Port-wine stains are birthmarks that look like someone spilled wine on the skin. About 3 out of every 1,000 children are born with this pink-to-reddish mark. You'll see port-wine stains most often ...

Overly dilated capillaries can cause port-wine stains. These enlarged capillaries allow blood to collect in them anywhere in the body, giving port-wine stains their pinkish or purplish color.

Photo credit: Medical Images Port-wine stains are flat purple to red birthmarks made of dilated blood capillaries. These birthmarks occur most often on the face and may vary in size. Port-wine ...

Danielle Gourdeau had no idea that a port wine stain birthmark on daughter Jasmine's eyebrow was a sign of Sturge Weber syndrome, which can cause seizures. When Danielle Gourdeau first gazed at ...

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Discusses His Childhood Trauma with His Kids: I 'Dole It Out Where Appropriate' According to the Cleveland Clinic, port wine stains result from abnormally formed ...

“Port wine stains” — also known as “nevus flammeus” — are permanent birthmarks that appear on newborns and may “get darker and raised or bumpy over time” (per the Cleveland Clinic ...

Port wine stain birthmarks appear as pink, purple, or reddish patches on the skin. They occur due to a malformation of small blood vessels. They are mostly harmless but may result from an ...

Sarah Taylor is a 21-year-old college student with a port-wine stain birthmark that covers almost half of her face. But instead of covering it up, she is unapologetically herself, and inspiring ...