first-ever unretouched photo of obama's facial birthmark...

[Peikko 1,575]

Ouch! I think lckytxn just hit below the belt there.

[IAMX 3,055]

Ouch! I think lckytxn just hit below the belt there.

.. where the jealousy lies.

Edited October 14, 2008 by SRVT

[Empress of Groovy 373]

If it is real, not much you can do about birth marks. Makes little difference.

They can be removed using a laser; at least "port wine" birthmarks can be removed that way.....

Port-Wine Stains

Another kind of birthmark is a port-wine stain. This isn't puffy or raised like a strawberry or cavernous hemangioma — it's level with the outer layer of skin. A port-wine stain is an area of skin that is either maroon (a purplish-red color) or dark red. It gets its name from port wine, a type of wine that is dark maroon. Kids who have port-wine stains usually have them on the face and neck.

Doctors can sometimes use laser surgery to treat birthmarks so that they can't be seen as much. It's important to remember, though, that birthmarks really aren't a big deal and kids who have them aren't any different from kids who don't.

My husband has a port wine stain birthmark that covers about a quarter of his face. It's kick-a$$.

The skin isn't raised, but it does have a different texture that's softer than the surrounding skin.

He's endured dozens of treatments over the years, starting when he was very young and had to have general anesthesia, and he's had a few treatments more recently w/ the newfangled laser machine. Even with the newest procedures, treatments are painful and involve peeling. Many repeated treatments are required before it fades noticeably, and they needed to be repeated every few years because the fading isn't permanent. I'm glad he's decided not to bother anymore. He just has to be careful to care for the skin & use lots of sunblock.

[JULIAFERNO 0]

If it is real, not much you can do about birth marks. Makes little difference.

They can be removed using a laser; at least "port wine" birthmarks can be removed that way.....

Port-Wine Stains

Another kind of birthmark is a port-wine stain. This isn't puffy or raised like a strawberry or cavernous hemangioma — it's level with the outer layer of skin. A port-wine stain is an area of skin that is either maroon (a purplish-red color) or dark red. It gets its name from port wine, a type of wine that is dark maroon. Kids who have port-wine stains usually have them on the face and neck.

Doctors can sometimes use laser surgery to treat birthmarks so that they can't be seen as much. It's important to remember, though, that birthmarks really aren't a big deal and kids who have them aren't any different from kids who don't.

My husband has a port wine stain birthmark that covers about a quarter of his face. It's kick-a$$.

The skin isn't raised, but it does have a different texture that's softer than the surrounding skin.

He's endured dozens of treatments over the years, starting when he was very young and had to have general anesthesia, and he's had a few treatments more recently w/ the newfangled laser machine. Even with the newest procedures, treatments are painful and involve peeling. Many repeated treatments are required before it fades noticeably, and they needed to be repeated every few years because the fading isn't permanent. I'm glad he's decided not to bother anymore. He just has to be careful to care for the skin & use lots of sunblock.

What is a port wine birthmark?

[Empress of Groovy 373]

It's a type of vascular birthmark.

My husband's birthmark looks a lot like this:

In fact, the girl in the picture was featured in a BBC documentary about birthmarks, and I happened to be in England when it was on. I said, "Holy sh!t, it looks like just yours!" It has something to do w/ capillary patterns, I think.

We were in the pub not long after, and some drunk guy came up to Jon. He'd seen the documentary and went on and on about how much he admired him (for going out in public, apparently). My husband said, "Thanks. I'll accept donations."

[Teacher Mark 53]

Scary...

Looks like a map of Portugal, Madagascar or some other Country we can't trust:

[Marlita 0]

haha, this is funny. Why doesnt he show this on his baby pics?

[almaty 19]

its the onion..it is satire

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I say Sweden.

[Donna A 4]

i think its fake. it looks like it goes right across his eye.

[Marilyn. 340]

i think its fake. it looks like it goes right across his eye.

it is fake.. it is from the onion...

it is in response to this...

on a news program they were talking about a magazine that had Sarah Palin on the cover that was untouched and showed the wrinkles etc... they then said something like it was unfair that they never published untouched photos of Obama...

I think that is where this is from...

Sarah Palin's picture on the cover of Newsweek sparks controversy. Republicans find the photo untouched. In a Fox News video below a Republican said that the Newsweek photo emphasizes Sarah Palin's wrinkles, blemishes, pores and facial hair, while Newsweek make Barack Obama's photo to look "presidential" while they deliberately made Sarah Palin look like "one of the folks".

On one hand many people also think that Sarah Palin is beautiful even without make up and even without the photo retouching (we agree!). However the subtitle appeared bias and just not right. "She's one of the Folks" has drawn criticism. The subtitle suggests that Sarah Palin is too much of a commoner to become a VP of the United States. The subtitle "She's one of the Folks" is more of a negative for Sarah Palin!

http://ladysconfessions.blogspot.com/2008/...over-photo.html

Edited October 15, 2008 by *Marilyn*

[kaydee457 13]

Jeez-Louise

I'm not surprised by those, particulary one female user, that are ignorant of the fact that this is not real.....

There are people that view everything through racially tainted glasses! They're the first to pounce on every instance of anything and everything concerning a black person and go over the top with theatrical indignation that's frankly, um, about nothing at all.

That's why most of the time when blacks have a legitimate beatch they're not taken seriously.

[William33 110]

The "low" levels we now resort to for political gain....Sad indeed.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I think most people knew it was a joke.

[IAMX 3,055]

I think most people knew it was a joke.

Evidently it isn't hitting home with some people.