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[Septimius]

Left shoulder, TB vaccine.

 

[rpmurphy]

I'm pretty sure I got mine on my shoulder or upper arm, but I can't find it anymore. >_>
Parents, though, upper left arms have a centimeter diameter scar.

 

[PJV3]

I had Chicken pox in my late 20's, worst experience ever. I made the mistake of having a bath and i stuck to it like one of those mats with little suckers on them.

 

[Zoe]

I'm glad I got them the natural way. That sounds painful.

Edit: Oh smallpox, not chicken pox. I've never had those lol. Guess I got a normal vaccination.

You don't vaccinate against chicken pox.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

At least you don't have a gaping hole next to your armpit. Damn you chickenpox, scarring my beautiful body.

 

[IceCold]

You don't vaccinate against chicken pox.

Yeah you do. My brother never got chicken pox as a kid and was given a vaccine for chicken pox.

 

[Zoe]

Yeah you do. My brother never got chicken pox as a kid and was given a vaccine for chicken pox.

Hmm, introduced in 1995? Guess I'm showing my age

 

[Revoh]

Sorry to bump this thread.
I have that scar too and has always bothered me, it's exactly like the picture just a little bigger, are there any lotions or something that I can use to maybe fade it or make it disappear?

 

[Ra\/en]

My wife has that scar. My previous girlfriend has that scar. I support this thread. Why??

She says that she picked at it and scratched it and that it caused the scar.


I had chickenpox and have no scar there.

 

[Shalashaska]

Have it above my right eyebrow. My fiancee has those vaccine marks on her shoulders, that needle looks brutal.

 

[ReBurn]

Mine is next to my nose.

 

[Kisaya]

Hate my chicken pox scars but none on my face thankfully >.<

 

[Ether_Snake]

Chicken pox virus (varicella zoster virus - VZV) is from the same family as the herpes simplex virus (HSV). The virus stays dormant in the trigeminal ganglia nerve of the face which has a characteristic route towards the face surface.

Looks like it goes where acne is usually prominent.

 

[thetrin]

I dont know a lot of people with a pock mark like that, but I do notice (all over the world, incidentally) a vaccination scar on people's shoulders. What the hell causes that, anyway?

The vaccination itself.

 

[Slayer-33]

Upper left shoulder

 

[Jean Valjean]

Reptilians

 

[bobbychalkers]

That's what that is? I have mine over the corner of my right eyebrow. I always wondered how I got that scar.

 

[Wubby]

Speaking of scars I'm not a fan of these vaccination scars on the arms that all Japanese kids have to get.

 

[krae_man]

I think I only have one on my hip from my pants rubbing against it.

 

[strobogo]

Mine is right in the center of my nose. My sister has her's in the same spot.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Holy shit, I have that mark, I never knew where it came from. Never noticed anyone else with it either, but I would have never looked, I'll be keeping an eye out now.

Very weird to learn it's a common thing.

 

[Silas Lang]

Wow I have the same scar, except it's right above my left eyebrow. Didn't ever notice how common it was.

 

[EYEL1NER]

I've got that same scar. Had chicken pox almost 20 years ago. It's never bothered me though.
I've also got the big scar on my right shoulder from smallpox. Had to get it before going to Korea and they had to do it on the right because I think they accidentally did Anthrax on the other arm.

Edit: I knew mine came from chicken pox though. Right after getting chicken pox, I got the scar. And my parents said "Welp, shoulda listened when we said 'Don't scratch.'"

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Wow, I have a mark there too. I would've never guessed it was from chicken pox, I thought it was a blemish. I'm not sure how long I've had it for.

 

[Zareth]

Whats weird is I have that scar but I have never had chicken pox.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I have one over my right eye. I wondered where that came from.

 

[EulaCapra]

Wow, I have that too. Though I think mine is from a grossly popped face boil.

 

[Vyroxis]

I never had the Pox as a child, and was never vaccinated. I'm sure someday I am in for one hell of a bad week or two.

 

[Zekes!]

the only chicken pox scar I have is on my stomach

 

[Feran]

I've got one in around the same area too, wow. Always wrote it off as a result of being in the sun too long or something. Oddly enough I remember scratching a lot and popping the blisters on my upper lip as a child but there's no scars there at all.

 

[CountAntonius]

What the hell? I have one right above my eyebrow but never had the pox,

 

[blame space]

what happened to stet

 

[MattKeil]

I knew several kids in elementary school with that exact chicken pox scar between their eyebrows, so when I got chicken pox I knew not to fuck with the stuff on my face. I do have a scar on my chest, though, because one of those things was just itchy murder and I decided I didn't care.

 

[IceCold]

I have a couple of them. They are my battle scars.

 

[makingmusic476]

I have one in that same exact spot. I had no idea it was from chicken pox, though, and I always thought I was special for having it. =(

 

[CrazyDude]

Never had to deal with chicken pox. Ended up getting vaccinated and that was that. Good thing to, because my brother got chicken pox not to long ago.

 

[flippedb]

I have a small one near my nose, and the BCG scar on the right shoulder.

 

[The M.O.B]

I got one in that same spot.......and an annoying one on my cheek that stands out a bit unfortunately

 

[Ultima_5]

Yeah you do. My brother never got chicken pox as a kid and was given a vaccine for chicken pox.

Same here. I'm sort of surprised that I never got it naturally though. I had every other skin problem growing up

I never had the Pox as a child, and was never vaccinated. I'm sure someday I am in for one hell of a bad week or two.

You should probably look into getting the vaccine. It can do alot of damage when you're an adult I believe...

What the hell? I have one right above my eyebrow but never had the pox,

Possibly acne pock marks? Thoses cause indent scars too

 

[iamblades]

You should probably look into getting the vaccine. It can do alot of damage when you're an adult I believe...

^^

Adult chicken pox can be fatal, it is most severe in adult males.

 

[CountAntonius]

Possibly acne pock marks? Thoses cause indent scars too

Nope no acne here either.

 

[BowieZ]

Wow. I have that. Didn't know it was so common. Had it ever since I can remember. Never had acne.

 

[Ultima_5]

^^

Adult chicken pox can be fatal, it is most severe in adult males.

Also can make you sterile!

 

[jett]

oh for fuck's sake looking up smallpox on wikipedia was a mistake

 

[Poyunch]

I have a bunch over my face and body. Feels bad man.

 

[flawfuls]

You should probably look into getting the vaccine. It can do alot of damage when you're an adult I believe...

^^

Adult chicken pox can be fatal, it is most severe in adult males.

We just went of over this in class the other day and according to my teachers the whole adult chicken pocks being worse thing is a just myth. People probably mix it up with shingles which is recurrent chicken pox.

 

[B.K.]

I'm going to be 30 in a few months and I've never had Chickenpox. I'm going to die when I get it!

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

So that's what that is I got chicken pox so young that I don't even remember.

 

[Desmond]

I dont know a lot of people with a pock mark like that, but I do notice (all over the world, incidentally) a vaccination scar on people's shoulders. What the hell causes that, anyway?

A lot of people here have a triangle of three scars on the upper arm. For measles, mumps and Rubella

Wait, it might be bcg now that I think about it

 

[Lakitu]

I have mine on my right temple.