My name is Maja. I am a 16-year-old girl living in London. I was born with CMN covering the majority of my left leg and lower parts of my waist. Due to its size, it was not possible to remove it, but I underwent major surgery when I was just a few hours old to…
Hi, I’m Jack Bowie, and I’m 13 years old. I want to share my story about living with Congenital Melanocytic Naevi (CMN). When I was born, I had a large CMN on my scalp and some satellites on my legs. When I was just six weeks old, I had to go to Great Ormond Street…
Hello, my name is Harry, I am 11 years old and have CMN. It covers 80% of my body. It was quite a shock for my mum and dad when I was born as they had never heard of CMN, but a few days after I was born a doctor told my mum and dad…
Hello, my name is Joshua, I am 12 years old, and I was born with Congenital Melanocytic Naevi (CMN) covering 40% of my trunk and I have over 40 satellites throughout my entire body. I am so excited and honoured to be a Young Ambassador for Caring Matters Now. As you can only imagine my…
Hello, my name is Henry. I am 11 years old. I have only known about Caring Matters Now for just over a year, we’ve been to two regional meetings and the Big Weekend 23. My mum wanted to help me understand, that although my Nan has CMN too, that there are other kids that have CMN…
Meet Anna “By being true to myself, I created a welcoming space for others to be themselves too.” My name is Anna, I am 15 years old, and I was born with CMN. My CMN covers my whole right arm and hand as well as that, I have multiple large naevi on my back and…
Hello, I’m Dan. I was born with a nevus located on my trunk and lower back, with a number of smaller satellites all over the rest of my body. My CMN continues to grow, lighten, darken, and change shape as I get older. Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of becoming more…
Our lovely new member Krishika shares her story below and aspires to “inspire others to love and accept what they are blessed with.” I was born in India, a land of multi-diverse cultured people. I come from a place where nevus owners are very rare so growing up with CMN was challenging both mentally and…
Meet our Lovely Young Ambassador Mia I’ve always been consciously aware of my birthmark, but I can’t say that it’s ever really bothered me. I’ve been blessed with kind family and friends that never made me feel singled out or weird because of my birthmark. People either would act like it was completely normal or…
Introducing our Young Ambassador Orla. This Air Cadet with CMN has successfully navigated her way through tricky times building inner strength. Finding peace with her birthmarks will help her soar through life. My name is Orla, I am 14 and I was born with CMN. I had a CMN on my lower back removed when…
