I got chicken pox before 5 years. It left my body with dark scars. All scars are very dark and sometimes i will get some acne in my body.

I am fighting with acne for more than 5 years in my face and now maximum of my acne are reduced. The only problem which i have is chicken pox scars.

I searched internet and found that it is not possible to reduce the chicken pox scars. But now a days there are lots of products are available,,,,

so can u please help me to find a best product to cure chicken pox scars,,,,, do you peoples have experience with chicken pox scars,,,,,

Well chicken pox scars are pretty much the same as some acne scars, so whatever works for those boxcar type scar should work for pox scars.

If the scars are depressed, which usually is the case for chickenpox scars, then no, there really are no products that would help to raise it, try not fall for those claims that people make. If its only discoloration, there might be some products that could kind of do something, but ablating the spot with laser or dermabrasion will probably be one of the few things that could work.

As for depression, you could use something like needling which might be able to raise the scar, but im not sure. The only actual real solution is getting them excised, and then close the edges together, and that should probably do the trick. You could do some microdermabrasion or dermabrasion afterwards to virtualy get rid of the new scar that forms after excision, which is like a tiny line, but it really is not that bad.

You do have options to almost completely fade it so no worries.

Good luck

This post has been edited by Scars4Life: Nov 6 2009, 07:53 PM

my body is filled with scars,,,, not one or two, more than 100,,,, how to go with excision ?? for lots of scars,,,,, and also, it will cost much,,,,,,,,

is there any product which do magic,,,,,,,,,

i had chicken pox when i was in 6th grade. it left me with red craters where i scratched. using vitamin e cream on them made the redness go away permanently.

i still have the craters, but they're not deep so they're only really noticeable by me, because i know where to look for them. the average person i speak to doesn't know they're there unless i say something or go under really bad lighting (those long neon lights will make anyone's face look horrible!)

i don't recall specifically how long it took to get rid of them, but i put vitamin e over my entire face day and night and one day they just weren't red anymore.

Yeah I was referring to facial scars as they are really hard to treat and gotto be careful because the skin is thin. If you have some pox scars on your face, getting them excised is probably the most effective thing, but I don't know as to I don't know how your scars look like.

As for body scars, you do have more options as treatments can be more aggressive and you don't have to worry too much about down time because you can just hide it with clothes. But don't expect magic to happen as to our dermatalogists are so backtracked compared to what they are doing in Asia, and even they don't really have any magic bullets. But since it's body scars, every so often we do see some outstanding results because there are far less restrictions on how intense the treatments can be. I guess you can go with agressive ablative Lasers, Dermabrasion and maybe even aggressive needling might do something, some hardcore chemical peels. There is also this stem cell procedure being done in some places in Asia and Europe, one that is mentioned on this forum is in England done by Dr. Khan, check that out see if you like it. And try to do some more research, I know it can be rough living with scars specially when it seems like there is nothing you can do about it, but try to keep your head up science is getting closer and closer to actual solutions, I am floating on the same boat with you.

Peace.

really it is difficult to live with scars,,,,,, i am from india. i contacted dermatologist and he said that it is possible but it will take time,,,, he just gave some creams and tablets, but i discontinued then because of side effects,,,, now i am searching for a product which helps me,,,,,

now i am studying in college,,,, because of scars i can't go tour with friends, i can't enjoy with friends,,,,,, it is killing me,,,,,

what is your idea about going to beauty parlor,,,, there are lots of beauty products over market which are even making dark peoples white



i am having scars all over my body,,,,,,,

thank god, i don't have scars in my face,,,,,,

This post has been edited by Asho: Nov 7 2009, 11:25 AM

what a polite thing to say to those of us that do...

There are not too many people here that wouldn't trade their facial scars for a '100' scars on their body.

It was fortunate that I had chickenpox when i was still in 2nd grade so time healed all my scars and faded them away. I only have scar that stood out (and it's beside my right eye (about 1/2cm) , and it's pitted. One good thing is it matches my facial color now. Chicken pox scars usually go away with time. But 5 years should atleast have faded most of them. I can feel what you're saying, my bestfriend's post chicken-pox scars 18 years ago are still on her legs. She has beautiful face, complexion, and body but that's her insecurity.
I inserted a link, hoping it's a little helpful for your scar repair alternatives. TC!

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-tre...nts/guide/scars

This post has been edited by xandrine100: Nov 8 2009, 06:03 AM