Mollescum hell

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We just dealt with it for my son. After six months of it it was starting to spread from his torso to visible areas so we decided to try treating it. Here's what we did:
1. Shower every night and use clean towel every time.
2. Spray the whole area with salicylic acid acne spray (we used neutogena).
3. After the skin was dry, treated each dry spot with 17% salicyclic acid gel (the wart treatment). On red or popped spots, applied hydricolloidal/acne patch.

In about a month he was completely cleared. I can't find it right now but there was a double blind study done with salicylic acid treatment in kids with molluscum, which showed a good response. So I wholeheartedly believe our treatment actually worked and it wasn't just a coincidence.

[Anonymous]

For some covering areas with tegaderm bandages helps stop the spread.

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Anonymous wrote:Weirdly, Boudreaux’s Butt Paste was what worked for my kid

It probably wasn't molluscum if diaper cream cleared it up. Perhaps it was a heat rash or insect bites.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It tends to flare up for a few weeks/ month before it fades. It’s harmless and always goes away on its own. I never understood the panic surrounding molluscum from some parents on here. Like, literally who cares if your kid has unsightly bumps for a year and a half. Almost every kid gets it at some point (some super mild of course). It’s fine. Unclench. Your child will be ready to be a J Crew model again in another month or two.

Not harmless. By “leaving it alone,” my first give gave it to my second kid and their cousin. We did the needle technique and it cleared it up in a few weeks. No scarring

It really is harmless, regardless of how it spreads. I couldn't imagine making my kid sit in the shower every night while I picked at him with a needle. Gross and scary.

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Anonymous wrote:It tends to flare up for a few weeks/ month before it fades. It’s harmless and always goes away on its own. I never understood the panic surrounding molluscum from some parents on here. Like, literally who cares if your kid has unsightly bumps for a year and a half. Almost every kid gets it at some point (some super mild of course). It’s fine. Unclench. Your child will be ready to be a J Crew model again in another month or two.

This is exact experience we had. I feel like it's far less likely to return once they have that big immune reaction to it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It tends to flare up for a few weeks/ month before it fades. It’s harmless and always goes away on its own. I never understood the panic surrounding molluscum from some parents on here. Like, literally who cares if your kid has unsightly bumps for a year and a half. Almost every kid gets it at some point (some super mild of course). It’s fine. Unclench. Your child will be ready to be a J Crew model again in another month or two.

Not harmless. By “leaving it alone,” my first give gave it to my second kid and their cousin. We did the needle technique and it cleared it up in a few weeks. No scarring

You could say "harmless to the child" because obviously the parents are the ones who seem emotionally scarred here. The kids don't care until you start putting acid on them or poking their sensitive areas with a needle.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It tends to flare up for a few weeks/ month before it fades. It’s harmless and always goes away on its own. I never understood the panic surrounding molluscum from some parents on here. Like, literally who cares if your kid has unsightly bumps for a year and a half. Almost every kid gets it at some point (some super mild of course). It’s fine. Unclench. Your child will be ready to be a J Crew model again in another month or two.

Not harmless. By “leaving it alone,” my first give gave it to my second kid and their cousin. We did the needle technique and it cleared it up in a few weeks. No scarring

You could say "harmless to the child" because obviously the parents are the ones who seem emotionally scarred here. The kids don't care until you start putting acid on them or poking their sensitive areas with a needle.

Also, kids make fun of the kid with a weird rash all over their arms and legs. While it may be harmless to your health, it’s not completely harmless. Would you be thrilled to let your kid play with someone who has mollescum which is so contagious?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It tends to flare up for a few weeks/ month before it fades. It’s harmless and always goes away on its own. I never understood the panic surrounding molluscum from some parents on here. Like, literally who cares if your kid has unsightly bumps for a year and a half. Almost every kid gets it at some point (some super mild of course). It’s fine. Unclench. Your child will be ready to be a J Crew model again in another month or two.

Not harmless. By “leaving it alone,” my first give gave it to my second kid and their cousin. We did the needle technique and it cleared it up in a few weeks. No scarring

You could say "harmless to the child" because obviously the parents are the ones who seem emotionally scarred here. The kids don't care until you start putting acid on them or poking their sensitive areas with a needle.

Also, kids make fun of the kid with a weird rash all over their arms and legs. While it may be harmless to your health, it’s not completely harmless. Would you be thrilled to let your kid play with someone who has mollescum which is so contagious?

If was was truly all over a kids body sure. My understanding is it is usually not like that. DD had a small area on her upper arm and the bumps came and went over time. No one else got them and we did not use any coverings. Pediatrician said scarring would be an issue with removal and it would also be painful.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It tends to flare up for a few weeks/ month before it fades. It’s harmless and always goes away on its own. I never understood the panic surrounding molluscum from some parents on here. Like, literally who cares if your kid has unsightly bumps for a year and a half. Almost every kid gets it at some point (some super mild of course). It’s fine. Unclench. Your child will be ready to be a J Crew model again in another month or two.

Not harmless. By “leaving it alone,” my first give gave it to my second kid and their cousin. We did the needle technique and it cleared it up in a few weeks. No scarring

You could say "harmless to the child" because obviously the parents are the ones who seem emotionally scarred here. The kids don't care until you start putting acid on them or poking their sensitive areas with a needle.

Also, kids make fun of the kid with a weird rash all over their arms and legs. While it may be harmless to your health, it’s not completely harmless. Would you be thrilled to let your kid play with someone who has mollescum which is so contagious?

It would be my preference for my kid to never catch anything at all, but you can't keep them in a bubble or run a health screening on every person they come near. Kids catch stuff all the time and if it happens to be something that clears up on its own without treatment, then I consider it a win. When my own child had molluscum on his arms and legs for 8 straight months, nobody said anything to him about it ever. They are tiny flesh colored bumps. It's the parents who notice these things, not the kids. As others have noted, the doctors are clear that the treatment is painful and unnecessary. My own kids' pediatrician said the same.

[Anonymous]

My dermatologist recommends a kiwi a day to keep the mollescum away. She had written a paper on it.

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Anonymous wrote:My dermatologist recommends a kiwi a day to keep the mollescum away. She had written a paper on it.

The fruit, or the bird?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dermatologist recommends a kiwi a day to keep the mollescum away. She had written a paper on it.

The fruit, or the bird?

A person from New Zealand. They have antibodies

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dermatologist recommends a kiwi a day to keep the mollescum away. She had written a paper on it.

The fruit, or the bird?

A person from New Zealand. They have antibodies

But only in their toes.

[Anonymous]

Oral zinc seemed to help my son

[Anonymous]

Potassium hydroxide will clear it but be very careful with application. Try to apply only to the bump and no surrounding area.