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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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 [/quote]
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.[/quote]

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?[/quote]
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.[/quote]

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