https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:04:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2329052 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:28:14 +0000 hilsy85 2329052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyann: ha that is a random spot! </p> <p>@twodoghouse: ah ok, gotcha. </p> <p>@josina: aw so cute!</p> <p>Ok so it seems like if it is one, it will become obvious in the next 1-2 weeks. Thanks everyone :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2329046 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:23:42 +0000 Pumuckl 2329046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second has one on her rib cage - it's about the size of two quarters. It appeared within her first week and got bigger until about 4weeks. Since about 4 months it's been softening and fading but it's still very noticeable at 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2329030 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:13:43 +0000 josina 2329030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO has a strawberry on the top of his head, it showed up after his 2 week appointment, before his 1 month. It is about the size of a pencil head now at 11 months. I remember when it first showed up thinking I had bumped his head on something!<br /> Here is a pic... </p> [attach=4677/15/nwl44k.337x600.Screenshot_2015-10-21-14-13-13.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2329009 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:05:28 +0000 twodoghouse 2329009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: DD had an internal monitor during labor, and a vacuum delivery, so her head was sort of a mess of red marks and scabs at birth. I actually thought the hemangioma was just irritation from that at first, but then it sort of bubbled up. By the time the skin was healed from her birth, the hemangioma was pretty much noticeably there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2329008 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:05:25 +0000 lilyann 2329008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS2 has one in a very strange spot: his balls. His doctors think it will fade with time (he's 16 months) and I think it has gotten lighter since birth. His doc forgets that he has it and is surprised by it every time she checks his diaper area at appointments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328997 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:00:18 +0000 hilsy85 2328997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: eta with the one that showed up at 10'days was there anything there before that gave you a clue it was coming? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328995 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:59:28 +0000 hilsy85 2328995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: @lovehoneybee: @Mama Bird: when did they start to become obvious? What did they lookike before that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328912 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:14:17 +0000 twodoghouse 2328912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has (had) 3 hemangiomas that we know of (one is internal, so there is a chance she has more). She's a female twin, which increases her chances of having them, and my DH and his grandmother had one as well. She was born with one fully developed on her toe, which was a darker purple and involuted by the time she was 10 months. The internal hemangioma became noticeable just under her jawline around 4 months old and is quite large, but not red. It's softening some but hasn't started getting noticeably smaller at 17 months. The one on the top of her head is a more classic red strawberry hemangioma. It showed up around 10 days and grew a little, but it's still small and mostly covered with hair now so not very noticeable. At 17 months it's started to get paler which can precede the involution. Our ped took a "wait and see" approach with us, since none of her hemangiomas were on the midline, and they weren't anywhere uncomfortable (i.e. if she'd had one near her eye or mouth we may have taken a more aggressive approach). According to our dr, the nature of hemangiomas is to grow until one year, then they begin to involute. Many are gone by the age of three, and I think something like 90% are gone by ten. My husband's was small and was completely gone by the time he was 4. We occasionally get insensitive comments since DD's hemangiomas are visible (is your baby's head bleeding?? What's that bump on her neck? Does she have mumps?), but ultimately her hemangiomas are only aesthetic which we are grateful for (when her neck one popped up she went through a terrible weekend of testing and words like mass growth and leukemia came up, so we are just relieved she's healthy!!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328907 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:10:10 +0000 lovehoneybee 2328907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Evan has one on his upper back. It's faded some since birth, but it's still pretty distinct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328905 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:09:47 +0000 stratosphere 2328905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one on my forehead that was a triangle about the size of a pencil eraser, at its largest according to photos at around 6 months, and it was gone before I turned 18 months. </p> <p>My LO had one on her side that started as four red dots fairly close together when she was a few weeks old and by the time she was 6 weeks old the dots had connected into what looked like a wide heart--it was definitely diagnosed as a strawberry hemangioma. It grew a bit more, but then stayed the same for many months. It started to fade when she was about 10 months and was gone by the time she was 13 months. Now at 14 months you can just barely see where it used to be--it's colorless now but the tissue is still slightly raised. I'm sure it'll be gone entirely in a few months. There is no trace whatsoever of mine on my forehead.</p> <p>I think they're cute and special! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328894 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:04:28 +0000 Mama Bird 2328894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS has one on his back. He's almost three and it's faded a lot but is still there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328886 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:00:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 2328886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My older daughter had a large one on her chest… I will PM you pictures. Our doctor said it would fade totally by age 5, before her second birthday it had shrunk considerably. She had a smaller one on her for head about the size of a pencil eraser that disappeared completely before she was two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328884 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:58:48 +0000 abmamma 2328884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter had a hemangioma on her cheek but it didn't really look like multiple dots in the beginning- more like one big dot. It got bigger for a few months and then started to fade. She's 3 now and you can't see it too much- just a few little dots. My 2 month old son has what looks like some scattered red dots on his abdomen but they said it wasn't a hemangioma this time - it has a similar name but starts with a "t." I will have to look it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328845 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:38:28 +0000 hilsy85 2328845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: ok gotcha. Not sure if that's different, but thanks for the input :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328842 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:37:55 +0000 mrs. wagon 2328842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I've never seen a dermatologist and no doctor has called it that.. I think the term strawberry birthmark was used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328838 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:37:15 +0000 hilsy85 2328838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: and they've told you that it's a hemangioma? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328837 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:36:14 +0000 mrs. wagon 2328837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have one on my leg that appears to be 8 little red dots in the shape of a circle. I don't remember it being any different, but doctors have always told me to just keep an eye on it and it's never changed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/strawberry-hemangioma#post-2328824 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:32:35 +0000 hilsy85 2328824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At DD's first pedi appt, the doctor noticed a spot on her lower back that she thinks may develop into a strawberry hemangioma. Right now, it looks like 4 red dots kind of in a square shape. She said they are benign and disappear eventually, after growing for a number of years. Anyone have any experience with this? Does this sound like it will develop into one? </p>