Don’t freeze off.

Ours lasted 3 long years. My dad is a pediatrician and said to leave alone. Don’t! There is something our pediatrician put on. He called it bug juice, but I don’t remember the name. Then put new bandages on every day until they stop oozing. They were gone in 2 weeks.

Anonymous wrote:Q: How vigilant should I be?

I understand not sharing towels.

Must I wash his clothing separately?

What if he sits on the couch? Can someone else catch it from sitting there?

Ditto for the toilet.

Should I keep the bumps covered with band aids?

PP here with the 6 & 8 year olds. We tried to keep them in clothes (including biker shorts under dresses) that covered the bumps so we didn't have to worry about their or our hands accidentally touching it. I wouldn't think someone could catch it from a porous, fabric couch - I was given the impression it's more an issue of skin-to-skin contact. Your question reminded me though - we DID wipe down the toilet seat with a clorox wipe every time they used it. (Again - maybe overkill? But I did NOT want to catch it.)
We found bandaids were ineffective on the backs of legs - they came off too easily with leg movement and were uncomfortable. Sometimes we tried a bandaid at night after we had applied Differin.

So- my 8 year old had them and kicked them on his own in about 6 months doing apple cider vinegar baths.

My older son got them at the same time and after 18 months I had enough. Took him to the derm and had them frozen off. Never came back.

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Anonymous wrote:I put vinegar on it every night and covered with a bandaid.

And did that help?

Yes, they would go away but another would pop up. It took about 8 months to stop the spread.

OP, this should be treated by a dermatologist, not your pediatrician. Agree with the beetle juice route. It's the only thing that works permanently.

Q: How vigilant should I be?

I understand not sharing towels.

Must I wash his clothing separately?

What if he sits on the couch? Can someone else catch it from sitting there?

Ditto for the toilet.

Should I keep the bumps covered with band aids?

We tried some kind of ointment that helped a little and waited like a year, then finally got sick of it and the ped burned them off and that was that. I wish we had started with that.

Also be careful sharing towels, etc. as you can spread them to others in the family.

We had gone to dermatologist and for beetle juice for my older ones. For my younger one - I applied a small amount of neutrogena acne spot treatment that my teenager had. It wasn’t as effective as beetle juice but stopped it from spreading until we got to derm weeks later as we were at the beach. Apologies as this was years ago and I can’t remember the details, but the derm said that was a good short term solution

Time. We kept it covered with hydrocolloid band aids and it went away after after 6 months. He had a huge patch on his elbow. I think it was just and we were lucky it wants anywhere visible during cooler months.

DD has it on her arm...just started applying apple cider vinegar....that's what the ped recommended...

We went to a pediatric dermatologist for my 12 yo DD’s molluscum. She had some large spots on her upper legs that she found embarrassing with the start of shorts season (right before COVID) and the derm applied Beetle Juice to those spots. They turned purple and looked ugly for months, but now it’s hardly noticeable.

Anonymous wrote:I put vinegar on it every night and covered with a bandaid.

And did that help?

I put vinegar on it every night and covered with a bandaid.

Also - we only did the freezing once. The kids were 6 & 8 and it resulted in very painful open wounds as they healed. Didn't seem worth it to do it again.