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chickenpox scars

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hatter · 04/05/2004 00:16

Just a trivial question really, as it's obviously not a serious worry, but do they fade? Both DDs have had it recently and even though they were very good about not scratching I've been really suprised how scarred they are - mostly on their tummies but a couple on their faces - though these seem to be less obvious

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GeorginaA · 04/05/2004 07:40

Apparently the best way to help these scars fade is to rub vitamin E oil in to these scars (I keep meaning to do it myself with ds' scars, but haven't got around to it yet... bad mummy, bad mummy).

The purest and cheapest way to get vitamin E oil is to pick up a bottle of capsules that you'd normally injest from a health food store, then prick a capsule with a pin and squeeze the capsule's contents onto the spots. Repeat twice a day.

suedonim · 04/05/2004 13:27

Dd1 had very bad CP when she was 13, which left her face badly marked. In the four years since, the marks have faded back to normal skin colour but the pitting has remained the same, despite Aloe Vera being applied. Our GP said there isn't anything that can be done about the pitting.

charlize · 04/05/2004 16:18

Suedonim, Sorry to hear about your dd . How bad are the scars? There is a new thing out for this called isolagen it envolves taking some collagen from behind your ear and having it injected into your face.
It might be something to consider when she is older, if it really bothers her.
I have bad scars myself from acne I had whilst pregnant and Iam seriously thinking of this new treatment even though it will cost 2500.

suedonim · 04/05/2004 17:10

Oh, that's very interesting, Charlize, thank you. I hadn't heard of it. Oddly enough, dd doesn't worry about her scars at all, even though she is almost 17, just about max body-image-angst-age! It's me the scars upset, but it's better that way, of course. She has a couple of visible scars, about 5mm across, right in the middle of her forehead, one on her cheek and one near her lip and some smaller ones.

Tinker · 04/05/2004 19:00

That is interesting charlize. My daughter has quite a few on her forehead and has had questions from the other kids at school about them. So far, she's blase but it's worth bearing in mind for teh future.

Branster · 04/05/2004 20:24

myself and my dd (under 2 yrs at the time) both had chicken pox last autumn. very unfortunate for me because although i was incredibly careful about not touching my skin , i was left with quite a big scar (about 3mm in diameter) on my face. the reason was overinfection of that particula spot and i still don't know how it happened as i was treating all the spots with calamine lotion and kept skin clean & dry all the time. luckly my little girl has only got one tyiny mark on her face (lest tahn 1mm in diameter, and i noticed it because i know her, otherwise nobody would know) so i'm very happy for her. although i had a couple of marks on my arms, they did 'fill up' and now they are levelled with the rest of the skin surface. the one on my face however will remain the same for the rest of my life. gp said the skin would never regain its profile (his words). i have dome some research into this subject and it would appear there is no cure for such a problem (not even laser treatments promising a result do not work). however, the pigmentation of the actual area would be the same as the rest of the skin or very simmilar in due time (i.e. after sun bathing. i have used vit e oil religiously since i got the mark and have to say it made no difference whatsoever. (you can get vit. e oil in a bottle which l;asts for a very long time and is manufatured by HealtAid shoul find it in chemist shops). However, children's ability to recover from such problems is better than adults's so i would treat the little one with the oil and am quite confident the appearance will improve in 1/2 or so if not quicker. especially if the marks are small. good luck!

Branster · 04/05/2004 20:27

meant to say it should improve in 1/2 year. sorry for spelling mistakes. typing too fast and not good at it at all

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hatter · 04/05/2004 23:54

Thanks everyone. I'm not too worried as they're mostly on their tummies and don't look that bad. I'll get some vit e but I might not tell them what it's for - they're only 4 and 2 so I don't want to make them in anyway self-conscious

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