 [ Symptoms ] i had measles as a child am i going to get shingles  my mother said i had the measles as a child and the chicken pox vaccine i have a couple of pockmark scars will i get shingles [ Disease ] measles has nothing to do with shingles if you truly had chicken pox varicella a herpes virus as a child you could indeed develop shingles herpes zoster if you were exposed to the chicken pox virus again i do not know your age but there is a shingles vaccine