Birthmarks and Hemangiomas

Hello and welcome! :o)

I'm sorry I didn't reply earlier, but my mother's been in the hospital's icu since June 23rd and I can't pop in here as much right now.

That said, is your daughter's H possibly ulcerating (does it look like it's ripped open or red and raw?). Sometimes, that happens when the H grows too quickly for the skin. Often, that looks more painful than it is (my dd's lip H ulcerated, looked horrible, but she never complained of it hurting). BUT... with the area we're talking about with your dd, I'm sure that's not the case. Like when a child gets diaper rash, try to keep the area as dry as possible. Let her go w/o a diaper when possible. [yes, I understand how hard that is with an active 9mo old - maybe you can play on a blanket outside on your deck/patio or in the yard]

Please let me know what the doc says. I'll be thinking of you.

I'm happy to hear your daughter's ulceration is healing. They're not fun to deal with in any location, much less in the diaper area which is hard to keep dry. Hopefully, this will be the last one you'll need to deal with.

Almost always, ulceration occurs during proliferation (growth phase) not involution (going away phase). After an hemangioma grows to its fullest, there's a static period (can be short or long... no "usuals" in this case) before involution begins. Signs to look for that point to involution are lessening of color or even looking greyish. Once the hemangioma is fully involuted, it might leave a bit of discolored skin behind or it may not. Depending on how large the H got, it might leave a bit of puckered skin that was so distended it couldn't go back to normal. Of course, in your dd's case, unless she's going to be a Playboy model, no need to worry about that. ;o)