Child covered in molluscum contagiosum.

[LittleOgres]

How the heck you manage to get this during lockdown is beyond me! But primary aged child is really breaking out with molluscum. Chest, stomach, arms...Never dealt with it before with older kids.
Any one have a remedy? I'm going to order Molludab tonight, seems to be a new treatment. But open to any suggestions?

Seems ridiculous that GPs are still saying just to leave them; they are unsightly, infectious, can make children embarrassed, and can last years!

Mine had them, they have holes/dents where they were. Took a loooong time but they’re cleared up eventually, then I think you’re immune.

DS had these when he was 7/8 yo and after a year they were showing no signs of clearing. After reading the queen spot theory I found the biggest one and burst it after one bath time and removed the white “core”. It bled a lot but after doing a few more over the space of a week this seemed to trigger his immune system and they cleared up quickly and without scarring. He also has asthma and eczema so all interlinked.

My poor 4 year old has loads on the backs of her knees and her bottom. The GP said to leave them. One got angry on her leg, and those ones are nearly gone now. She now has an angry one on her bottom. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end as she finds them really uncomfortable.

Must add it was pretty traumatising for us both as it hurt to burst them and there was quite a lot of blood!

I took advice from Mumsnet when DS had them. Did a big of vigorous rubbing with the towel when out of the bath, they went red and dropped off. This was after 1 year of them cropping up.

I think my child had them but only a 5 or 6 spots on his back and he didn’t seem worried by them. Went away by itself in about 4-5 months. Feel a bit negligent now reading all your efforts to get rid of them!

Interestingly he also has asthma..

We tried everything, molludab, tea tree oil, some lemon thingy.

Eventually I resorted to brute force - squeezed the shit out of one and used my fancy blackhead removing tool to take the core out. As pp said, it bleeds like hell but they started to disappear after that.

Horrible bloody things.

My son got this. His disappeared after just under a month of it's own accord. It was on his torso and neck. The only thing we did was wash everything regarlary at a high temp. I remember really panicking when he got it and thinking it would last years. We got lucky. Hopefully you will too.

My son had them under his arms and it spread over his back. We used Molludab for a couple of weeks and it worked. Very painful application though, it makes them angry.

If your child is covered though, I'm not sure Molludab is an option. I think I've seen on here before they won't recommend Molludab as you can't get it on prescription, but for us it was £20 well spent.

In France our doctor kind of cut them off DD2. Kind of gross but no blood and instant solution. We had the patches for numbing.

Apple cider vinegar soaked onto cotton and plasters put over the top for bed if you can. They will turn black and hopefully be gone. X

I persuaded the GP to prescribe Molludab. He did and thankfully it worked. You can buy it privately though.

All GP's tell you to leave it. What a load of nonsense. Rarely it goes away of its own accord. I was fobbed off by GP.

I picked a few of the spots. Then put Molludab on. This prompts the body's immune system apparently. Gone within a week.

We used Molludab and I recall it only took one application to have an effect. I also recall taking DD to the GP/ pharmacy after one burst and they gave her antihistamines, presumably to stop the scratching. I can’t recall what order I did this in but they must have come back enough to be an annoyance. That was last year and she gets an occasional spot but nothing like before.

Molludab is brilliant stuff. Also lots of education about washing hands if you accidentally touch them

Molludab worked pretty instantly for us after waiting nearly a year for them to clear up on their own

Yep, find the biggest and pick it off or get your child to so you don’t hurt them. Then the rest go as the body develops immunity.

God I remember having these as a child and DM pinning me down and pricking them all with a needle whenever they appeared. Horrible horrible things.

I took a sterile acupuncture needle and gently pricked each one open. Then I teased the white stuff out. It comes out like a little blob. They are fascinating. When you pull out the plug, they BLEED like crazy. Like an open faucet. I would dab each with tea tree and hold a tissue over until they stopped bleeding. I did one at a time. We found one that was bigger than the others. The bleeding was spectacular! But once we got that one, no more new ones appeared. Weird things.

My son has these but they are on his face. I'm desperate to pick them off but I don't want to scar his face or make them worse! Our GP said he is too young for most of the treatments so to wait another six months and if they haven't gone by themselves to go back. Reading this, I'm wondering if I should try to tackle them, but I'm scared of getting something in his eye. No chance of getting him to sit still!

My son and daughter have both had it my son first and for almost two years we weren't advised to stop swimming and I fact his instructor was fully away he had it as they was on his back and tummy and was fine with it. One was on his forehead and his friends started to try and get it off for him as it was there for that long. He picked the main one on his head and it scabbed once that scabbed the rest started to scab over too.
So then when my daughter got them I rubbed on one after a bath one day to make it scab like my sons had and low and behold once one scabbed the rest started too and then disappeared so she didn't have them for as long.
As far as I'm aware tho they are not contagious and very common in kids.
Good luck I hope you manage to get rid of them soon 🤞🏻

I'll be flamed for this one!!
I popped them!!! Got rid of them all though.
Also have DC probiotics and silver spray

I put Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream on my son's (someone on here recommended) and they went very quickly.