Rare Skin Condition Gives Toddler Natural ‘Batman Mask’

A toddler named Luna Fenner was born with an uncommonly big mark on her face that resembled batman’s mask. Doctors held a rare skin condition accountable for the bizarre dark patch that distinguished her from other babies.

Congenital Melanotic Nevus, the pitch dark skin patch is a sum of pigment-producing cells called melanocytes. The sufferer becomes vulnerable to a cancerous melanoma if the skin condition, that affects 1.5 percent of the world's population, is left unattended, Mirror reported.

When Luna’s mother Carol Fenner, 35, sought a doctor’s help in the U.S. to find a way out of the situation, they only offered to conduct a laser surgery. A Russian surgeon, who came forward to help following Luna’s case gaining media attention, said that it requires a different medical approach which is not available in America. Luna, accompanied by her parents, is now heading to Russia to receive treatment.

“They have technology there that isn’t available in the US yet, in the US it would take four years for Luna to be treated, but in Russia I’m told it will be 18 months. The doctors in the US kept giving me different advice, I felt so lost, and didn’t know what to do. Everybody thinks I’m crazy to go to Russia but I have done a lot of research and gained advice from several doctors and I really think that this is the best option for Luna right now,” Mirror quoted Carol as saying.

It took six days for the doctors to diagnose the real reason behind Luna’s dark patch after her birth. “My last ultrasound before the birth had revealed nothing abnormal," Carol stated.

The doctors warned Luna’s mother that the disease might turn into cancer even though nothing was detected in the MRI scan.

After learning about the probable consequence, Carol frantically looked for surgeons who could help save her daughter.

“A surgeon in Boston all told me that Luna must be subjected to over 100 sessions of laser treatments. I didn’t feel comfortable with that, I wanted her to start school at the right time and feel like she could fit in with the other kids. Other surgeons in New York, Chicago, and Florida told me that laser would be the worst thing for Luna. They all had very different opinions about what to do and when,” Carol further stated.