Stages of scale rot and healing?

[CamoCat]

Pictures? Can you give me a link to the heat pad you are using?

Is your substrate perpetually wet or anything like that?

I'm using a ZooMed heating pad and he is actually soaking right now so it would be misleading because the betadine leaves some color traces. I will check tomorrow after the discoloration is gone (and will have likely swollen back up again).

[CamoCat]

Actually a couple scales didn't pop, I have a picture here in profile as well as a straight on view of the belly. He does look a little pinkish, I wouldn't expect this irritation to be gone yet, but the brown tinges are gone.