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Day 22

Well, over the course of the last few weeks since I last posted all the scabs on my body have fallen off. No marks left from the ones from the body just faint pink ones for some spots. However, when the scabs fell of face, they were pink first now gone brown, so have all these brown blemishes over face. Dr says they should fade but will take a very long time! He said immediate solution could be laser treatment, but will wait and see. Shaved the beard off few days ago which is great but reveals more brown spots so growing stubble back. Been rubbing BioOil at night, and Dr suggested I use Mederma few times a day [Please seek your own medical advice]. One lymph node still a little swollen, Dr said it will probably stay like that but to keep an eye on it. Still had a few scabs on scalp, almost all gone.

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Unknown said…
thankyou for ur posts -- they're really helpful. i'm an adult male as well.. i think i'm in day 3, so there's a wild ride ahead.. have had a fever non-stop and the rashes and boils are still shiny.. so not scabbing just yet. i'm a little worried about the fact that they leave marks..even if u don't scrape them off.. lemme know if you know of another way to make the marks after scabbing go away.
thx
Anonymous said…
really thankful for your post.
I was really worried at what age did
you had it and when did the sore throat got over???
Enlightened said…
Anonymous,

The sore throat didnt last that long. Cant remember exactly when it went. I was in my mid-thirties when I had it... hope you get better soon.
Anonymous said…
Thank you for your blog. It's nice to see that I am healing as normal.

I'm at about day 14 now. All the scabs have formed but they are reluctant to fall off. I've been taking lukewarm baths every day to accelerate the process without scarring. Some scabs have fallen off of my face but like you, a little bit of discoloration remains.

Severe sore throat was over by day 7 or so (as a response to a poster above).

Best of luck to anyone else reading this thread! Hope you're not a bachelor like myself - it's tough to remain in quarantine alone!

Regards,

26/male
Anonymous said…
@ Anonynous
Dude i am a bachelor and 29th was the day i was diagnosed with chicken pox....i am now onto my 6th day...all alone....and not sure for how many more...it sucks..
whimsicalchild said…
Thank you for doing this. I'm adult female and I accidentally popped one of the spots in my face thinking it was a pimple- then discovered I had pox a day after. There's a horrible brown scab still on my face but now knowing that it will go away- maybe not as soon as I want it(or maybe I should consider laser?) is a relief.
Currently, 90% of adults are immune to chickenpox because of having had the disease as children.Chickenpox is a disease that can be very easily spread from person to person.The varicella vaccine is a shot that can prevent chickenpox.
Unknown said…
The sore throat has not been so long. I do not remember exactly when. I was in my thirties when I had. I hope you get better soon.

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Anonymous said…
Hi whimsicalchild...i popped one thinking that it was a pimple too. It happened on the first day..im worried if it will leave a scar..How is it now? Thanks
Anonymous said…
Hi whimsicalchild.. I popped one too thibking that it was a pinple.. It happened on the first day.. I am worried if it will leave a scar? How is it now? Thank you
Anonymous said…
Hi i popped one to while i was washing my face not knowing that it was a chicken pox...i thought it was a pimple... Did it leave a scar? How is it now?
Anonymous said…
Thanks for sharing. I am in my 30s, day 6 now. Relief to know you too had the issue with scalp spots, which has given me headache the past days. Fever comes and goes.
Unknown said…
I have day 4 chickenpox, and i am 19 years old. I find your blog really helpful, and enlightening. 😊 So far, i dont vomit but i got a fever 2 pm this day. And that made me sleep for 3 hrs. It is a little gone now, and after reading your blog, i felt a little blessed that im not vomiting, that its ok to have it now than later in adulthood. Thank you for posting this blog! 😊

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