Anyone Dealt with a Cherry Hemangioma?

My daughter had one. It grew quickly and continued to grow, which was a little alarming to me as a non-medical person, but not to the doctor. The doctor kept monitoring it, and told us what to expect, and sure enough, one day it began bleeding. Not gushing but oozing. We knew not to touch it, we just put a loose bandage over it (gauze only with tape around the edges of the gauze). The doctor quickly removed it with just a local anesthetic and it was not painful to her. The removal basically involved slicing it off which sounds troubling, but it wasn't. It healed very quickly. Now there is a small pale flat spot where the hemangioma used to be, barely noticeable. I wouldn't call it a scar. It's just a slightly paler spot that we can see because we knew where the hemangioma was.

Have you seen a doctor or are you just guessing based on Google?

I would see a pediatric dermatologist if only to get peace of mind. :-)

What did your pediatrician say when you mentioned it?

If you didn't discuss it, why not? You don't let things grow on a child and not at least make a phone call. You want to be sure that this is diagnosed properly, and also that the pediatrician (or a dermatologist to whom your pedi refers you) has a chance to measure it at various stages of its growth.

My daughter had a hemangioma on her lip when she was born. We spent a LOT of time with a pediatric dermatologist given where it was located (they can grow internally and close off the throat), and eventually had hers removed surgically due to the location.
Hemangiomas normally appear right after birth, and most go away by the time kiddo is 10-12. Are you sure it's a hemangioma if you're just now seeing this at age 5? That seems odd. I don't want to cause alarm, but I'd get him into a dermatolgist.