Chicken Pox - how long before not contagious?

[TheGoddessBlossom]

DS2 got the spots last Wednesday... All crusting over now. Can we see people?

i think so...the advice i have been given was infectious for a day before spots come out, then until they crust over, usually 5 days...although i have also seen some reports that say its five days from spots first appearing. i am now in the 3 week wait for my other two, cant stop my life just becasue they are likely to get it, but i am being careful of where we go (pregnant ladies, older people and people with immuno probs) DH had to get tested as althoughhe has had it he is on med for psoriatic arthritis that supress the immune system ad cp could be nasty for him, same with my mum who is also on immuno suppressants for lupus.