Black mark on newborn skin

[Evalamaj]

Hello. I need your help..i just discovered a flat black mark or spot on my 6 weeks baby..it has not been there before and i am really worried.

Can you take a picture of it (close up or cropped) ?

Yes i have one but not sure how to post it here

@VettiyaIruken how to post the picture here please?

could It be a Mongolian blue spot? Google it to compare the images x

Is quite similar as color but mine is just one flat ? I am going crazy🙏🏻

Don't Google too much you will drive yourself crazy! Make a GP appointment or ask your health visitor. If you are really concerned go to a walk in centre in the morning.

Mongolian blue spots are not always blue, birthmarks often develop in the first few weeks of life. www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/general-medical-conditions/birthmarks/

How big is it?

If you’re new you can’t post a pic straight away.

Yeah i cant post yet...

It about 5 cm long flat..

Mongolian blue spots can be all shapes and sizes. Is your baby Black or mixed race?

Mongolian blue spots are flat. My ds's one looked lie a bruise on the base of his spine.
Ds, is not black or mixed race, but my DF was mediterranean.

When you say black, do you mean actual black or just dark?
My youngest had so many Mongolian blue spots that my nanny actually raised it with me as she thought they were bruises.

Or it could be a different type of birth mark. You should see your GP, nurse of health visitor and ask them.

Birth marks are often not present at birth. (Contrary to what the nane would suggest) All of my children have some and they developed over the first few weeks.
It's most likely to be a birth mark of some sort, but check with your health visitor if you are concerned.

DS2 developed a blue/grey birth mark on his shin when a few a weeks old. I was really worried it was a bruise. It lasted about 10 years and I am not sure it is visible any more.

My DS wasn’t born with his birth mark, it developed a few weeks later and got darker over a couple of weeks.