use on adult chickenpox scars- ie get your face back to normal (Bio Oil)

Member Name: siantone

Product:	Bio Oil
Date:	28/05/09 (795 review reads)
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Advantages: fades dark pockmarks more quickly

Disadvantages: not a miracle cure- very expensive to use on chickenpox scars as they take a long time to fade

I suffered from chickenpox three months ago. As an adult female, the worst aspect of this unpleasant virus was the c.300 blister-like spots on my face. I had read much about how they would only leave scars if you scratched the pox- which is easy to do as chickenpox is horribly itchy. I left my skin alone but was horrified to see c. 15 dark pits left on my face- the answer I was told was to use bio-oil for 3 months.

To begin with the bio-oil was very soothing to very irritated skin and worth the expensive £8.49 (60ml bottle) for that relief alone. (Please give calamine lotion a miss on your face, the relief lasts for a few seconds and dries out facial skin ravaged with chickenpox, making it flaky and crusty). Go straight to bio oil as soon as the raging itch starts and continue to apply even on the thick scabs that form and then carry on after the scabs fall off. You will have marks so use the bio oil sparingly on the marks in the morning and evening and use ordinary moisturiser on the rest of your face if you want to save money. I was using the bio oil instead of a moisturiser as it did not make my dry-ish skin look greasy and took concealer very well.

After three months, the marks have diminished although they have not gone away. I do not think bio oil is a miracle cure for removing pockmarks left by chickenpox but as a woman who wants to face the world again without being stared at, I am sure it has enabled the fading of the pockmarks and provided a base for a concealer better than a normal moisturiser or not using anything at all. As a comparison I did not bother to use the bio oil on my torso (as I won't be showing this to the world) and the marks are definitely more pronounced than the ones on my face after three months.

I finished the 60 ml bottle of bio oil after two and half months.

Summary: delicious easy to go on oil that does work on chickenpox- during the blisters, scabs and scar stage