Come and make me better about (or ideally, provide miracle cures for) chicken pox scars

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poor little dd
It's only a month or so since she had it, but ds (who had it 2 weeks later) is pretty much spotless again, whereas she is covered in pockmarks (inc a big one right in the middle of her cheek)

I know I just need some perspective, so slaps also accepted..

How old is she? Both of mine had scars which have now faded a lot. A friend's wee one had really bad scars which took a year to disappear, but did eventually. Ds's spots got infected and left big pits, but these have now filled in (! How?!).
Small children's skin is amazing in its ability to heal.

Ah they'l fade. I had an ENORMOUS one on my left nipple, which scarred to look like an extra nipple It went eventually. Blimey, I had them everywhere, including fanjo.....

Thanks....my ds is also still covered with pockmarks from a month or so ago and I've been trying not to worry too much....

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She's 2, Fromgirders (going on 16 ) - her cheek one, was, of course the one she scratched and got infected. Pesky kids.

Your extra nipple sounds, um, lovely TREBUCHET

Thanks both, that helps.

I actually had been trying vit E oil Displacement Activity (cheapo superdrug one so am assuming it'll be very weak ) - someone also mentioned shea butter to me...

bump for more reassurance [pathetic emoticon]

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I had chicken pox in my 20s and scared quite badly and was very ill. I actually had to go to hospital and they told me to get out in the sun which heals the skin. (With suncream obv).

Excuse for a hol?

LOL at niceglasses & Displacement giving contradictory advice

Sorry it hit you so badly niceglasses btw.

Are they scars? Or deep pits in the skin?

Scars can be helped to heal, but the pits in the skin can't. My ds2 was left with huge pits in his skin on his face after chicken pox and I went to both a homeopath and a dermatologist afer. Both said there was nothing that could be done as they were not actual scar tissue. They will lessen in visibility over time, but I am very upset about it and plan to have ds3 vaccinated (there is another thread on this subject at the moment).

Gawd I didn't actually read the one below me. Well, thats what my doc said. Mostly cleared. Am left with one on my forehead and one on my boob!

They're pits IlanaK

a friend of a friend is a dermatologist and told her that children's chicken pox scars usually diminish - especially on the face - because as the skull grows the skin becomes more taut and pulls the scars out. It's about 2 years since dd had chicken pox and the scars on her face are much less prominent now (although I suspect that hyper-observant mummy was probably the only one who really noticed them; children's faces are so mobile that most people probably don't).

I'm not sure about vitamin e. It's great for surgical scars but does it work for pock marks?

Napiers the Chemist Infant Starflower Cream.

And keep her OUT of the sun - slather her in high SPF suncream if she gets even a ray on her.

Ds1 was extremely ill with chicken pox and has been left with deep pits on his eyebrow line and nose, plus various scars all over his body. I could weep for his previously perfect skin. It's been three years since he had it and the scars haven't faded at all.
And I feel so guilty because I deliberately took him to the home of a friend's little girl who had chicken pox, thinking it would be best for him to catch it young

Aw, lyra!

I thought DD1 was going to scar pitlike because her skin is so pale and thin.

But instead she had just these pink spots where the blisters were, and these have only just now faded after 6 months.

DD2, however, still has two small pitmarks on her face, one under one of her eyes and another on her cheek.

But with Starflower Cream, the rest have faded.

DD1 caught chickenpox from nursery and DD2 got them from her.

I might try this starflower cream. Where do you get it? It might not help the deep pits but might fade the lesser scars.

I'm a slow typist and didn't see ilanak's post.

Seems even the dermatologists disagree - my friend's friend was quite upbeat about pock marks (that's what I meant, rather than scars) flattening out with age.

I'm sorry, ilanak, to hear about your son. Best wishes to you both.

starflower

a little goes a long way, it's a thick cream but rubs in very easily.

lyra - I exposed dd intentionally as well

I can only find the starflower potion in a site that isn't currently operational... www.villagetherapy.com/p/n166/starflower-skin-cream.html

Cool, thanks expat

i just bought some last month online from Napiers.

it's good for lots of things, too.

DD1 is allergic to SLS and we found this out the hard way and she got this awful rash on her face. Starflower cream cleared it up in about a week.

Ditto any sort of allergic rash or heat rash.

It's goog stuff, funny .

We didn't intentionally expose DD1, but it had come through her nursery several times and she didn't catch it until this past winter.