What should I do if there is a pit after the chickenpox scar falls off?

It is normal for children to get chickenpox. For some children who have not been vaccinated against chickenpox, the risk of getting chickenpox is higher. When chickenpox occurs, it will not only cause high fever in the child, but also leave scars on the child's body after the chickenpox is completely cured. If chickenpox grows on the child's face, it will also affect the child's appearance.

1. How to remove chickenpox pits on the face

Since scars are normal connective fibrous tissues that heal wounds, they are inevitably formed and exist at any wound site. Topical ointments applied to the scar area are limited to providing mild therapeutic effects such as moisturizing and softening, stopping scars, reducing inflammation and redness, and fading pigmentation, thereby improving and beautifying the appearance of the scars, but they cannot truly remove scars.

Scar ointments can be classified into general pain-relieving moisturizing creams, anti-scar and anti-inflammatory creams containing steroids, moisturizing and softening creams containing silicone, and melanin-removing ointments used to lighten pigmentation.

In fact, fruit acid, especially at high concentrations (10%), has the property of stimulating the proliferation of dermal collagen, restoring the skin's elasticity and thus flattening the uneven acne scars. However, it must be used continuously for several months to be effective, and it is only limited to shallow scars and has no effect on deeper scars.

The skin has a metabolic function and will gradually become thinner after a period of time. If your finances allow, you can also undergo scar removal surgery, laser treatment, or surgery to achieve short-term scar removal results.

2. How to prevent chickenpox

1. Reduce contact and prevent infection: During the peak period of chickenpox, parents should try to avoid taking their children to hospitals and other public places, and avoid contact between their children and patients with chickenpox or shingles to prevent chickenpox infection. Schools and kindergartens where chickenpox occurs should stop holding large-scale events to reduce the chance of transmission. Children who have been in contact with patients should be observed for 21 to 28 days.

2. Pay attention to personal hygiene and enhance physical fitness: Pay attention to personal hygiene, bathe and change clothes for children regularly, keep the skin clean, cut nails frequently, wash hands frequently, insist on physical exercise, enhance disease resistance, and pay attention to adding or removing clothes in time before and after exercise to prevent catching cold.

3. Open the room frequently for ventilation to keep the air fresh: Open windows frequently in classrooms, activity rooms, and bedrooms to keep air circulating. Students on duty should sprinkle water before sweeping the floor. Students should go outdoors during breaks. For classes where students have chickenpox, you can use 84 disinfectant mixed with water (the ratio is 1:100) to clean desks, chairs and learning tools, or use 1:100 84 disinfectant to spray the classroom for air disinfection (doors and windows need to be closed when disinfecting the classroom), or use ultraviolet disinfection.

4. Carry out publicity and education to keep abreast of the incidence of the disease: Schools should use radio, blackboards, galleries and other forms to publicize knowledge on the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases and enhance students' awareness of self-protection. If a student in the class gets chickenpox, it must be reported to the principal's office and the health center in a timely manner so that the situation can be monitored in a timely manner and appropriate preventive and control measures can be taken as soon as possible. .

5. Vaccination against chickenpox is the most effective means of prevention: So far, there is no specific method to treat chickenpox. Once chickenpox is prevalent in a kindergarten or school, only isolation measures can be taken, which will greatly affect the normal teaching order. However, isolating patients cannot completely prevent the spread of chickenpox because they are contagious two days before the rash appears. Therefore, the most ideal and effective way to prevent chickenpox is to get vaccinated.