Freya-Esmae Rose Rogers, 16 months, from Basingstoke, was born with a pink graze in between her eyes. At five days old, it began to grow rapidly, and by the time she was eight weeks old it had had swelled to the size of a tomato (left).
Doctors said she had a haemangionma, a raised red lump caused by blood vessels gathering under the skin. When it began encroaching on her eye and caused her difficulty breathing through her nose, she was referred for specialist treatment.
She was given a beta-blocker drug called propanolol normally given to heart patients, and after a year of treatment, the growth has shrunk and she is now thriving (right). Her mother, Amy Oram, 22, said: It's strange but I do miss her birthmark now it's gone down in size, but I'm glad we had the support to have it treated when it became a problem.'
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