chicken pox raised scars treated

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i went to some doctor for my chicken pox raised scars that i've had since i was a child and asked her what i could do about them to reduce or flatten them. she told me that my scars were called keloids (even though mine weren't red or still growing.. they were the same skin color, only raised bumpy scars on my back). so she suggested the cortisone injections to flatten them, in which she ended up doing. my first injection did little to no effect almost. you could barely see anything happened. my second injection, she said she'd use a stronger kind of cortisone so i wouldnt have to go for another few injection sessions. after she did it, two weeks later, i started noticing my scars becoming less bumpy. 4 weeks later, the skin tissue surrounding the scars started thinning and it turned dark in a purplish reddish way. when i showed her what happened, she said she couldn't guarantee that it will go away or what could happen next, and that the best thing to do is not to expose them to the sun or they will become pigmented.
my question is.. is this a side effect? if so, how long does it take to go away, cuz it's been two months now.. and nothing has changed (except that starting peeling off)?
i'm really worried. i dont know what to put on em other than vitamin E.. and praying that they dont ' scar. i don't know what happened to my skin. i feel that they've already been pigmented.      
                                                                                                               thank you

[Howard Rosenberg, MD]

The cortisone injections have had an obvious effect on your scars, but the red color is a result of increase vascuarity to the treated area.  This will gradually subside.

[michell0012]

Oh no - nothing that much of a concern.It will just take a few month time for sure.I had an experience with my freind who was sitting in closed rooms for an year because she had this skin replacemnt and sh was commanded not to expose to th sun  for a year o rpigmentation would result.
Even though she didi go for some sun somedays - she had swelling on the skin which prooved to be painful  when streched.
What ever - it snone of your side effects, its just your skin is taking time to recover.

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Michell

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i swam in the lake today with a shirt on so i wouldnt expose em. but my shirt kept popping up under water. is that okay?