Many capillary birthmarks such as salmon patches and strawberry hemangiomas don't need treatment. Makeup can help cover permanent lesions. Corticosteroids can shrink a hemangioma that's growing quickly and causing issues.
A new and promising treatment for serious hemangiomas is propranalol, a drug usually used for the treatment of high blood pressure.
Port wine stains on the face can be treated at a young age with a special types of laser.