This dad got a birthmark like his 5-year-old daughter tattooed to make her feel comfortable

    This dad got a birthmark like his 5-year-old daughter tattooed to make her feel comfortable

    A huge birthmark, which specifically is one of the congenital melanocytic nevi, which causes dark, often hairy and lumpy birthmarks, which little Isla has on her skin

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    He wanted his daughter to grow up "happy and comfortable with the skin she has" and so he got a tattoo similar to the huge "birthmark" Isla has on her back. And not only that, her is also a gesture to raise awareness of this skin condition and reduce the stigmas that often carry us like a burden.





    He is Karl Bailey, from Ellesmere, Shropshire, and he is the father of the 5-year-old girl who has a congenital melanocytic nevus, big enough to start bothering her. Completely aesthetic, of course, but - before total acceptance (and at 5 years of age it is rather early ...) - it is still a problem that seems insurmountable.

    So when Karl realized that this huge stain was starting to become a concern for his daughter, he got the shape of Isla's great birthmark tattooed on his leg.

    What is a congenital melanocytic nevus

    A congenital melanocytic nevus (NMC) is a nevus present on the skin of an individual from birth. Specifically, it is a hyperpigmented skin lesion that results from melanocytes, the cells responsible for pigment synthesis melanin. In detail, the congenital melanocytic nevus represents the consequence of ahyperproliferation of a benign nature of cells.

    Despite the benign nature of high melanocytic proliferation, there is a risk that a congenital melanocytic nevus evolves into a malignant tumor form, melanoma. This risk is reduced or increased according to the type of congenital melanocytic nevus manifested by the patient.

    There are three types of congenital melanocytic nevus, distinguished according to their size:

    • congenital melanocytic nevus of small size, less than 2 centimeters
    • congenital melanocytic nevus of medium size, between 2 and 20 centimeters in size
    • congenital melanocytic nevus giant, a large spot of very dark color, sometimes black, which can also involve several areas of the body at the same time and whose dimensions exceed 20 centimeters in diameter. In this case, the risk of evolution to a malignant form is higher. Often, moreover, in the vicinity of the giant melanocytic nevus other smaller nevi appear, but in any case dark in color and sometimes covered with hair: these are the so-called nevi satellite.

    Next to Mr. Bailey's birthmark tattoo is the symbol of the charity Caring Matters Now, which supports Isla and her family.



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    Source: BBC

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