Birthmark

[newmum7369]

DS1 has a birthmark on his forehead which appeared when he was about 2 weeks old, he's now 4 weeks old. It's dark red, ever so slightly raised and about the length of my little finger nail.

Will it fade in time or get larger do you think? I've read that this type can be permanent and get a lot larger, and whilst that doesn't bother me (I am smitten and think he is perfect in every way ) I wondered whether it might bother him if he still has it when he's older.

His hairline will probably cover it up until he gets much older and starts to recede like his Daddy

I think they can go either way tbh. I've known babies have one that has grown, one stayed the same and some others shrunk.

Likely a strawberry naevus.

They tend to fade with time and most of them are gone by school age.

I'd not worry and I'd not cover it up.

Here's a pic

I had one on my forehead when I was a kid. Developed a few weeks after I was born. It raised up and was very red did not bother me too much as my fringe covered it but it was noticeable, by the time I was a teenager it had gone down a lot and now you can't see it at all.

Look at his tiny new born ear! for him.

My cousin had a very similar one, slightly larger, between her collar bones. When she was a baby is was very red, then as she got older it became mottled with normal skin tone and now it is barely noticeable.

My daughter had one very like that at the base of her neck. It was tiny when she was born , grew to about 5p size in the first few months, and faded completely by the time she was 18 months.

Capillary haemangioma.

It'll carry on getting bigger/redder/more prominent for a few months. Usually start getting paler/shrinking at about a year old. Most are hard to see by the time they hit school.

I have one. It appeared when I was a few weeks old, grew until I was about 4, stayed the same for a few years - I think I grew, but it didn't - and started shrinking and fading from about 8-9y. It was virtually completely gone by the time I was 16.

Apparently mine was unusual, as they don't usually keep growing for so long, and they usually shrink and fade sooner.

Mine left a softer, slightly raised patch of skin. The only issue I ever had is that hairdressers often catch the comb on it, as it's so unnoticeable that they don't notice it.

(Bet you can't resist stroking all that lovely, soft, downy, newborn hair !)

Thanks everyone, good to know there's a reasonable chance of it reducing when he's older.

Yes his hair is amazing and stroking it is making 4:30am much more bearable!