A birthmark is a dark spot on the skin.\u00a0It contains extra pigment, which is the dye that darkens the skin when exposed to the sun.\u00a0Most birthmarks are harmless, but it is important to keep track of changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Birthmarks are sometimes called liver patches and in the medical language, they are called a nevus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone can get birthmarks<\/strong> and they can get anywhere on the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Birthmarks are dark but can differ in size, shape, and color.\u00a0Birthmarks can be difficult to see on dark skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some have a smaller number of birthmarks, and some have many.\u00a0It is not uncommon to have around 70 birthmarks<\/em>, but even more than that can occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Birthmarks can come in different ages. The first ones can be seen already during the first years of life, and then more and more arrive at about the age of 30. Women often get more birthmarks during pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a birthmark that matches one or more of the following, contact a health care provider :<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also contact a health care center if you have birthmarks that you are worried about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wait until it becomes every day if it’s a weekend.\u00a0You can contact many receptions by\u00a0logging in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Birthmarks can be removed by surgery, scraping, laser or freezing.\u00a0Another method is the so-called diathermy when tissue is burned using electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Birthmarks that are operated away are examined in a microscope in a laboratory.\u00a0Birthmarks that are removed by scraping, laser or freezing cannot be examined afterward.\u00a0The same applies if birthmarks are removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You have to pay for the procedure yourself if you want to remove birthmarks for cosmetic reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost all birthmarks are harmless.\u00a0Single birthmarks<\/span> can develop into disease.\u00a0It is therefore important to pay attention to whether birthmarks change.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are also other types of skin changes that can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from birthmarks.\u00a0Examples of these are so-called age warts,\u00a0actinic keratosis\u00a0and\u00a0lentigo Solaris which are also called sunspots.\u00a0However, these skin changes usually come at a higher age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A birthmark is a dark spot on the skin. It contains extra pigment, which is the dye that darkens the skin when exposed to sun. Most birthmarks are harmless, but it is important to keep track of changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,656,585],"tags":[706,705,707,708,710,714,713,712,709],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-birthmarks-and-skin-changes","category-skin-hair-and-nails","tag-birthmark","tag-birthmark-liver-spot","tag-birthmark-spots","tag-birthmarks","tag-birthmarks-on-liver","tag-birthmarks-skin-changes","tag-birthmarks-symptoms","tag-birthmarks-treatment","tag-liver-birthmarks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Treatment for birthmarks or liver spots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Birthmarks and other skin changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n