vaccination scar
Inoculation's lasting imprint
A vaccination scar is the small, circular mark left on the skin after certain vaccines, particularly smallpox and BCG (tuberculosis).
The scar forms where the vaccine was administered by multiple punctures or scratches, typically on the upper arm.
Most people born before the 1970s have a smallpox vaccination scar; the practice ended after the disease was eradicated.
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
- armUpper body limb
- upper armLimb segment above elbow
- circularForming a closed curve
- pockmarkDepressed scar from infection
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- scarskeloid, cicatrix, pockmark, pockmarks, contracture
vaccination scarbirthmark
Congenital skin discoloration
mole · nevus · port-wine stain · freckles · hemangioma
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