{"id":8285,"date":"2025-09-13T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8285"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:00:15","slug":"gold-coast-mum-labeled-a-monster-for-lasering-her-sons-port-wine-stain-birthmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8285","title":{"rendered":"Gold Coast mum labeled a \u2018monster\u2019 for lasering her son\u2019s port-wine stain birthmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<p data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"156\"><strong data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"154\">Moms always know best \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t stop the judgment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"474\">Brooke Atkins, a 33-year-old mom from Gold Coast, Australia, faced harsh criticism online after sharing her baby son Kingsley\u2019s medical journey on TikTok. Born with a large \u201cport wine\u201d birthmark on his face, Kingsley was later diagnosed with glaucoma and Sturge Weber Syndrome \u2014 conditions that can worsen over time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"676\">To prevent future complications, Brooke and her husband chose to begin laser treatments early. \u201cThe treatments aren&#8217;t cosmetic,\u201d Brooke explained, \u201cthey help keep the skin healthy and prevent damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"895\">Despite her good intentions, Brooke was called a &#8220;monster&#8221; by online trolls who accused her of making her baby insecure. Some said the mark was \u201cbarely visible\u201d and suggested she was doing it for herself, not her son.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"1051\">The backlash was heartbreaking. \u201cI cried for half an hour,\u201d Brooke admitted. \u201cEven though I knew I was doing the right thing, the comments stuck with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1221\">Thankfully, the support from others outweighed the hate. Brooke hopes critics can understand this wasn\u2019t a cosmetic choice \u2014 it was about protecting her child\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1362\">\u201cKingsley is the happiest, sweetest boy you&#8217;ll ever meet,\u201d she said. \u201cAs parents, this was one of the hardest decisions we\u2019ve had to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56577\" src=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moms always know best \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t stop the judgment. Brooke Atkins, a 33-year-old mom from Gold Coast, Australia, faced harsh criticism online after sharing her baby son Kingsley\u2019s medical journey on TikTok. Born with a large \u201cport wine\u201d birthmark on his face, Kingsley was later diagnosed with glaucoma and Sturge Weber Syndrome \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8285\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Gold Coast mum labeled a \u2018monster\u2019 for lasering her son\u2019s port-wine stain birthmark&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8287,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285\/revisions\/8287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}