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I Had To Laser My Baby At 5 Months Old - BORN DIFFERENT

I Had To Laser My Baby At 5 Months Old - BORN DIFFERENT

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BROOKE, 34, and her partner Kewene, 28, from Queensland, Australia, recently hit the headlines as they made the controversial decision to have their baby's face lasered. When Brooke's baby Kingsley arrived, he was born with a birthmark covering half of his face. Brooke told Truly: Instantly the moment he was born they knew it was a birthmark, but they didn't know what type yet. Then they got confirmation that day that it was a Port Wine Stain birthmark and we found out about the Sturge-Weber Syndrome. With this distressing news, the couple started Googling what this could mean for Kingsley's future. After finding out how this could affect Kingsley's life, they made the incredibly difficult decision to laser Kingsley's face at only five months old. The family then decided to raise awareness for the condition and shared their story online, however the hate they received was a real shock. Brooke said: One person told me to put my child down, others said: 'you're an abusive parent, you shouldn't be doing this to your child', that we were 'horrible people and shouldn't have kids'. So that hurt a little bit. Despite the tirade of online judgement and hate the family received, they knew they made the correct decision for their son and still stand by it today. They added: We'll keep spreading awareness for our son's condition, keep going up from here and just making sure our children have the best life.
Date: 2024-11-10

Comments and reviews: 20


As a kid who grew up with multiple genetic chronic illnesses (though very different to this story, I really feel for the parents here. I can't imagine having to make that decision to subject your newborn to pretty invasive medical treatments, not knowing what might happen if you don't.
My parents said no to a few suggested treatments and surgeries that are now no longer used because they actually have terrible longterm outcomes (for example, a medication that's since been shown to cause cancers and taken off the market. But they also said no to some options that really could've made a big difference for me, over the years.
All you can do is to be as informed as you can, so that you can make the best decision possible with the info available to you at the time. And crucially, if you feel like a doctor isn't listening to you and is acting based on being right, rather than on your child's best interests, you MUST walk away, if at all possible. Find specialists you can trust and above all else, an excellent family GP you can see longterm. Primary care is everything for people with chronic medical stuff.
To the parents here: I'm sending tons of hugs, support and encouragement to you guys I'm so sorry people have been so awful to you. It's inexcusable and I'm so immensely glad to see that you have such supportive family around you!

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Its unfortunate when people feel the need to express their opinions, No one could understand untill it happens to Them, what they would do if that happened to them and the child they birthed in that moment. Theses are doctors and medical professionals doing these treatments, and you know i do believe the parents did what they felt could give him a better quality of life. It amazes me how we all have the power to remember what we were taught about keeping our opinions to ourselves, or if you dont have something nice or constructive to say, THEN DONT SPEAK ATALL. BLESS THIS FAMILY, UPLIFT AND SPREAD NON JUDGEMENT. ALSO THIS BABY IS SO SO SO VERY HANDSOME, SUCH A CUTIE, VERY PRECIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL, BLESS THIS FAMILY AND ANY OTHER FACING ANYTHING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY Regarding BABYS AND CHILDREN FACING DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.
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How could anyone judge these parents. They did what they and the medical team thought was best for their baby boy. Though I can't imagine the pain he may have endured, he is happy, healthy and alive!
And how can people say they should put him down. They have no soul. Now that's cruel and cold to say the least. Imagine I'd the people who think like that have kids or loved ones with rare conditions or disabilities, would they just give up in them and put them down as if to say they'd be a burden so it would be better to do that. It's horrible. I mean in situations where people are on lie support and have absolutely zero chance of survival and a decision has to be made to let them go I get it. But for somethings like this how could anyone suggest ending their precious life.

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It's not my kid. But I don't agree with it. You should've accepted him the way he was. He's probably still gonna get made fun of. It was up to you to let him know his worth, you just didn't want the extra that comes along. But maybe I'm biased because I'm covered in birthmarks. It's your kid though, so I really dont care. Might I add the condition is neurological, it’s caused by the brain. So just because his marks are gone, does not mean that he won’t be affected. I have NF1.
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For the haters. YT search NYC portwine stain treatment and it's 2nd or 3rd result. That's just one look it can evolve too. You want your child to go through life like that and it comes to a point where you can't get rid of it and it keeps growing. That's abuse right there if you had an opportunity to treat it and you the parent neglected it. Just like cancer. Nope! Just gonna let my child fight it off on his own. Deep a derp
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He won't remember any of it because he was so young. It's like circumcision, right It sounds horrible, but still done, without any anesthesia. He is their son, hence their decision. He will thank them later, knowing how much his parents loved him and were so brave. Ignore the judgers. They're just unhappy human beings.
Jehovah bless

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I see no child abuse there. Immagine he had a heart condition and needed opperations before age 2-3. Should parenta live him decide when he is older Ofc not! Just because a health condition is not life threatening, it does not mean it should not be adressed asap.
Good job mom & dad!

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My uncle who recently passed this past June suffered from this his entire life.
Had this treatment been available to them, my grandparents would have loved to give him this!
Don't listen to those that do not have any idea what you're dealing with but jump to judgements.

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Let me express absolute support and thankfulness to the brave parents and their boy! indeed, my heart broke each time i see winestain birthmark over the face of youngsters, especially girls, they put 10x more efforts to socialise compared to other people
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Kids are mean. Had this lil boy not had Lazer, he would have been bullied 100%. That would have changed him. Being bullied affects you for life. If thr parents can lessen that, make his life easier growing up, then they did the right thing!
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These parents are brave and sooo awesome. You did a hard thing to help your baby boy You rock.
Screw the bullies. because they are always going to be out there.
Teach your children to do better! Be a good human

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The decision to do the Lazer treatment at a young age was the best decision you both could've made, he's a beautiful little boy, as we all know, there is always going to be bullying, now that will never happen
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Rgise bully are usly dumb anyway. There not smart so they pick on smart of different kids. The intelligent kids are ones that understand. Most bullies IQ are low in general. This us why people are predictable.
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It should of been his choice when he was older. Unique humans are needed here. He didn't need multiple laser surgeries. You wanted it for cosmetics. Lasering it did not help his health. So it was cosmetic.
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If the laser treatments for Kingsley’s port wine stains were necessary for health reasons, I don’t see anything wrong with it! This is one of those skin conditions that you don’t see every day!
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He is so young. He will not remember the treatments and he will never have to go through the torment of mean people. Your decision was so loving. He is a lucky boy to have 2 wonderful parents.
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It seems like the woman has the answer for everything in this whole relationship. Every time the man tries to answer the woman says we. E wee wee wee wee anybody else to say that anybody else noticed that
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Its a facial deformity its bot abuse. If it was a girl no one would say a darn thing.
People would never say this about cleft pallets, moms just tryna protect her kid from a mean world

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My little was born with 2 port wine stains on the back of his head/neck. It freaked me out when he was born but most of it is covered by hair so most folks don't make it a big deal: )
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He is a beautiful little boy and so full of light. He won't remember the laser treatments and seems to have very loving parents. I think they did what they felt was best for his future.
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