So.. i have a birthmark (it looks kinda like Nevada/ Bosnia 🤷♂️, btw) and I’m just curious about a few things:
First, at what stage of development do birthmarks appear?
Second, why do birthmarks appear in the first place?
And third, do birthmarks serve any purpose other than possibly being a conversation starter?
UPDATE: Thank you all for the upvotes, awards and comments… for those of you that asked, here’s a picture lol (sorry if it doesn’t look EXACTLY like Nevada/ Bosnia that’s just the best way I could describe it.)
^you ^dont ^have ^to ^be ^so ^mean ^🥺
http://imgur.com/a/OYVBB20
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1) they can appear at any stage as an embryo and show up later in life ( many different forms of birthmarks)and change over the course of your lifetime
2) some are due to an overproduction or underproduction of melanin and most are hereditary. So are produced from superficial capillaries or an abundance of capillaries these one may change in response to enviromental factors (my sons change from pink to red to purple depending on his mood and temperature).
3) they are a mystery for which I have not been told what purpose if any they serve but should be monitored for changes that could be affecting growth or turn cancerous.
Many people grow out of birthmarks or can have them removed.
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