NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The best time to treat the type of birthmarks called port wine stains may be well before children are even aware they have them, a new study suggests. Sign up here. Port ...

Infants with port-wine birthmarks (PWB) achieved near-total or total clearance with weekly pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatments in a case-series of 10 infants. Early intervention of PWB in infants can ...

Birthmarks are often harmless, but their origins have puzzled doctors for years. More than 10% of babies are born with some kind of birthmark. Some fade over time, while others stay for life. "Some ...

If you've noticed white patches popping up on your skin, they might be anything from warts to vitiligo.

A Stamford doctor is changing young lives through what he calls the miracle of lasers. Dr. Omar Ibrahimi has gained notoriety for treating children born with port-wine stain birthmarks. He uses lasers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed a high degree of variability in the density and size of vessels within and between port wine ...

Waterloo, Iowa (KWWL) - As many as 80-percent of people are born with some type of birthmark, but vascular birthmarks can carry some special challenges. I'd never heard of them until my own daughter ...

Jonathan Muggleton was a teenager when he first became aware of a small mark on his body. “I didn’t think much of it at first,” the 49-year-old father of two told The Independent. “It was just a ...