Imagine it. You doll up your little girl to have her photograph taken professionally.  Except when you see the finished product, it isn't your daughter. Not quite. She's been airbrushed. Someone saw fit to doctor your little angel's picture because it wasn't perfect.

British mom Nikki Allen was staggered to find that two-year-old Omnee's strawberry birthmarks were magically erased with a Photoshop wand.

"I cannot begin to tell you how upset I was," said 30-year-old Ms. Allen. "Omnee's birthmark is a part of who she is. We were just completely gutted when the photos arrived and we realized what had been done."

Needless to say, when she contacted the Exeter-based photo firm Little Stars, which specializes in nursery school photos, she was livid. The photo company apologized and claimed to have mixed the shots of Omnee with another girl whose parents wanted the snaps "touched up."

The owners clearly felt the heat, and I'm not sure I entirely believe their porky about a wrong reference number. Little Stars have offered the family a free print, but somehow I doubt they will be taking them up on the offer.