Birth marks and Moles - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

simonsmom · 09-16-2006, 02:48 PM

I was just wondering at what age will birth marks and moles show up. My dd is almost a year and she has this thing on her face that looks like a pimple but it has been there for 2 weeks so I am wondering if it is going to be a permanent mark.

Spanish · 09-17-2006, 03:57 AM

My DD has a small mole on her arm and I guess it's been there since she was about 9 months. I'm sure she'll get plenty more because I and DH are covered in them!

Spanish

newg · 09-18-2006, 01:55 PM

Hi Simonsmom~ My friend’s daughter had something like that. It was a red spot on her cheek. They had it checked out and it turned out to be a cherry hemangioma, which is a benign lesion. Nothing really serious, but they are having it taken off. They were told it would get bigger and bigger. I would just have your ped take a look at it the next time you’re in there.

feelbad · 09-19-2006, 07:38 AM

hey newg,just how old is your friends daughter and when did the angioma develop/has it been there since birth or did it suddenly just pop in one day out of the blue?the reason i am asking is it 'can' be a sign of liver/kidney disease.my son had one that had been there for many years,in his case it kept getting deeper and deeper red with tiny little capillaries surrounding it.didn't think much of it at the time and neirther did his doc.at age 12 he started showing some odd symptoms and the next thing we knew,he had been Dxed with being in liver failure.i am sure this is just a benign angioma or also called a nevis?but just to be sure,really sure,you may want to have your friend get some blood tests done on her child just to make sure.the key thing here is the actual age of the child right now.if she is at least ten and presenting with this,it really is important to get the liver and kidney blood work done.just to be totally sure their isn't some sort of issue.hopefully this is one of the more benign ones and will eventually dissapate over time.please let me know if you should find out anything.marcia

newg · 09-19-2006, 09:41 AM

Thanks feelbad, I'll mention it to my friend. Her dd is 4. It also had the tiny little capillaries coming off of it. We live a fairly small town and I know she had gone out of town to a specialist to look at it and have it taken off but much better to be safe than sorry. Thanks for the info!