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gimmedaloot		2008-01-08 03:03:50 PM

schooled by Satan

5000_gallons_of_toothpaste		2008-01-08 03:06:48 PM

Why not both?

Kome		2008-01-08 03:16:41 PM

DeltaPunch: I think I missed being the anti-Christ by one person, because my birthmark looks like the number 667.

I'm sure it started out as 666.6, but as you grew up it rounded out.

miltoncharles		2008-01-08 03:17:39 PM

My mother was a chain smoker, so I was oxygen deprived until I was 18. Which explains why I flunked community college.

CarolynLibrarian		2008-01-08 03:20:24 PM

Huh. Wonder what freckles mean.

john_d_corr		2008-01-08 03:32:47 PM

FLMountainMan		2008-01-08 03:40:38 PM

My birthmarks are both on my naughty parts. FYI.

UberDave		2008-01-08 03:54:20 PM

DeltaPunch: I think I missed being the anti-Christ by one person, because my birthmark looks like the number 667.

That's the Neighbor of the Beast.

/not mine

Barnacles!		2008-01-08 03:57:37 PM

UberDave: That's the Neighbor of the Beast.

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I LOL'd quite heartily.

Lorelle		2008-01-08 04:08:55 PM

CarolynLibrarian: Huh. Wonder what freckles mean.

I'd also like to know the significance of port-wine stains.

AntonSzandorLaVey		2008-01-08 04:11:01 PM

Barnacles!: UberDave: That's the Neighbor of the Beast.

No, that's 668. 667 is across the street.

nobozo		2008-01-08 04:20:38 PM

I was born depraved instead.

heidi girl		2008-01-08 04:44:22 PM

I had a purple birthmark on the back of my left knee. But when I was in middle school they lasered it off. Man that was painful. It was done with the same machine that they use to remove tattoos.

/will never, ever, ever get a tattoo

UberDave		2008-01-08 05:07:30 PM

heidi girl: I had a purple birthmark on the back of my left knee. But when I was in middle school they lasered it off. Man that was painful. It was done with the same machine that they use to remove tattoos.

Wow. Lasers... Back in my day, they used a rusty kaiser blade (some folks call it a sling blade) to remove birthmarks...

/I reckon...

Barnacles!		2008-01-08 05:15:34 PM

UberDave: /I reckon...

mmmm hhmmmmm

penthesilea		2008-01-08 05:30:00 PM

My little guy has this.

im1.shutterfly.com

When he was a baby they had to put him on steroids to keep the tumor from growing and possibly blinding him. Unfortunately, it also kept him from growing taller. He kept gaining weight at the normal rate but was the height of a three month old. He looked fairly tubs. His belly was big and his limbs were short so he couldn't crawl.

www.boomspeed.com

This is what we were left with after the meds. He has had laser surgery and it is now even flatter than in this pic. Soon he's going under the knife to have it removed and to repair the damage to his face.

Knowing what caused it is one step closer to hopefully having a better treatment or preventing it altogether.

Treygreen13		2008-01-08 05:39:37 PM

Well, that explains alot.

ultraholland		2008-01-08 05:40:20 PM

I can haz womb vodak?

AnnoyingKidNextDoor		2008-01-08 05:41:43 PM

Skotmeister		2008-01-08 05:41:54 PM

So that's where my third nipple came from!

meshman		2008-01-08 05:41:56 PM

"My little guy has this"

Shiat! The poor guy. her's hoping he does ok.

BunkyBrewman		2008-01-08 05:42:07 PM

Birthmarks when we're young, liver spots when we're old.

It just never ends. SPOTS SPOTS AND MORE SPOTS!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Atomic Spunk		2008-01-08 05:43:02 PM

penthesilea: My little guy has this.

When he was a baby they had to put him on steroids to keep the tumor from growing and possibly blinding him. Unfortunately, it also kept him from growing taller. He kept gaining weight at the normal rate but was the height of a three month old. He looked fairly tubs. His belly was big and his limbs were short so he couldn't crawl.

This is what we were left with after the meds. He has had laser surgery and it is now even flatter than in this pic. Soon he's going under the knife to have it removed and to repair the damage to his face.

Knowing what caused it is one step closer to hopefully having a better treatment or preventing it altogether.

When you post personal information and photos about a loved one on FARK, you'd better have a thick skin. Lot of assholes in here, which usually make this place quite entertaining.

I have no snark for your comments, though. Best of luck to your little boy.

idrow		2008-01-08 05:44:04 PM

UberDave: Wow. Lasers... Back in my day, they used a rusty kaiser blade (some folks call it a sling blade) to remove birthmarks...

/I reckon...

Shaped like a bananar?

/Doyle FTW

Bizzerk		2008-01-08 05:46:05 PM

I guess my womb was like a plastic bag... I have 3, none are in risque places though. One on top of my foot, one on my stomach/hip area, and one on my ankle. They're not the giant freakish ones or anything, but what I lack in quality I make up in quantity I guess.

Zeppelininthesky		2008-01-08 05:46:17 PM

I have a birthmark that looks like a 3rd nipple.

/really
//you can't see it
///not yours

RamblinReck89		2008-01-08 05:46:22 PM

And the Devil's red hair means you have no soul

Uchiha_Cycliste		2008-01-08 05:47:24 PM

BunkyBrewman: Birthmarks when we're young, liver spots when we're old.

It just never ends. SPOTS SPOTS AND MORE SPOTS!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I think you've spotted a pattern.
or
I think you've a spotted pattern.

\you know, whichever you like.

libbyshome		2008-01-08 05:47:30 PM

I have a birthmark few have seen. It's small and shaped like a mushroom.

Evil Twin Skippy		2008-01-08 05:48:09 PM

That's "Mister Antichrist" to you

solyhhit		2008-01-08 05:49:27 PM

I had a birthmark that increased my chance of cancer.

/Talk about being born under a bad sign
//RECTUS DOMINUS!!!!!

reillan		2008-01-08 05:50:19 PM

heidi girl: I had a purple birthmark
the purple pimpernel eh?

Aeonite		2008-01-08 05:50:24 PM

gbiewer		2008-01-08 05:50:54 PM

Has everyone forgotten you need a sample size of at least 30 from each group to be stat. significant?

bruegel		2008-01-08 05:51:09 PM

I don't have one so does that mean I am Jesus? Or never born?

coprolite		2008-01-08 05:52:02 PM

i also had a dark birthmark behind my left knee which was removed surgically because it was precancerous ( skin grafts for added enjoyment).

positive thinking does NOT work!		2008-01-08 05:52:31 PM

penthesilea

Cute kid, I wish you the best.

Ophelia's Snorkel		2008-01-08 05:53:04 PM

I have a spot that looks like a birthmark, but is actually from a burn when I was little.

/happy enough for people to assume it is a birthmark

frogjelly		2008-01-08 05:55:05 PM

Heidi Girl

If it was on the back of the knee, why did you have it removed?

Such a whimsical picture for a cemetery,beautiful though, wish there were more pictures :)

emotion_lotion		2008-01-08 05:58:47 PM

Mine is on my chin. It used to be a lot bigger but I had 2 lazer sessions when i was 16 and 18 but it only got about %35 of it. I don't care about it anymore. The kids at school reminded me about it often. Now, not so much.
There are different types of birth marks and the article only mentions one. Mine is a port wine stain.

The more you know.

oranjello		2008-01-08 06:04:40 PM

Yikes, penthesilea.

Best of luck to penthesilea jr.

BBQ_is_a_noun		2008-01-08 06:08:01 PM

Kome: I'm sure it started out as 666.6, but as you grew up it rounded out.

Thread over!

ExcessNeckSkin		2008-01-08 06:08:58 PM

Rocking a sick Becker's Nevus on my right pectoral.

CodeNameWench		2008-01-08 06:14:55 PM

I have freckles (which according to my bio professor is a genetic mutation.. as is my red hair).

Does that mean I'm the anti-christ or that my mother should have put the crack pipe down more often?

Just asking.

KOOLmike		2008-01-08 06:16:30 PM

positive thinking does NOT work!: penthesilea

Cute kid, I wish you the best.

This.

theMagni		2008-01-08 06:18:33 PM

gbiewer: Has everyone forgotten you need a sample size of at least 30 from each group to be stat. significant?

This is basically a collection of anecdotes. Any time you see a sample size less than ~500, you can ignore the data. That's a general rule given out in Statistical Analysis.

Please, begin the pseudo-scientific bashing of my remarks.

sarahelizabeth		2008-01-08 06:18:59 PM

I have a tear shaped birthmark on my right arm just above my wrist as well as one on my right temple.

JmBa		2008-01-08 06:22:38 PM

I have so many spots and moles (sexy I know) I don't even know which ones were present at birth. I must've been extremely deprived.

Schfanzst!		2008-01-08 06:23:08 PM

Wow! All y'all have birthmarks from being less than 3.5 pounds at birth? AND you all post comments on Fark?

Where's Captain Obvious when you need him?

hipsellipsis		2008-01-08 06:24:19 PM

Penthesilea, you have a cute kid. Not just saying that either, just to make you feel better.

\ Has a six year old son blessed with good health.
\\ And the fact that he doesn't look like his dad.

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