With your feet placed shoulder-width apart, tighten your abdominal muscles and bend your knees and hips to get into a squatting position. Look straight ahead, keeping your head back to complete the proper lifting form. Arrange or gather the object so that it will not slip, move, or change its balance when you lift it.
The birthmark commonly known as a port-wine stain is a flat hemangioma or nevus flammeus. It occurs in 3 out of every 1,000 infants. Port-wine stains are purplish discolorations and are caused by dilated blood capillaries. Port-wine stains often occur on the face, and are usually permanent.
Knowledge center. Birthmarks are blemishes on the skin that are noticeable at birth, or shortly afterwards. A significant proportion of newborns have a vascular birthmark-a red, pink or purple blemish that is caused by abnormal blood vessels under the skin.Some people are born with pigmented birthmarks; these are usually brown and are caused by the clustering of pigment cells. Laser therapy-commonly used for port wine stains and other birthmarks that are close to the skin's surface. 2  Surgery-if other therapies have not worked and the birthmark is causing a medical problem, the doctor may recommend surgery.