These beliefs vary from one culture to another, but science does not support any connection between birthmarks and a person’s fortune or fate. Myth 6: Large Birthmarks Are More Dangerous Than ...

Ilia J. Smith, 42, was diagnosed with stage 2B melanoma in 2020 after she scratched what she thought was her "birthmark" and it began bleeding Alexis Jones is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Derek Prue noticed his eight-year-old son feeling self-conscious about the big birthmark on his torso - so he decided to get a tattoo to match. The replica birthmark took more than 30 hours.