A woman from Northumberland, England, says she's thankful to be cancer-free after her face was "forever changed" by a chickenpox scar. Louise Thorell, now 32, said she came down with the chickenpox at ...

Chickenpox may go away after a few weeks, but the scars it leaves behind can stick around for months, sometimes even longer. It can often leave many feeling self-conscious and embarrassed about their ...

Look closely, my face reveals a mark of health history that may well be unknown to my children’s children. On my forehead with the age lines – to be kind, the traces of expression – is a tiny ...

Chicken pox, also called varicella, is a highly contagious disease that mainly strikes children. In the early stages of chicken pox, you’ll see fever, fatigue, loss of appetite and headache. A day or ...

The National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms describes scare tissue in the following manner. “Fibrous tissue that forms when normal tissue is destroyed by disease, injury, or surgery. For ...

Whether it’s from acne, surgery or another wound-inducing experience, skin scarring is almost as inevitable as it is permanent. For most scars that create textural changes to your skin, it is unlikely ...