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Baby facial stork marks/salmon patches - when do they actually fade?

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Piffle · 26/06/2007 13:56

DS2 has one over his eye - pics on my profile but I am told that they fade by 18 mths ish

I'm not bothered by it tbh but several people have mentioned that they never go at all but HV and GP said the facial ones fade away but the ones on the hairline (ds2 anddd both have these) stay red?

Just curious

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brimfull · 26/06/2007 13:59

ds had them ,soory can't remember when they faded,but they did.Definately eralier then 18 months though judgiung by photos.

allgonebellyup · 26/06/2007 14:00

my dd had a v strong stork mark on her forehead when born and people all used to comment..

now she is 7 and its practically gone, and has been very faint for years, apart from when shes crying or really angry!

i dont know about ones on the hairline though, sorry.

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Piffle · 26/06/2007 14:01

yes ds2's goes very dark when he is crying or upset he is just 13 wks btw

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WendyWeber · 26/06/2007 14:01

DD1 had them - the facial one faded within a couple of months IIRC (prob not ) (was a long time ago) although for quite a while it used to reappear when she yelled.

And yes, the hairline one did stay a lot longer but I've no idea if it's still there!

chopster · 26/06/2007 14:01

the ds of a friend of mine has a simialr one jsut above his eye. His was very bad at birth, extremely red and bumpy, but he is now 4 and it has faded and seems to have shrunk a lot. I know his didn't fade until a bit later on.

puddle · 26/06/2007 14:02

Ds had quite bad ones over his eyes and on his forehead. They faded after a couple of years but they come back when he is ill (handy way to know he is sickening for something). He's now 7.

He has one at the back of his neck too which is still quite noticeable.

AlbusPercivalWulfricBrianSun · 26/06/2007 14:05

DS has one on his eyes and his forehead. He's now 15m and they've definitely faded but you can still see them. He also has one on the back of his head which hasn't faded but is covered by hair. HV told us her daughter had them and her facial ones went but flash up when she's angry and that the one on her neck hasn't faded so I'm assuming that our experience is par for the course.

KTeePee · 26/06/2007 14:05

I was told varying timescales for when they would fade - from 1 to 4 years. Looking back at photos I am amazed I wan't more worried about dd's - she had quite a lot of her face covered at birth - but I knew I'd had them too and have no marks now. I found a photo yesterday of dd when she was about 1-1.5 and it had improved quite a bit - and was hardly noticeable at all a year later. She is now 10 and you would never know she's had them - but she does have a fringe (had it on her forehead too). Think the one on the back of her neck is still visible but covered by her hair.

I think it does vary by child and how "badly" they have them. All my 3 have had them but dd's were definitely the worst so seem to take longer to fade. Also they are more noticeable when a child gets hot or crying, etc

porkpie · 26/06/2007 14:09

DS had one over his eyelid and a smaller one on his forehead, they faded gradually, virtually disappeared by 18 months and no sign of them now at 2.

beckmo · 27/06/2007 07:48

My DD was born 5 days ago and I just came on to post the same question. She has them on both eyes and right across her forhead, over her left ear and on the nape of her neck.Looks cute to me -especially since I'm told they will fade eventually from the face and my Mum says I had the same ones (no photos of me as a baby!). I still have the neck one and one on the base of my spine but no facial ones and the toddler photos of me don't show any.

However have already had the awkward moment where people say 'What a beautiful baby!' but you can tell they are thinking 'has she moticed the huge red blotches on her baby's face?' and I have to say ' Yes she is isn't she -those marks are called stork marks lalalala....'!

lemonaid · 27/06/2007 09:18

I posted on the other thread, but have been thinking about it some more. When DS was born he had one in the middle of his forehead and on both eyelids, and another at the nape of his neck.

The eyelids faded pretty quickly. The one on his forehead had faded a lot by a year and continued to fade after that. It isn't at all obvious now he's two and a half (I can still see it, but I know it's there). The one on the back of his head/neck I haven't checked recently -- I know it's faded a lot but don't know how much.

Definitely more obvious when hot/angry/crying.

ruth2007 · 27/06/2007 09:19

Piffle - DD has hers in a very similar place, helpful to see your pics as it has reassured me! Hers do get worse when crying or if she is ill as she goes pale and they stand out more.

People do comment though, I never mention other babies imperfections so I suppose I find it particularly rude when others do it to us. I was quite snappy to a lovely old lady one Morning when she commented - she caught me at a bad moment - and I appologised to her why I ended up saying sorry when she had just insulted DD I don't know! Maybe I am just too nice

MuddlingThrough · 27/06/2007 09:34

My son's (on his back)disappeared by the time he was about two. I just wanted to say that I had a huge one on my face as a small child, which went by the time I was I don't know two-ish. The important thing is that I have absolutely no recollection of being in the least bit upset by it, or by people's reactions. So although it's tough for the parents when people are insensitive I'm sure you needn't worry that your kids will be upset.

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