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family and get personalized newsletters.  "My Toddler Had
Plastic Surgery"  My daughter's hemangioma birthmark was just a
“cosmetic” problem, but I didn't want it to become something
much worse.  By Sasha Emmons © Courtesy of Sasha Emmons  “What's
that on her head?”  It was my daughter Chloe's second day on
earth, and already the mom anxiety had kicked in over what
looked like a bruise just above her forehead. “That's just a
hemangioma birthmark. It might get a little bigger, but it will
go away by the time she's two,” the pediatrician told me. Google
gave me more details: A hemangioma, often called a strawberry,
is a benign blood-vessel tumor. One in ten babies (usually
girls) will develop one.   I made an appointment with a plastic
surgeon my pediatrician begrudgingly referred me to. Chloe and I
sat in the waiting room surrounded by pamphlets for rhinoplasty
and chin implants. It felt blasphemous. Shouldn't I be teaching
my kid that you can't judge