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How To Remove A Birth Mark On The Right Cheek?
Question: Hi Doctor,
My baby has a birth mark on his right cheek, pics has been attached for your guidance
measurement 1 cm to 1.5 cm ,(Length &Breath)
Please suggest me what would be the permanent solution for removal of this birth mark.
Regards
XXXXX
My baby has a birth mark on his right cheek, pics has been attached for your guidance
measurement 1 cm to 1.5 cm ,(Length &Breath)
Please suggest me what would be the permanent solution for removal of this birth mark.
Regards
XXXXX
Brief Answer:
Go for plastic surgery
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I have reviewed the attached photograph and your baby is having congenital melanocytic naevus.
Surgery is definitely the treatment of choice in this but I would recommend you to wait for some more years and go plastic surgery instead of laser surgery as it has a very rare chance of recurrence.
Regards
Dr Asmeet
Go for plastic surgery
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I have reviewed the attached photograph and your baby is having congenital melanocytic naevus.
Surgery is definitely the treatment of choice in this but I would recommend you to wait for some more years and go plastic surgery instead of laser surgery as it has a very rare chance of recurrence.
Regards
Dr Asmeet
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Thanks Doctor for your quick answer!!
if will wait for some more years then the mark of the plastic surgery would be big ?
please suggest .
and i think in laser there would not be any mark after surgery.
so please suggest on this
Regards
XXXXX
if will wait for some more years then the mark of the plastic surgery would be big ?
please suggest .
and i think in laser there would not be any mark after surgery.
so please suggest on this
Regards
XXXXX
Brief Answer:
Complete disappearance won't be seen with laser
Detailed Answer:
Hi
In Laser treatment multiple sittings will be required and it has been seen that the results are 75-85 percent.
Complete disappearance is usually not seen and some pigmentation will be left and there are always a chance of recurrence.
But with surgical excision chances of recurrence are rare and it is complete removal.
Yes the mark will be bigger if surgery done at a later stage as it will increase proportionately with the increase in the size of the face.
So you can even plan a surgical excision now.
Regards
Complete disappearance won't be seen with laser
Detailed Answer:
Hi
In Laser treatment multiple sittings will be required and it has been seen that the results are 75-85 percent.
Complete disappearance is usually not seen and some pigmentation will be left and there are always a chance of recurrence.
But with surgical excision chances of recurrence are rare and it is complete removal.
Yes the mark will be bigger if surgery done at a later stage as it will increase proportionately with the increase in the size of the face.
So you can even plan a surgical excision now.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
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