If you're an adult and you've got chicken pox it's going to be brutal. Sorry.
I had it when I was a teenager and that was horrible.

Thank your stars it's not shingles though.

Try not to scratch. Calomine lotion is good but you might need to virtually bathe in it, try and get it on prescription.

And the tattoo? take a nice hot cup of man the fuck up and let them see it, they'll find out sooner or later.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:06, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

brutal in what way?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:06, Reply)

the older you are the worse it is. To extremes.
lasts longer, rash is worse, itches more. Only usually, though. You could be lucky. If all hell hasn't broken loose on your skin within about a week of starting to feel shit then you might have dodged a bullet, chap.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:09, Reply)

well, it started on Saturday
and I am fucking covered in spots, but it's not actually itchy, even the first spots that appeared, so fingers crossed
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:11, Reply)

the spots started on Sat?
CP starts about 3 or 4 days before that, feels a bit like mild flu to start.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:12, Reply)

I think I must have just ignored it.
had a high temperature on sunday, which has gradually come down since then.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:17, Reply)

fair play
fingers crossed for you, sir. And, seriously, if it does get really itchy, gaffer taping soft gloves on is the way forward.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:24, Reply)

cheers

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:26, Reply)

Worst of all
is that now his missus is going to find out he's been fucking chickens.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:14, Reply)

that's just fowl.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:15, Reply)

Leave The Internet.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:16, Reply)

It wasn't that bad Monty
Don't eggsagerate
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:18, Reply)

Cluck off.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Don't be so cocky

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:22, Reply)

That gag
is a real feather in your cap-on.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:40, Reply)

My missus
Caught it as an adult and it can properly fuck you up, like a very bad flu but with itching etc, she found luke warm baths helped...
Or maybe it was a sexually ambiguous man called Luke who would sort her out while I worked, either way it helped
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:27, Reply)

you meant camomile lotion too, right?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:07, Reply)

It's more expensive and effective
Damn, do these b3tans know nothing?
( djtrialprice, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:09, Reply)

if you say so.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:10, Reply)

wow
you're mighty accommodating this morning, mighty badger
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:21, Reply)

I know, aren't I just?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:22, Reply)

*unzips*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 10:24, Reply)