Posted on 12/22/2008 1:34:20 PM PST by Former Fetus
The doctor just diagnosed the mark on my daughter's breast as a hemangioma and told us not to worry about it. I had heard of hemangiomas in babies, stork bites... but never in adults. When I came home, I googled hemangioma but all I get is stuff about birthmarks. I even read somewhere that hemangiomas do not appear in adults. My daughter is 19, so I don't know what to think. Anybody here has more information on adult-onset hemangiomas? Thanks
I have had a hemangioma on my upper chest since I was 19 or 20 (I’m 53 now). It looks a little alarming, but it’s never “gone anywhere.” I’ve asked several doctors, including two dermatologists, to look at it. A couple have offered to remove it.
Perhaps the doctor is trying to not worry about you about your daughter having a hickey on her boob. When I was 19, I was responsible or many of those “hemangioma” on various pretty girls.
Thanks! LOL
So that is what those things are called. From what I know they start later teens and end up like the pictures. Nothing to worry about, well unless she want to be in Playboy.
Thank you, very much. I was so relieved that the doctor wasn’t concerned that I neglected to ask any questions. You see, she told me about it Friday night, around midnight, and she added that she had had it since some time in the Spring. Other than thinking that it was not any fast growing anything, it has been a long long weekend until I could take her to our doctor. When he smiled and said it was a hemangioma, nothing to worry about, I was so relieved that I could hardly say thank you, much less think and ask a question!
She’s had a hickey since spring????
Notice the last paragraph in the following article
I’ve had one on my left wrist/forearm ever since I can remember. Only even notice it when I whack it on something or a new doc says, “what happened to you?”
Colonel, USAFR
Are you sure what caused it. I though these grow really slow over the years, not 12 in one year.
I wouldn't know exactly. I was working huge hours under tons of stress while trying not to totally give up hopes for a social life. Rather than spending hours I didn't have outside getting a tan, I found that I could go to a tanning salon once a week during lunch break and achieve the same cosmetic effect.
My skin is fair and I had a number of blistering burns as a child and teenager.
With few exceptions, excessive sun exposure is pretty much what causes melanoma.
As I look back on my case, I suspect an association between my prior sun blisters, use of the tanning beds and extreme stress I was under.
My diagnosis was metastatic malignant melanoma. Nobody thought I would live but 20 years later, I'm still kicking.
WOW. Glad to see you still around. Best Wishes.
In the intervening 20 years, I have existed rather like Guy Sajer desciribed his post war years in "The Forgotten Soldier". "There came a day when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important. So I have stayed as I am, without regret, separated from the normal human condition".
Only recently have I begun to realize I need to put the past behind me, crawl out of my shell and try to salvage a life.
If someone can get up and dust themselves off, it makes a much stronger person. I have to admire people who experience life threatening illness and conquer the fear. The ones who have never experienced it have not live life to the fullest.
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