Girl’s Attempt to Fake the Chickenpox Backfires, Goes to School Anyway

A young girl in the United Kingdom attempted to fake having chickenpox by using a permanent marker, but it got her in trouble.

Charlotte, her mother, said she would have to go to the doctor, and the girl ran back upstairs to clean off the red ink.

“She was deadly serious about it until we said ‘Oh gosh, it’s come on so quickly in 10 minutes. We’re going to have to see the doctor,” she told the Mirror. “She quickly disappeared and we went upstairs to find her trying to rub them off with a flannel.”

When she first went upstairs, her parents came into her room and apparently knew she was faking it.

But Schooley learned that the girl was “on the bathroom floor drawing dots on herself.”

But when they tried to scrub them off, they ran into trouble. “We used body wash, soap, hot water, baby oil, alcohol wipes. I think it was hairspray in the end that got it off—after four days,” her mother said.

“She said ‘I can’t go to school mummy because everyone will laugh,’” Schooley told the Mirror.

The parents sent her to school the next day, saying she wasn’t contagious but had tried to fake the illness.

The teachers “thought it was hilarious,” adding that “this happened on a Thursday night so she only had one day [in school with the spots].”

With the help of hairspray, the parents removed the red ink, according to the report.

“The house is always full of laughter with Lily,” Charlotte told the paper. “She is very witty.”

The British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology said that “Ibuprofen should be stopped if your child develops chicken pox.”

It also recommends not to scratch the rash because it puts the child at risk of a bacterial infection.

“Drink lots of fluids to help your body rid itself of the virus faster. It’ll also keep you from getting dehydrated. Choose water over sugary drinks or sodas, especially if you or your child has chickenpox in the mouth. Sugar-free popsicles are a good choice, too. Avoid hard, spicy, or salty foods that can make your mouth sore,” the site also says.