Stork Bites/Salmon Marks

My daughter is ten and still has a stork bite on her chin. They fade as the skin gets thicker, but hers has not disappeared. They can be lasered away, but not until much later. Interestingly my daughter decided not to have the mark lasered when she was old enough. She feels is it an integral part of her and plans to keep it.

It took a long time for my son's to completly fade. and when he cried a lot or was feverish they would get darker.Not sure when they completely disappeared around ??

My daughter was born with one at the base of her hairline, it's quite big and was noticable until her hair grew in. She's 3 now and it's still there, doesn't seem to have faded or changed at all but it's covered by her hair so no-one knows it's there.

My oldest son, now 7, was born with one on his forehead, right between his eyes, it goes from about eyebrow level almost all the way to his hairline. It was very noticeable at birth and the DR. told us the same thing...that it will most likely disappear with time....well like I said he is 7 now and still has it. It has faded some but I can absolutely still see it. It becomes more noticeable in the summer time when he gets tan...or when he runs and exerts himself.

~I was VERY concerned when he was born because I didn't like the idea of him having this birthmark so prominent on his face, his was more purple looking, but still kinda red and VERY noticeable....but ya know what? It is him, it is who he is and how he was made...and I do not even care anymore. He is still a very good looking boy and if anything I think it gives him character.

My daughter's eventually faded -- eventually in YEARS. However, even as a teen, if she would get upset and be angry or cry, the one between her eyes would show up again! And the one at the base of her hairline has never really gone away. Just hidden by hair.

My 9 year old still has his between his eyes. It has faded some, and is most noticable when he is upset or over heated. I don't notice it in pictures, but any time I look at him, I can see it.

My son had a big one at the nape of his neck. It's still there, but greatly faded. He's 6 months now. Once his hair grows in more it should cover most of it, but not all.

My now 1-year old had two when he was born; one on the back of his neck and another on the top of his left ear. His pediatrician told us that we would just have to wait and see if either would go away completely.
She said that they aren't bad or anything but that some people are born with them and they go away as the child gets older while other people will always have them (or they made fade a little).
The one on the back of my son's neck has now faded completely but the one on his ear is still there, just a little lighter than it was.
A month before my son was born, one of my grandmothers passed away from breast cancer. We say that his birth mark is where his great grandma kissed him before he was born... and if it stays on his ear that is what we're going to tell him if he asks about it.
When my grandma passed away it was very hard on the whole family - especially since she never had the chance to meet my son. But, it gives us all comfort to see his little red mark and just think that she did get to meet him before he was born and his "kiss" was her way of telling us.

My daughter had several when she was born, mostly on the back of her head and around the nape of her neck. She still has them, although slightly faded, but her hair pretty much covers them. I only even see them when I am brushing it and putting it up in a pony tail. She didn't have any on her face, but she does have a couple of small birthmark spots (they aren't and never were pink like stork bites, they are browner and smaller, more like big freckles) in her hairline: one at one temple and one up around the natural part of her hair. They aren't a big deal though. She is very fair skinned, light eyes and blonde hair. I don't care a bit about them and she doesn't either. Although when she becomes a teen (she is only 9 now) I expect she'll probably be more self-conscious about it for a period of time. I mean, as teens, kids are self-conscious about EVERYTHING... but no big deal with us.

They are so common. My 4 year old has one between her eyes. It has faded but is still there. I don't notice it anymore but others do. It gets brighter when she is hot, upset or mad. I don't think they ever go away but fade over time.

That's interesting. I took my 7 month old to my dermatologist appt. a few months ago. I asked about his stork bite in the back of his head and he said they don't go away. He added that 10% of the population has them under their hair and they don't even know it. I hope that's only true for the ones under their hair!

T.

I am 32 and still have a stork bite on my back of my head at my hairline. My daughter does as well -- she is 3.5 years old. And my mom (she is 53) and my sister (she is 29). I know they say that they fade/go away with time, but in our case, they appear to be lasting our lifetimes. Best of luck to you!

My son also had one on his eyelid and lighter one on his forehead. My pedi said that it could take a year or more to fade, and would probably still show up when he cried or got flushed for a long time after that. My son is almost 15 months now, and the forehead one is gone, but the one on his eyelid is still visible if you know to look for it, and they both still get very bright red when he gets upset. So, I guess it's just one of those things that fades at its own rate, probably depends on how dark it was to start with. My nephew had a very very bright red one right between his eyes which is gone now - he's 3.