Jessica McGirr first noticed the change five years ago when she was on a boat trip on the Spanish Island of Tenerife and ended up having a snooze in the blazing sun ...

A grateful mother has opened up about the emotional journey she and her baby girl went through as they finally said goodbye to a prominent birthmark on the child’s forehead. What was meant to be a ...

In most cases, a health professional can diagnose a red birthmark based on the appearance of the skin. Deeper birthmarks can be confirmed with tests such as MRI, ultrasound, CT scans, or biopsies.

Tinea can look like a small red birthmark or discoloration—almost like a stain on your skin. But these spots are actually a kind of fungal infection, including ringworm and athlete’s foot ...

Port wine stain birthmarks appear in only about 0.3% of children – but are twice as likely to occur in girls. Do you have a mole or skin tag?

Vascular types, such as port wine stains (which are flat and red or purple in colour), are due to malformations in tiny blood vessels near the surface of the skin.

Any type of birthmark or skin discoloration could be labeled as a "devil's mark" in the 17th century. Matthew Hopkins, the infamous "witchfinder general," considered any unusual spot, freckle or ...

The young, silver-haired man with the deep red birthmark on his face is none other than Brynen Rivers, the bastard son of King Aegon IV who goes on to become known as the Three-Eyed Raven.

But the red ‘splotches’ hide a genetic condition that is potentially a ticking time bomb for the little girl and her family.