Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by the Varicella zoster virus. The most characteristic sign of chickenpox is the appearance of water blisters and chickenpox spots all over the body. Typically, these spots dry up and heal naturally without leaving scars.

The speed at which a wound heals depends on many different factors. However, nutrition plays a very important role in the recovery process of an open wound.

Newly formed keloid scars will quickly increase in size, even spreading beyond the initially damaged area, rising higher, and may be pink, red, the same color as the surrounding skin, or darker

A swollen, painful, and itchy scar can be a sign of a keloid. In more severe cases, if the scar has pus, it could be infected. So, what should you do when a scar is swollen?