Credit: SWNS / Danielle Lipple<br /><br />\A woman who was born with a port wine stain birthmark on her face says trolls slam her for choosing to get laser surgery to lighten it. <br /><br />Danielle Lipple, 28, has a vascular malformation – an abnormal development of blood vessels – across her lower face, neck and on the inside of her mouth and throat.<br /><br />She has been getting laser surgery to lighten the birthmark since she was just aged one and believes she has had around 20 operations to date.<br /><br />Danielle says her parents raised her to never believe her birthmark was anything “bad” but she decided to continue with treatment as an adult as the malformation can cause bleeding.<br /><br />She now feels it is something that is “part of her” but finds it frustrating when strangers tell her she “shouldn’t get rid of it”.<br /><br />
