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How Long Does It Take To Fade The Chicken Pox Scars?

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2012

Question: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR CHICKEN POX SCARS TO FADE.?(MIXED RACE SKIN)
Is there anything I can do to help them fade. Really bad ones on her face. She recovered from the pox at the end of August

Answered by Dr. Santosh Kondekar (2 hours later)

Dear XXXXXXX
As pox causes XXXXXXX skin vesicles… often it leaves hyperpigmented scars that last from months to years. Though many of them respond to moisturiser with time… some may need some keratolytic cream or creams like eukroma or tattoing or laser.
With my experience most problems don't remain as a problem after 2 years of chicken pox XXXXXXX
I hope this answers your query …… feel free if any further query.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Santosh Kondekar (7 hours later)

Thanks it puts my mind at rest. Will Bio oil help?

Answered by Dr. Santosh Kondekar (6 hours later)

Hi again.
Oils of any type are unlikely to help……
What …may work if at all is a moisturiser.……
Thanks
Feel free to revert back.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar