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 Book Review--North of Beautiful
By Estelle Schweizer
This young adult fictional story of a girl with a facial port wine stain could easily be mistaken for any one of our personal stories. Put this one on your list for a new summer read. |
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Beautiful Skin Revealed
By Paul Friedman, MD, Joy Kunishige, MD
With so many skin care treatments available, and so many claims of miracle cures, it’s hard to know what works and what doesn’t. Beautiful Skin Revealed is the definitive source for readers looking to separate help from hype when it comes to wrinkles, age spots, acne, varicose veins, birthmarks, blo... More Info |
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every crooked pot
By Renee Rosen
In a debut novel that could easily have been published as an adult memoir, Rosen looks back at the life of Nina Goldman, whose growing up is tied to two pillars: a port-wine stain around her eye and her inimitable father, Artie. The birthmark, she hates; her father, she loves. Both shape her in ways... More Info |
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2005 PWS Conference Audio CDs and 2003 Port Wine Stain Conference Videos
By Vascular Birthmarks Foundation
2005 PWS Conference: A three-CD audio series is available for a donation of $49.99. Listen to the incredible presentations by world experts such as Stuart Nelson, MD; Martin Mihm, MD; Milton Waner, MD; and others in the field of PWS, Sturge-Weber Syndrome and Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome as they discu... More Info |
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Buddy Booby's Birthmark
By Evan Ducker and Donna Cardenia Ducker
Journey to the exotic Galapagos Islands, where the native animals just cannot stop talking about Buddy, a newly hatched, red-footed booby bird, born with a birthmark. Because Buddy is different, he and his mother Isabela, are not exactly welcomed with open arms. However, that does not stop Buddy fro... More Info |
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I Love You Bigger Than The Moon
By Wendy Lovekamp
A fiction picture book for young readers (Ages 4 - 8). It's a story about a mother's love, beaming bright as big as the moon, embracing bedtime as well as exploring the natural wonders and curiosities of the moon from the innocence of a child. More Info |
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Marked for Life: A Memoir
By Joie Davidow (Newsgroup member and Director of Makeup & Skincare at Birthmarks.com)
Attractive and successful, Joie Davidow presents a confident face to the world. But her carefully applied makeup conceals a secret she has kept for decades. She was born with a port-wine stain, a purple mark that covers most of the left side of her face, including her eye. Tormented as a child, shun... More Info |
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Kissed by the Angels
By Sophie Martin-Canning
Protagonist of Kissed By The Angels, Orlagh Emmet possesses a facial birthmark. She is informed by her father the angels came down the night of her birth kissed her face and left this mark so she could be identified by the angels. She is a chosen one and has a job to do, but the job is unknown. The ... More Info |
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The Unknown Star
By Elton Rokusek, Loretta Sorenson
Over the past 61 years Elton Rokusek of Tyndall, South Dakota, has often wondered what his life might have been like if he hadn't been born with a large hemangioma that covers much of the right side of his face and head. In spite of the fact that he's dealt with medical difficulties, ridicule and se... More Info |
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Vascular Birthmarks: Hemangiomas and Malformations
By John B. Mulliken and Anthony C. Young
The chart on A Comparison of Hemangiomas and Malformations comes from it. It's expensive ($199) but it's the one. More Info |
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 Book Review: "The Nature of Monsters"
by Clare Clark; Reviewed by Charlie Cale
Our own Charlie Cale provides a rich review of Clare Clark's current work of historical fiction, which addresses prenatal impression—the notion that a mother can unknowingly cause her child's birthmark or malformation. |
 "Making Faces: Logan's Cleft Lip and Palate Story"
By Logan and Sonia Bristow
AboutFace is delighted to introduce a new educational resource on cleft lip and palate from the perspective of the child. |
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Recommended Viewing: Cynosure Laser has a video available about their Photogenica pulse dye laser.
Robin Carter's highly acclaimed documentary video "Marked from Birth" is now available. Please contact her at lotus@bga.com for ordering info. |
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