A Hemangioma Grows

This week my four-month old began treatment for an infantile hemangioma (IH) on her head. In the next few weeks I will post more information about hemangiomas because I hope to help other parents and families who are faced with these birthmarks.

To begin, however I wanted to share a series of photos that show how a hemangioma grows, from almost nothing at birth, to a swollen, scary tumor on your baby. The dramatic nature of this tumor's growth can be understood in that all of this growth happened over four months. One physician told us that without treatment it could grow for a year and a half two years.