Port-wine stains are birthmarks that look like someone spilled wine on the skin. About 3 out of every 1,000 children are born with this pink-to-reddish mark. You'll see port-wine stains most often ...

Learn all about port wine stain birthmarks in this guide—from their causes and appearance to treatment options and tips for ...

Using lasers to remove port-wine birth marks may not be a permanent solution, doctors have found. The stains — caused by a flat, blood vessel tumour that is benign —range from pale red ...

Although pulsed-dye–laser therapy is currently the gold standard for the treatment of port-wine stains, few objective data are available on its long-term efficacy. Using objective color ...

At birth, port-wine stains are well-defined, flat pink to red lesions. In time, they thicken and darken and may grow little bumps that bleed. There’s a growing consensus among some researchers ...

Vascular birthmarks like port-wine stains come with potentially major impacts on the body and the mind. From the courtroom to the grocery store, questions are nothing new for Placer County ...

Scroll down for video Port-wine stain birthmarks are usually harmless, but if on the face – particularly over the eye - they can be linked to glaucoma and Sturge Weber Syndrome. This can ...

A woman with a large port wine stain birthmark on her face has revealed that she has undergone nine surgeries to prevent health complications - but has now learned to love it. Reagan Baylee ...

For people with port wine stain birthmarks, laser surgery is one way to soften the appearance. Treatment can be uncomfortable, and in the past, some doctors recommended waiting until a child was a ...