A LITTLE girl from Darwen had successful laser treatment to get rid of an ugly strawberry birthmark.

Surgeons at a private hospital in Bromsgrove performed the treatment on two-year-old Jamie-Lee Taylor. The free treatment, normally worth £2,000, was part of a week-long campaign at the National Hospital for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery where doctors aimed to treat 300 children with birthmarks.

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