Overly dilated capillaries can cause port-wine ... affected leg or arm. These changes can cause the bone or muscle of that limb to grow longer or wider than usual. Port-wine stains usually don ...

ANDREW PAPWORTH describes how he is proud to call his large port wine stain birthmark on his left arm, chest, back and hands part of his identity - despite some insensitive comments. Since birth ...

Lacey-Dee Barrett, now 10 months old, was born with what’s known as a “port-wine stain” covering nearly ... point where I didn't want her to look back on baby photos and see I wasn't ...

Crystal Hodges never felt self conscious about her port wine stain birthmark until an Internet ... Now, Hodges is back in a positive place, and continues to share her journey living with her ...

Researchers say they have discovered that a genetic mutation causes both the rare disease Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and commonly occurring port-wine stain birthmarks. They hope their discovery ...

A baby with a port wine stain on her face and body could soon become ... I noticed a really dark mark on the right side of her body, down her arm and on her chest, like someone had spilled red ...

Talking with Lindsey's family brought back a flood of memories for Storm. She was born with a port wine stain, smaller than Lindsey's, under her left eye. There was very little information about ...

"Port wine stains" - also known as "nevus flammeus ... but as a child you feel like you have a completely deformed arm," he said. "It didn't limit my functions at all, but I was treated almost ...

Corgan’s post began with a photo of him wearing a purple sweater with its sleeves rolled up to show off the birthmark, which covers parts of his hand, wrist and arm. He also included a photo of ...

A woman who was born with a large port wine stain birthmark across her face has ... and wake up early before all of them to put my makeup back on. 'No one told me I had to do these things, but ...