Strawberry Hemangioma - Forehead

This is a three year old child with a strawberry hemangioma of the lower forehead.

Some brief notes about strawberry hemangioma:

• Raised red birthmark
• Often increases in size for first 1-2 years of life
• Then start to shrink down without any treatment
• Turns grayish when it shrinks down, as in this 3 year old child
• Usually flat and gone by 8 years old or sooner