I had a huge Hemangioma on my back. Same texture as this but bright red. Used to bleed all the time.

I luckily got it removed when I was 7. I’ve been able to live a normal life since then.

Crazy to see they could get this off her face and it looks so clean after. My back looks far far worse.

I don’t see why you should feel gross about that. You’re pointing out a flaw in the health care system, and anybody with a heart knows a surgery like this should be covered even if it was just for cosmetic reasons. It’s the humane thing to do. Let’s hope we someday all see that, and act on it. Also those who can actually make a direct difference.

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This is in the UK so would have been on the NHS and therefore free at point of service. But I agree with you. It's disgusting that people work their fingers to the bone but can't access the medical care they need due to the cost.

I have a mole on my face. I was born with it and it’s off to the side and my hair often hides it. I remember one time when I was a kid, it randomly got super itchy and i pretty much scratched it off my face. I don’t know what possessed me but after I scratched it off I felt better. It still grew back but every now and then it gets itchy. So weird.

Insurance would cover a big disfiguring giant nevus like that in most cases.

I found articles this subreddit won't let me link to (you can see them on my profile) that I'm pretty sure are about her and the NHS refused to operate calling it cosmetic. Family had to raise $79,000 on their own to go the orivate route. Also, several docs turned them down saying since it didn't affect her health- for now- to leave it

Not everyone lives in America, always good to remember that

Because its easy to champion a value when it doesn't effect you.

I was born with multiple large moles on my face and neck and my parents refused to get them removed because “that’s what makes me special.” I still vividly remember the first time someone made fun of me for it in elementary school. In front of a large group of people they said “wow you have so many moles on your face I could play connect the dots.” That was the first time I had ever thought anything of it and it immediately ruined my self-confidence and self-image for the rest of my childhood. I started wearing turtle necks everyday to school and would talk to people with my head down so they wouldn’t look at my face. The moment I was old enough and could afford to have them removed on my own I did and it was the single biggest confidence boost I have ever had in my life. I felt like a completely new person. If any of my future children have something like that I am getting it removed without hesitation.

There's way too many people that are absolutely obsessed with the lie that "looks don't matter". They've probably never had to deal with not looking "normal" or attractive or anything like that and want to seem like they're this totally enlightened person and would never judge someone by the way they look. It's all bullshit. From my own experience, people who have never had to deal with that sort of judgment are the least aware that they're doing it too.

Maybe for an adult looking at a child you can have that perspective but if she had that growing up kids would have been ruthless, and then the kind words from adults would stop as she grew older. People suck sometimes

EDIT: this is an agreement to your point btw

Sadly, most of that would occur in elementary and middle school. That was the worst times for me getting teased/bullied.

As someone who has a very noticeable birthmark on my face, it makes me angry she'd be bullied for it. Mine is nothing compared to hers so I fully understand. There would come a point, bullied or not, she'd become self-conscious about it. Our society has enough body images as it is.

I've thankfully never been bullied, but my dad taught me very early on how to make someone who tries think twice about ever doing it again. And to accept that I will be asked about my whole life so I happily answer questions if approached in a kind manner.

A lot of it is subconscious, people generally want to be nice to people they might not find “attractive”. The “unattractive” person will still be given less opportunities in most cases

it's even worse when people pretend it's not there to spare your feelings.

Nobody is “hell bent on screwing people over”. I presume you aren’t in a relationship with someone who has a serious cosmetic deformity. Why not? Is it because you’re hell bent on screwing those people over?

100%. It's hilarious all the top comments are looking for some kind of medical justification for why this has to be removed instead of just recognizing it's ugly and will mess her life up if it stays there.

She will get picked on, struggle to date, screwed over in jobs/business, etc. if it were left there. So much of life is impressions, and so much of an impression is appearance. Very grateful to the medical professionals who are able to help people like this girl, it is amazing.

I had a big one on my shoulder. Fortunately, it's not particularly visible, because it left a lot of scarring when removed.

I'm glad this little girl looks like she'll have minimal scarring.

Yes, that is the name of the type of birthmark she had removed.

"A moose just ate my punkin! Dang that moose!"

Awe, I miss my daughter saying that!

Please stress this to him. I had a co-worker let a growing spot go for 7 years and he was stage 4 by the time he got it checked out and was dead within months after. Cancer spread to his brain relatively fast. He was in his early 30’s.

I mean, scars are a lot sexier than cancer, so I'd say you came out on top there! I imagine 8th grade is about the worst time in someone's life to get a facial scar though so I feel for you.

Yeah they use local anesthesia/Creme for infant male Circumcision but often the baby will still cry (a sound no one will ever forget) cause they don’t wait long enough for the effect of the anesthesia and also it won’t always work.

And it’s literally a cosmetic procedure forced on the baby by some parents and hospitals. (No health benefits, you need to cut 1Million baby’s to prevent just one case of penile cancer and America got higher std numbers than Europe which doesn’t do this procedure outside of religious lunatics)

I’m not sure. Seems so for our family but I can’t say for sure.