chicken pox scars........will they ever fade????

[fannyannie]

DS2 (3 3/4yrs) had chickenpox about 8 weeks ago - he finished 'scabbing over' 7 weeks ago but he's got LOADS (and I mean loads) of chickenpox scars all over his body (arms, legs, chest, back, neck and face). I know that some people have chickenpox scars for life - but surely not over their entire body???? He's probably got as many scars as he had chickenpox

Do you mean thick raised scars or indentations or areas of different pigmentation? Pigmentation will fade, and the hollows will fill out. They might take a couple of months though. Your children are mixed race, aren't they? I think you can get more hyperpigmentation (ie more melanin in the scar) if you are mixed race. I just have olivey-yellow British skin, but burns etc take ages to fade even on me.

my son has a few on his temples. ones he picked. i am not sure what you mean by fade - as i can't remember what they looked like at first. but thy are there yes.

the take AGES to fade. AGES and AGES! i have a scar on my side from when i had chickenpox (dh calls it my 'bulletwound' but you can hardly see it, even though its quite big.

my dd1 had chickenpox quite bad but she has no scars whatsoever.

hth

DS2 had chicken pox at 10 weeks he is 4 now.
I thought his scars would fade but they are growing with his skin.
Luckily they are on his torso, but would love to find something to make them disapeear.
Bio oil has been no use.

probably more like areas of different pigmentation than raised or hollow ones (haven't looked that closely tbh). My children are indeed mixedrace.

That sounds quite plausable (about taking longer with the pigmentation thingymajig) as when I look at him from a distance the ones on his face and lower arms (which have had more 'exposure' to the sun) are less obvious than the ones that are 'hidden' by his clothes.

It looks so horrible and given that DS1's have mostly faded now (he had CP 2 weeks before DS2) I'm just worried that his mostly don't seem to be.....but if it could still take a couple of months I'll try not to think too much about it..

custardo when I say "fade" - I mean it looks like someone has taken a pen and "copied" the colouring of a darker skinned mixedrace children and drawn spots all over his body.

Yup, just hyperpigmentation. I promise it will go. Think it terms of gradual fading over a couple of months.

thanks Aloha - you've set my mind at ease somewhat - think it was triggered today by bumping into a friend who I haven't seen for a while who asked if he'd just had them, told her it was 7 weeks ago they scabbed over and she said "oh he's going to have lots of scars when he's older my DD's both have a few but not that many" (her DD'd are late teens now....)

My dd had chicken pox 2 months ago and has been left with a big scar on her forhead. I am gutted about it. It is a wierd coincidence because I have a chicken pox scar in exactly the same place.

talking to DH about it this morning, it turns out that when he had chickenpox the ones on his back took AGES to disappear too so feeling relaxed about it again now

sorry to bump this ancient thread of mine (with a different username) - but DS2 still has quite a lot of them that are visible - one or two I can see now that they're scars - which he'll be stuck with, but there's lots that aren't "dents" or "raised".........and he keeps commenting on them "they're not gone yet mummy" "they're not disappearing"

I know it's been a long time but if by any chance you'll see the post (or anybody that has been in a similiar situation) please reply. I am so, so worried about my son. He had chicken pox in April, he finished scabbing on 25th of April to be exact. He is still left with many, many scars. None of them are indentations. They are all white and brown marks. Smaller white marks have gone but there are still so many bigger ones. Many of them look like there is white in the middle and darker colour around them. My son is also mixed but he is not very dark, as his father is mixed raced and I am white and his skin colour is darker than white but not exactly brown. I know that people with darker skin colour tend to have problems with hyperpigmantation. Is this hyperpigmantation in my son's case? Are these marks gonna go? Please, please somebody reply as I cry almost every day that I have ruined my son's skin not vaccinating him. He is 7 years old and frankly, he doesn't care but I am very, very worried.

Hi my DD also has one on her forehead. It’s still really really red and obvious on her pale skin. Any recommendations for it to fade?! It’s been 4 months now and it’s really red still. In fact, it seems to have gone more dark red in the sun

thanks