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stork bite, hemangioma on the face, nose, hemangioma on the chin, strawberry mark, vascular skin changes, angioma cavernosum, capillary hemangioma, hemangioma simplex, red birthmarks, colored, vascular, blood vessel, skin markings that develop, shortly after birth, 2 main categories of birthmarks, red birthmarks, made up of blood vessels close, skin surface, vascular birthmarks, pigmented birthmarks, areas, the color, the birthmark is different, color, the rest, the skin, hemangiomas, a common vascular birthmark, painless, harmless, hemangioma, color results, extensive development of blood vessels, site, strawberry hemangiomas, strawberry mark, nevus vascularis, capillary hemangioma, hemangioma simplex, appear anywhere on the body, most common on the face, scalp, chest, consist of small, closely packed blood vessels, absent at birth, develop at several weeks, grow rapidly, remain a fixed size, subside, 95% of strawberry hemangiomas disappear by the time the child is 9 years old, there some slight discoloration, puckering, the skin where a strawberry hemangioma existed, cavernous hemangiomas, angioma cavernosum, cavernoma, similar to strawberry hemangiomas but, more deeply situated, appear, a red-blue spongy mass of tissue filled, blood, of these lesions disappear on own, a child approaches school age, a port-wine stain, flat hemangioma made of dilated blood capillaries, face, most common location, from very small to over half, the body surface, a permanent defect, causing significant emotional distress, port wine stains on the face associated, sturge-weber syndrome, salmon patches, stork bites, pink, flat spots, extremely common, appearing on 30 to 50% of newborns, small blood vessels, capillaries, visible, the skin, most common on the forehead, eyelids, upper lip, between the eyebrows, the neck, the infant cries, temperature changes, fade, the infant grows, salmon patches on the back, the neck, not fade but, not noticeable, the hair grows, skin markings that develop, shortly after birth, skin rash, lesion that is red, skin markings that look, blood vessels, all birthmarks, examined, diagnosis, based primarily on the appearance, the skin lesion, a biopsy, ct scan, mri, the area, confirm deeper birthmarks, instance, abdomen, many capillary birthmarks, strawberry hemangiomas, cavernous hemangiomas, salmon patches, temporary, require no treatment, nevus flammeus type of hemangiomas, require no treatment, disfiguring, psychologically distressing, become painful, change in appearance, permanent lesions disguised, cosmetics, those designed to be concealing, covering, covermark, oral, injected cortisone, reduce the size of a hemangioma that is growing rapidly, obstructing vision, vital structures, permanent birthmarks treated, cryotherapy, freezing, surgical removal, laser surgery, not treated, they cause unwanted symptoms, a child is at least school age, port wine stains on the face, treated at a young age, a yellow pulsed-dye laser, best results, prevent the often profound psychosocial problems they cause, birthmarks rarely cause problems other than cosmetic changes, many birthmarks resolve spontaneously by the time a child is of school age, permanent, emotional distress, appearance, discomfort, bleeding from vascular birthmarks, occasional, scarring, complications after surgical removal, all birthmarks, examined, the prognosis, probable outcome, course of action, complications, no known way, prevent birthmarks.