Stories of Hope

My name is Fran. I'm from Pietermaritzburg in South Africa, and my second daughter, Stephanie, was born in 2002 with a lymphatic vascular malformation in…

My name is Abdul Qayoom and I am from Pakistan. I did my first laser treatment of my port wine stain in August 2021 as…

In 2018, we were living in the Philippines. Jax couldn’t wait to see the world, so he came out six weeks earlier than he was…

I was born with a port wine stain on the left side of my face. Since the age of six,  I have had laser treatments.…

   I have experienced physical pain daily from a young age, and this had a knock-on effect on my mental health! The reason for writing…

Hello friends, This is Zara Manzoor from Pakistan. I am 28 years old now. I want to share my story for awareness. I have hemangioma…

My daughter developed a hemangioma a couple days after birth and, by 8 months, it had become large and extremely red.  Naturally, I worried about…

  "It's a Birthmark, not lipstick." Hello everyone! My name is Sabrina. I was born with port wine stain covering my right cheek until my…

Jaxon was born on Jan 3, 2014. When he was placed in my arms for the first time they told me he had a lot…

Hi, my name is Michelle Lai and I am 24 years old. I never understood my condition growing up, but I was fully aware of…