Talk:Birthmark
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This is potentially a very large subject, and the existing internet resources not very good. I hope someone with some real knowledge can extend and correct my attempt. Zeimusu 13:28, 2004 Aug 27 (UTC)
At the risk of being picky is there some way to change the table : it doesn't look very good. The width of the columns and the amount of text in the boxes makes it messy. What about merdging some of the columns in e.g. occurrance and typical size? 145.253.108.22 09:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merging with nevus
I do not support the merging of this page with nevus. There are many nevi which are not birthmarks, as well as many birthmarks which are not nevi. —Brim 03:27, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
- The dictionary definition (wiktionary:naevus, dictionary.com) only mentions naevi as "congenital" or "arising ... early in life". I'd say that though the words aren't completely synonymous there is a fair amount of overlap, I'd support a merge. Zeimusu | Talk page 13:24, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
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- That's not true at all. How many newborn babies do you see with moles all over their bodies? Contrast this to the number of adults you see with moles. Nevus is a bit of a blanket term for skin disorders, and there are about 20 or more different types of nevi. It would be highly incorrect to merge this articles. —Brim 04:11, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
I don't support this. Many naevi occur later in life. Don't you find you get more moles as you get older? They're not the same thing at all. However, it seems to me that all birthmarks are naevi. I don't think merging is a good idea, though. --Mike C | talk 00:02, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mole (skin marking)
Before I merged any articles I would recommend also checking out Mole (skin marking)
I am sorry but you are wrong. In fact there is a small portion of children that are born with moles. Let me tell you the story of my 8 month old nephew. Rod, my nephew, was born with a giant congenital nevus and a few satellites (named so because they are not big enough to be giant and are bigger than normal nevus - somewhere between the size of a large coin to the size of a fist, in a baby!). As Rob gets older, more and more normal nevus appear everywhere, just like the majority of our family, and I suspect this will carry on into adulthood. We did not see it as a problem until my nephew was born and we were devastated by Rob’s skin condition. Very soon we started realizing that most of us had moles that we had been ignoring and turned out to be the same problem on a smaller scale. My belief is that this should be merged, as he is developing different types of nevi, just like the family, but the most likely cause of the various nevi in the family is probably linked. I could go into genes and all but I am sure it's unnecessary but having this genetic makeup in the family has to have an explanation. As there is not yet extensive research on this, these two conditions should be merged. DaCunha 00:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
i was wondering if it was possible for anyone to just make changes to pages on Wikipedia without having to get it approved or anything. If it is then I strongly think that something should be done about that because it would be easy for people to change information on these pages so that it is incorrect, thus making this website unreliable.
- See Wikipedia:Overview FAQ. --Mathew5000 03:40, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Birthmark shapes
If this is any help I have a star shaped birthmark on the back of my scalp. From Anon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.177.125.220 (talk) 06:40, 16 April 2007 (UTC).
- Sure it's not just a gummy bear?
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