EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
BRENT HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES INCORPORATED
R.T. LIM BOULEVARD, ZAMBOANGA CITY
ALL ABOUT
BIRTHMARKS
SUBMITTED BY:
HUSIN, ABDEL NIZZAR S.
BSN2 – C
SUBMITTED TO:
MARY ANNE M. OCCO, MAN
INTRODUCTION:
From the first moment you open your eyes, your skin carries
more than just warmth. Sometimes, it carries stories faint
marks, soft patches, subtle colors that make you uniquely you.
These are birthmarks. They’re small, natural reminders that our
bodies are living, breathing maps of beginnings: biological,
personal, even emotional.
A birthmark is something you're born with, or that appears very
early in life a spot or discoloration in the skin, or sometimes a
raised patch. Most of the time, it's harmless. But more than
that, it’s rarely meaningless. It shapes how people see
themselves, how others glance at them, and how they interpret
the world.
Think of it this way: for some, a birthmark is like a signature left
by nature, a mark of difference that might bring questions,
stares, or curiosity. For others it’s something beautifully
mundane part of what makes them who they are, not what
makes them stand out. It may fade with time, change, or stay
constant. Sometimes it humbles us. Sometimes it emboldens
us.
So when we talk about birthmarks their types, their causes,
their looks we aren't just studying skin. We're exploring
personal maps of identity and belonging. We’re learning how
what’s visible on the surface can reflect deeper truths: about
how we begin, how we grow, and how we accept ourselves and
others.
Common Vascular birthmark types
TYPES: DESCRIPTION/ NOTES/BEHAVIOR
FEATURES
Macular stains / Salmon Flat pink or red patches, Very common; many fade
patches / Nevus simplex often on eyelids, over time (especially on
(“angel’s kiss,” “stork bite”) forehead, back of neck face).
Hemangiomas Benign growths of blood These often appear after
vessels; may be birth, grow for a period,
superficial (“strawberry then involute (shrink)
hemangioma”), deep, or over time.
mixed
Congenital hemangiomas Hemangiomas fully Subtypes: non-involuting
formed at birth; may congenital hemangioma
involute or remain (never shrink) or partially
involuting congenital
hemangioma.
Port-wine stains (capillary Flat pink to red (later These tend not to fade
malformations, nevus dark red / purplish) and may thicken over
flammeus) patches present at birth; time.
often on face
Venous malformations Abnormal or dilated veins They grow proportionally
in the skin; bluish or with the child and do not
purple, soft spontaneously regress.
Arteriovenous Direct connections Can lead to more
malformations (AVMs) between arteries and complex vascular effects;
veins without intervening part of vascular
capillaries malformation spectrum.
Mixed vascular Combination of two or These can present more
malformations more vascular anomalies complex behavior and
(e.g. capillary + venous) treatment needs.