What are "raised birthmarks"?
So there are some raised birthmarks we see. One very common raised birthmark is called a hemangioma. And this is a vascular birthmark, which means it's made out of blood vessels. Some of them are raised, a raised red patch, or some of them are under the skin, either light red or even bluish in color, and these are called cavernous hemangiomas, which are vascular birthmarks that are under the skin.The hemangiomas are very interesting. They also can be anywhere on your body, and in the majority of cases, again there's nothing to worry about. They will grow over the first year of life, and then after that they disappear. And it may take three years, five years, seven years, but they will eventually fully go away without any problems. You'll never know that they were there. There are certain hemangiomas that your doctor will maybe investigate or do further investigation on. And these are - we have to watch more closely if they're in certain areas. For example if they are in the opening of the ear, in the opening of the nose, or mouth, or eyes, because as they grow, we don't want them to impinge your functions of hearing, or vision or breathing, and so those specific hemangiomas we watch more closely. But in general hemangiomas are nothing to worry about.
