When I was young I came down with the chicken pox. My mom would tell me to stop scratching them otherwise it would create a scar that I would live with for the rest of my life. I thought I knew better so I scratched this one particular itchy area on my shoulder and sure enough once I got rid of the pox I still had this little round white scar where I had scratched this one area.

A few years later I started getting acne and I remembered those words of wisdom from my mom along with this permanent little spot to remind me that scratching at skin irritations will only create scars. I didn’t want acne scars all over my face so I did my best to just leave them alone and treat them with medication. I have found a way to help clear up an acne scar that can be found at the link in this sentence.