Day Twenty

I have pretty much normalized in terms of scabs on my body. My face is looking better, however I have a long way to go until I am normal again. I have been using Mederma on a daily basis to hopefully decrease the chances of scarring.

I have an appointment with a dermatologist at the end of November. Hopefully they will determine if a laser skin regiment is required.

I will post here once every couple of weeks.

I really hope these posts will help out other Chicken Pox "survivors", it's really not all that bad (once you get over it).

Day Fourteen

I haven't posted in a few days as I had to leave for New Orleans. I have about 10 or 11 small scabs left around my body. Other than that, I am healing well. I am using Mederma to reduce the redness of all the dots, mainly on my face.

Day Eleven

I am using Mederma and Neosporin religiously. I think it is already helping. Most of my scabs have fallen off and it looks like I have major acne. Hopefully the mederma will lessen the redness of the scabs soon :). I have to go to New Orleans for the weekend, so people are just going to have to stop and stare.

Day Ten

Today I bought Mederma, Neosporin and Vitamin E oil to help with the scarring and the scabs. I have covered myself in Vitamin E and Neosporin to help the scabs fall off sooner. This is my progress at (left)

Day Nine

The scabs have started to dry up a bit more today. I was able to have a meeting with someone at work and start getting back to normal. None of the scabs have fallen off and my urges to pick is increasing. I am antsy to get back to work and back on with my life. I feel it would be hard to go out into public still. I went to my office landlords and showed them my condition so they would waive the late fee for my rent. They did.

I wish there was some way to speed up the process to make the scabs fall off. The Vaseline did nothing in my opinion, instead, i am not bathing for a couple days. The dermatologist said that greasy skin will help make my scabs heal and fall off faster.

I am hoping by Friday I will be up to snuff to go into public.

I have attached a picture of my current chicken pox cosmetic status. I couldn't decide if I should smile or not... so I did.

Day Eight

I feel 100% today, I believe I am no longer contagious as all the scabs have healed.

I talked to my dermatologist today, they said that my scabs will take a long time to fall off and heal :(. They told me to put Vaseline on all my scabs and increase the speed to the drying process. I have not returned to work yet and I still look terrible. I am going to start posting pictures onto this blog to track the progress of my looks.

I think the worst part of this is the Quasimodo type of looks and hopefully will help other people determine when they can go out and about.

Day Seven

More blisters are starting to heal. The scabs themselves are not doing much. I am still feeling flu like symptoms but the fever seems to completely gone.