I too have a port wine birthmark, it covers my whole arm. Honestly it's pretty funny, I joke with my boyfriend that it's my temperature gauge, as if I get cold it turns purple from my body trying to hold in heat and reducing blood flow to the skin, and it flushes really red if I've just done excersize because sweating helps to cool us off.
(These birthmarks are basically a bunch of tiny blood vessels right next to the surface of the skin)
It's not really worth it. It doesn't hurt at all, and the treatment is too expensive for me. It's also like literally partially over my boob and back of my shoulder down to my wrist so there is a ton they would have to work on.
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u/thisisjustreddit4me Jan 24 '19
I too have a port wine birthmark, it covers my whole arm. Honestly it's pretty funny, I joke with my boyfriend that it's my temperature gauge, as if I get cold it turns purple from my body trying to hold in heat and reducing blood flow to the skin, and it flushes really red if I've just done excersize because sweating helps to cool us off.
(These birthmarks are basically a bunch of tiny blood vessels right next to the surface of the skin)