Types of Birthmarks
There are different types of birthmarks. The main two birthmark types include:
- Pigmented birthmarks- These birthmarks are dark skin discolorations of varying colors like coffee brown, white, gray, or blue. They develop because of excess melanin deposition in localized areas. Such a category of birthmarks includes congenital moles, nevi, light brown spots, and Mongolian spots.
- Vascular birthmark- It is the pink or red mark on the skin caused by abnormal development of blood vessels beneath the skin. Under this category of birthmark comes salmon spot and port-wine stains including haemangiomas.