Hemangioma
Subject in Medicine
Hemangioma has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark explains that deeper blood vessel clusters look blue because of how light penetrates and reflects, not because deoxygenated blood is blue.
“The reason it's blue is because the deeper it is, the less blue light is able to penetrate, so the less that can be absorbed”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 17:47
Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Bryant says strawberry marks usually disappear by the time a child reaches double digits and are most common on Caucasian girls.
“they will disappear usually by the time a kid is like into double digits. If they're large, sometimes you might see a scar”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 18:09
Podcasts
- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the DevilStuff You Should Know · Jun 20, 2026 · 50 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain the types, causes, treatments, and folklore of birthmarks, plus a listener's list of band names from past episodes.