[ozaukeemom]

Nowhere as extreme, but my son had a good sized strawberry birthmark on his lip. When he was 5, he had surgery to remove it. We had it done because we knew it would be a detriment to him. He is now 20 and I am so glad it was done. People can be cruel and I did not want him going to school and having it be the focal point. We did it prior to him starting school, so it was a done deal before it could be an issue. Until I read this post, I almost forgot! He has a tiny scar, but that is it. I look at his photos from when he was a toddler and know it was the right decision.

[patlin]

strawberry birth marks are different. They are highly susceptible to cancer.

[VanShuyten]

On the other hand, everybody I grew up with and all my friends were so polite that I didn't know I had a Gorbachev-sized birthmark on the back of my head until I was about 40.

Coincidentally, that was about when I started losing my hair. ;)