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Do Chicken pox indents ever fade

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ArielBelleElsa · 20/02/2016 19:16

As the title says...does anyone have any experience of indents on the face fading? My daughter aged 3.5 had pox a year ago and still has quite a number of face indents (about 10-15). Some have improved in terms of depth, some are still as deep. Do they grow out as children age? My daughters are very noticeable particularly in brightly lit areas.

I know this isn't major but to me these marks are pretty severe and therefore upsetting.

OP posts:
LouGieMummy · 23/02/2023 01:12

i know this is a super old thread, but was wondering how the original poster or any of the other mums whose children pox are doing now?

Have the indented hollows filled out at all?

my daughter was hospitalised with chicken pox, she has a secondary bacterial infection and has a few indented scars on her face, a rather large (wide) but shallow is crater in the middle of her forehead.. it’s been nearly two months and it’s not showing any signs of healing.. very worried

thaegumathteth · 23/02/2023 01:56

LouGieMummy · 23/02/2023 01:12

i know this is a super old thread, but was wondering how the original poster or any of the other mums whose children pox are doing now?

Have the indented hollows filled out at all?

my daughter was hospitalised with chicken pox, she has a secondary bacterial infection and has a few indented scars on her face, a rather large (wide) but shallow is crater in the middle of her forehead.. it’s been nearly two months and it’s not showing any signs of healing.. very worried

This came up on my threads I'm on and I commented saying Dd (then 5) had 2 marks from when she was absolutely covered in pox as a baby.

She's 12 now and hasn't got any marks at all. Hasn't for years.

Ds had a quite deep hole in his chest where the 'mother spot' was and it's just a white mark now.

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