Plain Language Summary of Vitamin D Paper
We have recently studied Vitamin D levels in 40 children with CMN. This study showed us that 40% of the group had low Vitamin D levels and should therefore take a supplement.
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Amy’s Story
Hi, my name is Amy, and I was born with giant bathing trunk CMN along with hundreds of satellite moles. I’m now 32 but back when I was born in Adelaide, Australia my condition was very unknown, and it was difficult for my parents to find out much information about it. I spent the first…
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Emily’s Story
My names Jack, Dad to a beautiful, happy one year-old girl called Emily. Emily was born with CMN affecting a large area of her scalp and many smaller naevi around her torso and legs. Minutes after Emily was born, she was placed on my wife’s chest, and I spotted that she had a dark red…
DetailsCMN through the lens: Using photo-elicitation interviews to explore adjustment in adolescents with a rare birthmark condition
You may remember this News Article we published from Ella Guest, Senior Research Fellow based at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), in August 2021. The paper that Dr Ella Guest wrote as her doctoral thesis, based on this work, has now been published in the journal Body Image. The paper concludes “In summary, this…
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