What are strawberry scars/strawberry gashes?

I have been hearing this term a lot lately and I'm not too sure what it means. Does it just mean a scar that is pink in colour? Do they take longer than normal scars to fade? I tried to goggle it but to no avail.


No particular reason for asking this. I'm just curious. :)





xxWhat are strawberry scars/strawberry gashes?
Strawberry Gashes:





A term used to refer to cuts, generally self inflicted on the inner wrist by cutters or those who self harm for whatever reason


Used in the Jack off Jill song 'Strawberry Gashes'





';dude she had strawberry gashes all up her arms';What are strawberry scars/strawberry gashes?
The only thing i have ever heard of a strawberry birth mark.





This birthmark is a type of capillary hemangioma which is usually not visible at birth, but enlarges rapidly thereafter. It is a bright red, raised, compressible tumor that has sharp borders. Strawberries can be found on any part of the body surface. These birthmarks enlarge until perhaps nine months of age, stabilize in size, and then begin slowly to shrink. The beginning of this shrinking process is marked by the appearance of grey flecks of scar tissue on the bright red surface of the birthmark. Gradually these flecks spread over the hemangioma, and as the scar tissue matures and shrinks, blood is squeezed out of the capillaries and they disappear, no longer bright red. Eventually, only a flat, slightly lighter patch of skin indicates where the birthmark once bulged. Also known as a mulberry birthmark.
A ';strawberry mark'; is a type of birthmark (a hemangioma) which is red and raised, like a strawberry.





I would imagine that the term ';strawberry gashes'; comes from the Jack off Jill song of the same name and probably refers to the red colour of (in this case self-inflicted) wounds.
Strawberry gashes are just cuts, wounds. No special ones. There's a song by JOJ called ';strawberry gashes'; and for that instance it's a girl with those all over i'm presuming cutting herself, so yah it's just cuts hunny!
When I played baseball many years ago sometimes when we would slide into a base we would get skinned up on our legs, we would call it a strawberry
strawberry scars is a term used for the blonde's if they have scars because of their color nothing else.
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A hemangioma is a benign self-involuting tumour of endothelial cells (the cells that line blood vessels)Haemangiomas of infancy.





Before considering the hemangioma it is important to understand that there have been recent changes in the terminology used to define vascular anomalies (abnormal lumps made up of blood vessels). The term hemangioma was originally used to describe any vascular tumour both present around birth or appearing later in life. Mulliken et al separated these conditions into a family of self-involuting tumours (growing lesions that eventually disappear) from the family of malformations (enlarged or abnormal vessels present at birth and essentially permanent). The importance of this separation is that it allows us to differentiate early in life between lesions that will resolve versus those that are permanent. Examples of permanent malformations include Port-wine stains (capillary vascular malformation) and masses of abnormal swollen veins (venous malformations).[1] Unfortunately many textbooks and dictionaries are not up to date, creating great confusion.





Hemangiomas are connected to the circulatory system and filled with blood. The appearance depends on location. If they are on the surface of the skin they look like a ripe strawberry, if they are just under the skin they present as a bluish swelling. Sometimes they grow in internal organs such as the liver or larynx. In most cases, hemangiomas will disappear over time. They are formed either during gestation or most commonly they are not present at birth but appear during the first few weeks of life. They are often misdiagnosed, initially, as a scratch or bruise but the diagnosis becomes obvious with further growth. Typically at the earliest phase in a superficial lesion one will see a bluish red area with obvious blood vessels and surrounding pallor. Sometimes they present as a flat red or pink area. Hemangiomas are the most common childhood tumor, occurring in approximately ten percent of Caucasians, and are less prevalent in other races. Females are three to five times more likely to have hemangiomas than males. They are also more common in twin pregnancies. Approximately 80% are located on the face and neck, with the next most prevalent location being the liver. Although hemangiomas are benign, some serious complications can occur. Hemangiomas never develop as an adult but one misunderstanding is that all hemangiomas go away by the age of 10; very few do not. Many people say that they are a vascular malformation but they are, in fact, a hemangioma.