Angiomas or flat hemangiomas are flat, smooth, pink or pale red spots that appear, above all, on the neck, eyelids and forehead. Unlike other hemangiomas, they are not tumors, but are dilated and congested blood capillaries.
99% of flat angiomas located on the face disappear in the first year of life. Those in the neck persist for life in 5% of cases, but go unnoticed because they are usually covered by hair.
This type of angioma is also called salmon spots, stork beak, telangiectatic nevus, Unna nevus, angel kiss ... and, unlike bulging angiomas (benign tumors), which can vary in size, these are a spot which is not usually marked anymore.
The incidence of this disorder is higher in girls than in boys (about 3 times more), and is related to some abnormality in the formation of small blood vessels in these areas, so it is also known as vascular malformation.
A special type of flat angioma are the port wine stains or nevus flameus, which affect 3 out of every 1000 newborns. They are dark red or purple spots that appear on the face, neck or extremities and their color intensifies when the child cries. Unlike the rest of flat angiomas, the coloration progresses with age and they take on a more bluish color.
There are aesthetic treatments in case, when the child grows, the angioma has not disappeared and would like to hide, but it does not represent any health problem and as we say it usually disappears over time.
