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| Welcome to Birthmarks.com |
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| Welcome to Birthmarks.com, the premiere resource site for information about vascular and pigmented birthmarks. Community support for those whose lives are affected by birthmarks is offered through a free, private newsgroup with an international membership. A regularly published newsletter covers topics such as laser therapy, makeup and skincare, insurance, doctor referrals, and research findings. The newsletter also features personal stories written by those with birthmarks as well as parents of children with a birthmark. These stories share advice and resources that help support the daily challenges of living with a birthmark. Birthmarks.com is a nonprofit organization. ...more about us... |
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Why Birthmarks.com was founded
By Michael Steffano, Founder
When Birthmarks.com was started in November 1995 surprisingly little information could be found online. The Internet presented an opportunity to gather and share a wealth of information. It was also a way to find and connect with others, like me, who have been significantly affected by a birthmark. |
Birthmark Statistics:
1 in 10 children are born with a vascular birthmark
1% of children born with a vascular birthmark (1 in 1,000 of all children) will require medical intervention
A port-wine stain, a type of vascular birthmark, occurs in 3 of 1,000 infants. |
Facts About Vascular Birthmarks and Tumors
If you are interested in vascular malformations and only have time to read one thing on our website, then we recommend this pamphlet published by the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation: Facts About Vascular Birthmarks and Tumors. (381 KBytes, PDF) |
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Birthmarks.com Internet Resources Guide 2006
By Glenda Ethington, updated by Stephanie Cale
A wealth of information on birthmarks, treatments, and related diseases. Resources include support groups, charitable foundations, publications, family websites, and even self-help resources, with links to more than 100 web sites. |
Type of Birthmarks
Summary of different types of vascular and pigmented birthmarks. |
Birthmark Related Conditions and Syndromes
Summary of the medical conditions and syndromes associated with vascular birthmarks. |
Pied Beauty - by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Glory be to God for dappled things - -
For skies of couple-color as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut falls; finches' wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced - - fold, fallow and plow;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise Him.
(contributed by Our Newsgroup member Victoria Crawford) |
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Port Wine Stains: Clearance, Cure, and Recurrence (To Treat or Not to Treat)
By Linda Shannon, Stuart Nelson MD, Roy Geronemus MD
The following rebuttal by Dr. Stuart Nelson and Dr. Roy Geronemus was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in response to an article about the recurrence of Port Wine Stains (PWS) after pulsed dye laser treatment. |
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