Credit: SWNS / Danielle Lipple
\A woman who was born with a port wine stain birthmark on her face says trolls slam her for choosing to get laser surgery to lighten it.
Danielle Lipple, 28, has a vascular malformation – an abnormal development of blood vessels – across her lower face, neck and on the inside of her mouth and throat.
She has been getting laser surgery to lighten the birthmark since she was just aged one and believes she has had around 20 operations to date.
Danielle says her parents raised her to never believe her birthmark was anything “bad” but she decided to continue with treatment as an adult as the malformation can cause bleeding.
She now feels it is something that is “part of her” but finds it frustrating when strangers tell her she “shouldn’t get rid of it”.
