How To Remove A Birth Mark On The Right Cheek?

Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2016

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Tue, 23 Aug 2016 Answered on

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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

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (49 minutes later)

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

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (16 hours later)

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

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

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

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar