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[quote=Anonymous]Both my girls go them and our ped said there was nothing to be done; we had to see a dermatologist to get any options.  They can freeze them off, but it sometimes takes more than one freezing (esp with multiple bumps) and it doesn't mean the virus is gone - bumps can still pop up in other areas.  We did the freezing off but sure enough, only about half went away.  Each girl got a handful of other bumps in other areas over the course of a year - most of them in the first six months.  Took about 12-14 months to go away.  During the time the bumps were active, I bleached all clothing that touched it.  For 16 months I bleached all towels after single use by the kids, and the adults didn't share towels.  That's probably overkill but I just got in the habit.  We also heard that kids shouldn't share baths or even take baths by themselves b/c it can spread to other locations in the water (but honestly the research about molluscum is very vague so I'm not positive about that - it's definitely spread by open bumps, but seems unclear whether it's spread from within the body or from touching the area that has the rash).

Oh, and ours were on their legs too, so we bought swim shorts that came to their knees, so there was no exposure to the bumps.  It supposedly isn't contagious in chlorinated water, but often is picked up from the edge pools where kids sit - and then get it on the backs of their legs (as ours did).

The "prescription" med I heard about was Differin - which isn't prescription anymore.  I've heard it's a miracle solution for some people.  Didn't seem to make an impact for my kids though.

I was super stressed about the Molluscum for the first two months and then thankfully got over it.  Turns out it's very common and most people don't stress that much - took me a while to get there![/quote]

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