About birthmarks

Never heard of Sturge Weber Syndrome I was wondering why they made the birthmarks so large had no idea it was for a medical condition makes sense they came around with the hearing aid update.

I’m glad they added birthmarks to the game. I agree with @SERVERFRA that if the game helps shed light on some conditions then that’s good. ?

I don't mind when EA decides to add new things to the game but it becomes annoying when it is overdone. At this moment in my game every baby becoming an infants gets a birth mark even though the parents and rest of the family never had one. If anyone knows of a mod that disables the birth marks being random please let me know, Thanks.

I was born with a Birthmark, my parents never had it & neither did all my other relatives. Also, 28 years ago when I was pregnant with my daughter, I asked the Doctor if my baby would get my Birthmark from me. He said no. And when she was born & cleaned up, the first thing I looked at was her face. I didn't care how many fingers or toes she had, I was only concerned with her face. And thank God, she didn't get my Birthmark. :) My beautiful Daughter will not suffer any side effects from it. ;)

@SERVERFRA Thanks for your insightful comments! I had no idea some doctors didn't really know about this syndrome. And I have learned quite a lot about it since the birth of Mila's daughter. So, what you say is absolutely true!

@Sammoyke "To that end any birth mark or possible medical skin conditions, or even medical tools/equipment or accessories utilized in cas is always treated with a certain amount of respect by maxis to anyone who may have those appearances in real life whilst not diving to unnecessarily into the deep understanding of each one. That means that what might be in reality a dangerous, scary or concerning diagnosis, doesn't constitute that it will or even should affect gameplay. I feel that is best left up the player to decide if the medical accessory which in game by definition is simply a cas cosmetic not a real diagnosis,can be used to create a story line that CAN include the fears or struggles with said possible diagnosis. "

I agree with you, but only to some extend. I do think I'm a bit too immersed and so the worry of a possible health complication of a child really resonated with me. At the time I really missed that professional eye, to go and visit the hospital/GP's for an extra checkup on the infant. It felt neglectful not to have this feature. Of course, we can play pretend (because that's what sims is mostly about), but that made it feel worse too. It's just a very odd mix of fantasy and reality coming together that didn't sit so well with me.



I'm very sorry about the really late response - it felt as though nobody wanted to have this conversation at the time. People got angry with me and stuff. I'm happy to see it was still constructive in the end! Now some time has passed and I'm not as shocked about this as I was back then.

Every single baby i have had since this was added , have had birthmarks at infant age . I have had to use the cas.fulleditmode cheat to go into CAS and remove it , always that same birthmark as well despite there being so many to choose from