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Chicken Pox Scabs
Hi,I have been infected by chicken pox for the past 1 week and now the blisters have dried off forming scabs.Can I pluck the scabs off?will it leave any permanent scars on my body?
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Hello if you peel off then will leave scar mark. Apply calamine lotion over sacabs and let them fall off on their own
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Dr. Vijayalaxmi Shende
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10 yrs exp
Pune
Hi
Do not pluck it
Actually not need
It will drop off its own.
Yes.
Scar mark may be present at least for 1-2 years
Cosmetic treatment will resolve the problem
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