Infantile hemangiomas can be treated with topical creams

Infantile hemangioma, also known as strawberry hemangioma, strawberry nevus or capillary hemangioma, is a kind of common benign tumor occurring in infants and young children, preferably in the face, neck and scalp, manifesting as bright red or purplish-red nodules or plaques, with the appearance similar to strawberries, so it is named, usually appearing in 3–5 weeks after birth, and increasing in size with the growth of infants. The growth is rapid within a few months, and most of them will enter the period of receding after 1 year, and most of them can disappear gradually by themselves within a few years. However, due to the growth in the exposed parts of the head and face, it affects the appearance and often brings heavy psychological pressure to parents, and most of the patients have the requirement of treatment. At present, the main treatments are laser, injection of sclerosing agent, external isotope dressing and surgical excision, etc. Laser is currently the most commonly used method, the disadvantage is that the treatment is painful and costly, injection of sclerosing agent, external isotope dressing, these two methods have been rarely used, and may leave side effects such as scarring, surgical excision is suitable for small foci, and large foci need to be implanted to repair wounds, and may leave a significant scar, affecting the appearance, and cosmetic effect is not good. Surgical excision is suitable for small lesions. The treatment of infantile hemangioma with externally applied ointment is a great progress in therapeutics in recent years. It is a kind of externally applied immunomodulator, which was initially applied to viral infections of the skin, and was later found to be effective in many kinds of skin tumors, and infantile hemangioma is just one of the indications, and there are more and more clinical evidences to show its effectiveness. In recent years, Dr. Wang Jianyou, deputy director of the Department of Dermatology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, has proved that topical ointment is also effective in treating infantile hemangiomas in Chinese people through meticulous clinical research, and it can be used for home treatment with the advantages of easy to use, fewer side-effects, and affordable. The common side effects are local irritation such as erythema and itching, which are mostly mild and tolerable. The results of the study have been published in the English version of the Journal of Zhejiang University. As this drug is a prescription drug, there are a lot of precautions in the process of medication, so before using the drug, please carefully consult with an experienced specialist, do not buy the drug treatment, so as not to cause some unforeseen serious side effects caused by improper use of the drug, it is recommended to use the drug under the guidance of an experienced specialist.