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28 years
My daughter is 2.5 yrs old, when she was 3 weeks , a strawberry hemangioma started appearing on her cheek under her eye, her doctor told me it would go by age 1, its still there, will it ever fade?
May 22, 2013
2nd opinion

Dr. Zakia Dimassi Pediatrics
Strawberry hemangiomas, also called strawberry mark, nevus vascularis, capillary hemangioma, hemangioma simplex, may appear anywhere on the body, but the most common location is the face, scalp, back, or chest. They appear as small, closely packed blood vessels. They may not be present since at birth, and appear at several weeks of age. During your child's first year, the red mark becomes a spongy mass that protrudes from the skin — often growing rapidly to 2 or 3 inches (about 5 to 7.6 centimeters) in diameter. The hemangioma then stops growing and enters a rest phase. Eventually, it begins to slowly disappear. Almost 50% of all hemangiomas resolve by age 5, and nearly all hemangiomas are resolved by age 10. Although the color of the birthmark also fades, a faint permanent discoloration of the skin or residual extra skin may remain.
Your child's pediatrician should monitor the hemangioma during routine checkups. If there's bleeding, a sore or bruise, the hemangioma becomes firm, appears infected, or grows suddenly over a couple of days, contact the pediatrician.
There are other blood vessel growths that can be present at birth that aren't true hemangiomas, such as port wine stains and vascular formations that may require medical attention. You may need to consult a dermatologist if you're concerned your child's birthmark isn't an infantile hemangioma.
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