@margiem honestly, SO WOULD I. And I did. For Thanksgiving of 2019 I had chicken pox for the first time at the age of 57. I was exposed to someone with shingles. This could have been deadly at my age. But other prevailing events saved me from that. (No, I did not have chicken pox as a child). By accident, as this is how most discoveries are made, I put some white paper medical tape over one of my pox to keep the pink stuff from smuging. 5 minutes after that I noticed that the pox stopped itching. I thought that was odd. In the middle of the night when the poxs attacked my face I thought of that one pox. I then covered my entire face with the tape. I'm happy to report that I only have two pox scars on my face. However, looking back I'm struck with the thought that one must get a certain number of pox as they doubled down on my head and neck. About one year later, I started experiencing the same symptoms as I did when I had chicken pox except this time I was having a really intense pain on my forhead above my left eye. I knew it could not be chicken pox. My guess was shingles. I then put the same medical tape over the area where the pain was and after awhile it went away.
I'm left with the impression that they require oxygen to manifest. My doctor is currently doing a study to see if shingles can be avoided using medical tape.
I'm currently writing a book about many of the things (medically) that I have discovered. Please let me know if you try it and whether or not it worked for you.
Thank you.