After an initial chickenpox exposure, the infection has an extended incubation period before symptoms begin to appear of up to ten to 21 days, which means that the infected individual is highly contagious during that time. However, they are most contagious immediately before and after chickenpox symptoms appear. Once symptoms begin to emerge from a chickenpox infection, it typically takes around seven to ten days to recover from the virus entirely. Such symptoms can include any of the following: • Body or muscle aches • Fatigue • Fever • Headache • Loss of appetite The telltale symptoms of chickenpox are red spots that appear on the face or scalp and quickly spread down the body to the arms and legs. These spots eventually become itchy and turn into blisters. Once the blisters break, a temporary scab forms over the blisters as the skin heals.