because i know how hard it will be for them in the future. Ever since then i have wanted to be an oncologist or opthamologist to remove these tumors. I hope and pray for that baby.

By: Nityanand Sharma

Nityanand Sharma — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:18:14 +0000

Hi,
i read your daughter story and your concern for her .I have those red birthmarks on my right hand;from shoulder to finger; but, it is not raised above skin .It is normal to me .
I know how it feels when some colleague inquire about it.I am 21years old and in collage.Sometimes those remarks really hurts me but my doctors told me that it is not curable.
Hopefully her treatment will cure her.

By: liz dabner

liz dabner — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:47:09 +0000

Hi – I just read your story and it so reminded me of my daughter – she has a hemangioma which covers her whole calf and down to half of her foot! Hers ulcerated when she was 4 months and although over the years it has greatly improved she still has some lumps on her heel! She is now 8 years old. We chose not to have treatment to regress it because it had ulcerated and would only help it by about 3 weeks and I could not bear my 4 month old going under general anaesthetic (personal choice) but I did raise her to be mega confident and cool about her birthmark and it was never a “poorly leg” or anything like that. Now at 8 years she does get fed up explaining what it is to new kid so she just tells them some fairies put it on her at night or such stories and all these kids she meets want one too!!!!! Good luck with your little one, and remember its all these things that make them unique. I always say to my little girl to look around at others at school and she will see all are different some wear glasses or hearing aids etc etc but then she does not know how many tears I have spent on her over the years! Its just good to harden girls up a bit to it all! Liz xxx