Anyone Familiar with Molluscum?

Hi. It's usually called Molluscum Contagiosum. Salicylic acid is what helps it go away. You can get it over the counter in most drug stores.
Donna

My daughter had one just under her eyelid. It seemed like it was there forever. I did everntually go away.

Make an appointment right away with a dermatologist. My pediatricains all thought my eldest daughter had molluscum when she was less than 2 years old and told me to wait it out. Since I didn't like that answer, I took her to the dermatologist who inspected her and did not concur with the diagnosis. My daughter had a type of eczema which is very similar but went away in less than 10 days with the regimen of creams prescribed. I'm not sure if you live in South Florida, but I have since recommended several friends and family members to her, Dr. Susana Leal-Khouri.

Good Luck

Hi R.,

It is viral and there is not much you can do except build his immune system to fight it off naturally. A high grade tea tree oil, i.e. melaleuca oil is antiviral and that will speed the healing process along, but mostly his body needs to be strong enough to fight it off. The healthier he is, the sooner it will go away. I can help you with that if you are interested.

Regards,

M.

Hi R.,

BEWARE, if you look this up on the internet you will find all kinds of wacky remedies and expensive "cures". It's caused by a virus and children are most vunerable to it. Don't break it open, just let it be and it will clear up on it's own. If it itches try a dab of cortizone cream. My daughter got a cluster of about 15 of them! We are down to the last one (if she will leave it alone and not spread them again!) Interestingly enough they cleared up fastest when we went to the beach and she played in the water. Sorry it's the wrong time of year for such right now, but something to keep in mind if he gets more. Our doctor said there are no real ways to prevent it, kids just pass it along to each other like everything else.

The exact same thing happened to my son, except he had a few on his thigh. Have you done any research on the internet. It could take a few months to a few years to clear up. Right now you are lucky. My sons spread, and he has a lot of them on his legs, and now he has a few on his belly and chest. They say that it is contagious, but there is nothing you can do about it, unless you want to have them frozen like a wart. My son is in preschool, and noone else i know have gotten them. The research i found also said that it itches, I am lucky that my son's doesn't seem to bother him. I hope that helps. Type it into google and you will find more info, if you want.

Two of my kids got these and they were on their arm and torso. They tended to spread while they were active, so it's good to try not to touch them or pick at them too much. Apparently it's a virus, but causes no physical symptoms other than the bumps. My kids had them for a few months and then they went away with no scarring. I recommend you just wait it out and continue to explain the condition to those who ask about it -- that's how I knew what our kids had when they popped out, because someone else's child had the same thing a year or two prior and I remembered her telling me about it. I took them to the doctor to confirm, and the doctor said the same thing my friend had said -- virus, rash, no medicine for it, will go away in a few months.

Hello, my 5 year old daughter had this same thing only hers started with the pimple under her armpit, shortly there after she had a cluster of a few more smaller ones. The Pediatrician told me the same thing, it goes away in 6 months or so, but I read up on it and this molluscum is very contagious meaning if your kids shower together, play rubbung against each other together or it pops and the liquid gets out it spreads to the other kids and other areas of the body so I did not want to wait the 6 months, nor did I want the risk of spreading as the spreading could become really bad in some cases so I took her to the dermatologist and in 2 visits the dermatologist burned them off (it didn't hurt because they use a liquid) they put this liquid on it and a couple of days later they start to shrivel up and go away, if you see others coming up within the area you take them back to the dermatologist and they put the acid liquid on those too, then they asked me to put neosporin, long story short in no time the molluscum was gone and didn't spread anywhere else. FYI the dermatologist had me do this on a friday so that she could be all weekend w/out going to school, if someone at school gets wind of the fact that your child has molluscum they will send them home because it is considered contagious. Hope this helps.

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go to google yourself and look it up there is alot more info on it. hope this helps.

If you do a little online research, (there is a group for it), you will find that for some kids it is nothing. It is there, then it goes away, end of story. For other kids (and their parents) it evolves into a nightmare. Yes, it is benign and does no harm whatsoever. But, it also can spread (for my kids they had at most about 5 or 6, but some kids get 50-100 of them). And that can be annoying, embarrassing and uncomfortable, particularly if they spread on his face around his eyes. Please don't freak out about it. There are lots and lots of "home remedies" that people will offer you to try. Some of them work for some people and not for others. From what I have been able to tell, it is all wrapped up in the immune system. If your child's immune system is weakened (maybe just had some immunizations, or a bad cold, ear infection, etc) then the virus is more likely to spread. The important thing to know is that when/if it becomes red and inflamed looking, that it should be covered with a bandaid (if you can) so he doesn't scratch it, because the inside little white postule thing in it is how it spreads.

My daughter had 3 tiny ones on her neck that I had too had thought was a little insect bite spot, etc ... and eventually, I got worried. Took her to the doc. Was told what you were. We ignored it, until she got one on her knee. And her brother got one on his back. Then, I got all stressed out about it (and in turn stressed them out by trying all the home treatments) and they began spreading more. When I finally just made a derm. appt (had to wait almost 2 months to get in) and "let it ride" until we saw her, they stopped spreading. My son's "popped" and went away. My daughter saw the dermatologist and was treated with a combination of canthadarin (beetle juice) and a prescription wart remover. They got really irriated and then "popped", then went away. That whole "cycle" took about 3 weeks. They have not come back. There is no scarring. The only "pain" associated with it was removing the bandaid from her sensitive neck skin.

So, really, if you are worried, I would make a dermatologist appt and stop stressing. Ask for the beetle juice/wart remover combo.. it worked pretty fast. (The ones on her neck they only used beetle juice and they took almost 6 weeks to go away, the ones on her knee/leg they used the combo and they were gone in under 3 weeks).
During the interim, give his bath separate from the other boys if you can.
Good luck Momma... the biggest problem with this stuff, is that it LOOKS bad and people aren't familiar with it, so they think it is yucky. It's basically just a bad wart like virus.

p.s. Just for clarification, beetle juice is not the same treatment as freezing them off.

if it was i would take my son to a dermatologist.
so many time with skin they are the only ones who really know.
better to be safe then sorry. ask around to make sure you get a good doctor because as you know that is important.

My son also had these starting when he was about 2 1/2. He had a cluster under his arm. I did not do anything about them other than keep a shirt on him to keep it covered, it only seemed to bother him when it wasn't covered and he could see it. It went away on it's own after about 6 months. He now has one under his chin but it doesn't seem to bother him either so I will wait it out. The doctor recommended not freezing it off as it is very painful as mentioned in a previous response. She said that there isn't really any medication or anything else to use either. If it isn't bothering him I would just wait until it goes away!

Yes, two of my sons had this. We used a med called Aldara. It was extremely expensive, but on one of my sons it worked like a charm. My other son wasn't so lucky. His spread all over his back. So eventually the derm said they should freeze them off because it kept spreading! Well, not knowing any better we went ahead and had the doctor do this procedure. It was VERY painful for my son and he now has little scars all over his back 9 years later. So... try the Aldara, if your doctor would prescribe it and otherwise just wait it out. Good luck!

Both of my girls had it. My oldest daughter has eczema and the medicine for the eczema caused the molluscum to multiply. She had them really bad. I brought her to a dermatologist who prescribed Aldera. It took about six months to get them to go away and it was miserable because the Aldera caused the eczema to get really bad. Now my youngest has them, but only a few. They are harmless, but we're treating her with the Aldera anyway. They are contagious so hopefully your others won't get them. Try to make sure that they are not sharing bath towels. Hope all goes well.

Yes, my son had them on the back of his leg, his stomach, and inside of his forearm. We had to go to the dermatologist to have her put a medicine on them that makes them puss up and fall off. There is no other way, no matter what the pediatrician tells you. They get painful and are very contagious. Good luck

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Hey Rachael,
Can't say I am familiar with that... and I'm sure you've looked it up on the internet—LOL. Have you taken him to a dermatologist? I think we are all "crazy" moms... comes with the territory :)

Good luck.

May all come out well and fine! Let me know!

Blessings,
B. T.
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My son had molluscum years ago and it is very contagious. If you try to pop them, they spread. My dr said it would go away as well and it didn't. We were even referred to a specialist and they tried to burn it off. Needless to say, my baby was then afraid of dr's for a long time after. A friend told me about silvercure and although it's expensive, I was done w/dealing w/it. We purchased it and it worked. My friend's son just had it last year and now her other son has it and it is the only thing that has worked for either of them. Go to the site and check it out: http://www.molluscum.com/

Good luck!

i just took my son to the dermatologist today for this same problem. He said that burning them off is not only painful but they can still come back afterwards and to me, that is just too traumatizing for an unknown outcome. He said, like others have, we have to build up his immune system to help his body fight it off. HIs is all over his chest and tummy and he also has some on his arms and legs, so it's pretty bad. He prescribed a cream to put on all the spots each night to help the immune system react to the spots. We should start to see results in a couple of weeks. I am hopeful this will work.