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What are the treatments for Birthmark
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Dr. Lisa Roberts answered
23 years experience Pediatrics
Watchful waiting: Most strawberry "hemangiomas" will resolve on their own with time with no specific treatment at all. A general rule is that 90% will resolve by age 9, ... Read More
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Dr. Annie Emmick answered
27 years experience Pediatrics
Watch and wait: Most "strawberry" hemangiomas need no treatment. They often enlarge over the first 6 to 9 months; then stabilize; then slowly resolve and disappear b ... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered
41 years experience Internal Medicine
The non drug treatments for Birthmark include:: Watchful waiting, Surgery.
A 42-year-old member asked:
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If they change: Discolored, or pigmented, birthmarks do carry a small risk of becoming a skin cancer. Like any pigmented skin lesions, these should be watched and if ... Read More
A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Al Hegab answered
40 years experience Allergy and Immunology
See a : Dermatologist, for better management, can't really help you online, good luck
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Hard to say: Some of these are full thickness "bathing trunk" nevi that are removed surgically in stages when necessary. Need arises in some as skin cancers can ar ... Read More
A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Choate answered
44 years experience Pediatrics
No: These are deeply pigmented areas. If it is single, there may be no concerns other than cosmetic. However, if there are 5 or more that are 1/2 inch or ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Nela Cordero answered
54 years experience Pediatrics
HEMANGIOMA: There is a lot of treatments done in surgery nowadays. Consult a surgeon who is good on that. Good luck !
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Dr. Chad Rudnick answered
10 years experience Pediatrics
Few options: depending on the actual diagnosis of the strawberry birthmarks, there may be several treatment options. Treatments are safe and often effective but th ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Fromowitz answered
19 years experience Dermatology
Yes: Port wine stains and tattoos are removed with different types of lasers. Depending on the colors involved in the tattoo will determine how difficult i ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
49 years experience Pathology
Yes: Many babies have birth marks and some, consisting of vascular lesions regress with time. As long as the birthmark is stable and not bleeding, there i ... Read More
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