It was a normal pregnancy, 40 weeks no complications- our first child. The second she was born, the doctors took her to do the initial…

When Aiden was born, he had a dark purple birthmark on the right side of his face. The attending pediatrician at the hospital told me…

Edie was born in Los Angeles in 2008. The doctor that delivered her looked at the birthmark on her leg and stated that the baby…

The doctor asked my parents, "Do you have additional questions?" Is this diagnosis common? No. Will Mallory grow out of it? No. Can you treat…

On my 50 th birthday (in 2012), my niece wrote on my timeline “Happy Half Century”; it was an eye opener for me. Looking back,…

I am 27 years old and was finally diagnosed with a venous malformation of the left elbow and forearm in Jan. of 2005. This was…

My name is Melissa A. Freeman. I am 36 yrs. Old. I have a Venous Vascular Malformation on the right side of my face. This…

Featured Story My name is Marlene Klingeman and in August of 1999 at age 37 I suddenly suffered a hemorrhagic stroke that nearly ended my…

submitted by Alyssa Leto (Aug 2015) Alyssa –Running Her Own Future Winner of VBF’s 2015 Frank Catalanotto Perseverance Scholarship The term cerebral cavernous hemangioma is…

Received a Frank Catalanotto Perseverance Scholarship in Aug. 2015 Life with a birthmark hasn't been easy. I've known that I've had an AVM since I…