Stage 2 starts when the blisters begin to dry up and become scabs and wartlike hard areas of the skin. These are mostly on the extremeties and not as much on the torso of the body. This will last up to about 9 months of age. Still the nerve endings are not completely developed and the child can not feel these areas. Although the older the baby gets, the more likely they are able to feel the scabs. My daughter began picking at the scabs around 7-8 months old and we had to keep gloves on her to keep her from picking them. Although if they are picked off, they will not spead (it is not contagious) but they will bleed and hurt and cause more scarring than normal. My daughter had one really bad area on her left leg that stayed scabbed up until she was almost a year old. She was around 10 months old when you could see her left leg clearing up.
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