• Question: Why do people have birthmarks?

    Asked by anon-195972 to Kat, Gill on 23 Jan 2019.
    • Photo: Gill Harrison

      Gill Harrison answered on 23 Jan 2019:

      It’s said to be an excess of cells or blood vessels that cause birthmarks.
      I have one on my foot and my dad has one on his cheek.

      when I’m scanning I sometimes see then internally on people’s organs. They are common in the liver, where they are called haemangioma. I have two very small ones on my liver, but they’re hard to find (It’s a great way to test how well the students can scan a liver …. shhhh don’t tell anyone 😉 )

      the NHS site gives some of the different types of birth mark
      https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Birthmarks/

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