Some infantile hemangiomas can heal on their own, some cannot, and if they are huge hemangiomas, they need to be treated by surgery or other means.
Hemangioma is mainly from the endothelial cell proliferation of the blood vessel lesion, can show skin or subcutaneous elevation, some of the infant’s benign hemangioma is possible to be self-healing, but the time of self-healing needs to be different from person to person, can’t be generalized, but the later stage may be left with pigmentation or scarring.
If the hemangioma belongs to a special type of hemangioma, such as Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma, or a larger hemangioma, then it needs to be treated with surgery after evaluation by a doctor, and nowadays, many methods such as laser and freezing can also be used to treat hemangiomas.
Infantile hemangioma can be observed temporarily if it is small in size and grows in areas that do not affect the aesthetics. If the hemangioma grows continuously, or is large in size, or grows on the face and other areas that affect the aesthetics, it should be treated promptly by a doctor, and targeted treatment should be carried out in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.