Thank you for the advice. How long would it be dormant for before I'm out of the clear... a year? or could it vary. I've gone on the other sites to compare and my baby's mark is not even close to being as big as any of the pictures that I've seen .... What is the average age that it stops increasing?? On other sites they only mention severe cases, but that info dosn't help me... I want to know about mild cases. Jill