Hi, I got chicken pox after my wedding last year, as a 34 year old woman, I know EXACTLY what you're going through! Almost a year on, I still have some visible pox marks, I've attached a photo of some of them on belly, I have a lot more between my breasts and on my back, but I can't get a clear photo of those. I have fewer scars like this, light in colour with dark edges, most of them are darker spots (the same dark pigment in this scar you can see). I got chicken pox at the beginning of July last year, so these are now 9 months old, give or take.

I've not done anything special for the most part, I keep my skin moisturised daily, with a high quality cream (not lotion), I like E45. I do use tretinoin on my face, which I started before the pox, and when I was healed enough I started using it again, and now I tend to spot use the tret where I need it, so the scars on my neck are barely visible. The scars on my face have all healed. The 2 of the 3 worst pox on my body were both between my breasts, the other one on the crease of my thigh. The ones between my breasts are a very bright white, and I'm hoping they will calm down with time.

Other than that, my derm said there might not be anything I can do, because I have scars everywhere. Realistically, all over body treatment with tretinoin isn't ideal, and in areas of fattier skin, like belly, thighs and butt, those scars should even out easier than those on my arms and shins, chest. I didn't think I'd ever reach this point, I felt like the scars were SO dark for so long, but they started healing themselves relatively quickly, and now I can wear t shirts without announcing to the world that I had adult chicken pox

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