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 .

Strawberry nevus is a fancy name for a red birthmark. This red tinge of skin comes from a collection of blood vessels close to the skin’s surface. These birthmarks most commonly occur in young ...

Port-wine stains are birthmarks that look like someone spilled wine on the skin.About 3 out of every 1,000 children are born with this pink-to-reddish mark. You'll see port-wine stains most often ...

The red birthmark on Navaeh’s face is caused by abnormally widened blood vessels, according to Caters News. Advertisement "When she was really little, a lot of people would ask questions.

Father-of-one Eric Pixley, 29, from Connecticut, was born with a birthmark known as a port wine stain. It occurs when small blood vessels become overly dilated and turn the skin red.

Known as a haemangioma, it is a collection of blood vessels under baby's skin. ... also known as a strawberry birthmark, is a bright red birthmark that shows up in the first or second week of life.

A woman with a large port wine stain birthmark on her face has revealed that she has undergone nine surgeries to prevent health complications - but has now learned to love it.

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 ...

This causes an increased number of red blood cells to build up in the skin. Port wine stain birthmarks may also occur due to a rare vascular disorder called Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) .

DR. WALLACE: My older sister is 22 and just had her first baby! I'm 17 and really close to my sister, so she allowed me to come into the hospital room with her to see her newborn baby. Her baby is ...

Jesica Bird, 31, said she grabbed her dark red lipstick and traced her daughter's birthmark onto the doll's face, as per her daughter's request. This 6-year-old from New York has a large birthmark ...