Strawberry marks

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I had my LO on Saturday night - straight forward induction and vaginal delivery. She was born with strawberry marks on her eyelids and into her eyebrows. Midwives have said there is a good chance they'll fade although a few do turn into permanent birth marks. From experience, anyone know how long they take to fade if they do? And if they are permanent have they stayed red or changed colour?

My DS had one on the back to his head and a lighter one on his fore head. They faded quite rapidly. The forehead one only really noticeable when he cried. It was gone with a year. The one on the back took longer but even if it had stayed it would of been covered by hair.

2 midwives have said strawberry marks - guess I'll just have to wait and see. Neither the midwives or GP have shown any concern. X

The Midwife told me they were bruises..... lasted a blooming long time if they were (they weren't).

You'll know if they are strawberry naevies as they will grow up out of the skin whereas salmon patches stay flush. The terminology isn't vastly important, and of course the midwives have seen them. We haven't.

But know that if they do grow outwards, as strawberry naevi tend to do, then being on eyelids it will be worth considering treating them (your gp would refer to a paediatrician) if there is any risk to affecting developing eyesight.

Congrats again

Hi,

My Dd has a strawberry naevus on her nose. It is classfied as a nasal bridge haemangioma.

It was not there when she was born. It appeared as a tiny flat shiny red patch a few days later, which grew rapidly and raised up over a matter of weeks until it was the size and colour of a small ripe tomato.

I dont know much about other birth marks but I know about agressive haemamgioma.
As my Dd was in NICU she was routinely seen by an opthamologist who spotted the haemangioma and got us a refferal to Great Ormand Street Hospital.

The general NICU doctors weren't concerned because they didnt know (not their area of expertise) but but but, the earlier an haemangioma is treated the better if they are agressive.

Is it growing fast?
Is it raising up?

If these things are happening to your DCs birthmark you need to push for treatmemt asap.

Hope it turns out ok for your new baby!

Congratulations!

If it starts to grow and raise up with a deeper colour over the next few weeks then push for treatment asap. Theres a drug called propranolol thats now used to stop growth before they cause issues especially when they are near the eyes.

I agree with Happy, another voice of personal experience here

Nearly thirty years ago my son was born with what I was told was a strawberry naevus on his hairline. I was upset as I thought it spoiled his gorgeous little face (hormonal) and I got sick of people asking if I had dropped him on his head twats.

Anyway I was advised that it would go by the time he was five (which seemed an age away) and to perhaps grow his hair in a long fringe to cover it. In fact it had gone by the time he was 3 months old and just left a slight indentation on his hairline (not red). As far as I know it is still there now but he gets cross if I check.

(He doesn't have such a gorgeous little face anymore either except to a mother's doting eyes.)