Possible molluscum contagiosum?

[IndieSkies85]

Hi lovely mumsnetters (is that right?)
I'm not down with the lingo on here so excuse any mistakes. I've noticed a patch of small warty looking lumps on the back of my step daughters thigh. After scouring the web, I've come to the conclusion that they may be molluscum contagiosum. We will visit the Doctor tomorrow but I would like opinions before I go in to get them looked at.
Thank you for any help. I've been reading these threads for years and gained a lot of valuable information, you all seem like a lovely lot :)

Yes, they look like molluscum.
My daughter had them everywhere. She has eczema and so had managed to break the skin with all her scratching and had got the infection. And because she was so itchy she kept scratching which spread it further.
They will go away in their own time once the body's immune system recognizes that it is a virus that it needs to fight but it can take quite some time - sometimes a year if not longer. My DD got rid of hers in about 5months. I used a teatree oil antiseptic cream on them. I just dabbed some on every evening with a cotton bud. Not sure if that sped up the process but she got rid of hers relatively quickly. I don't think there is any scientific evidence for the use of teatree antiseptic cream and molluscum, mind you.

Thanks, I suspected as much. She does suffer with eczema so that's more than likely the way she's caught them. We have regular tea tree baths so I'm not sure if it's helping or not but I could try it diluted in olive oil, like they do for acne.

Both my DDs had these, little dd had them for two years and they were on her face, chat and arms.
The picture looks like some are red and raisd already which may suggest that her body is already fighting the virus which is good.

Dd had them for such a long time and they stayed white for years, we had to squeeze some of them in the end as they turned red but it took an age.

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Both my kids had them. Harmless but annoying and tenacious.

I've heard that they can be rather frustrating to deal with. On top of her eczema too. Will get an appt with out of hours docs for her tomorrow, just to confirm. I figure they will tell me exactly the same as I've read, that they disappear on their own etc.

Chelidonium tincture got rid of them in my house.

My ds had this and eczema so he scratched and they got infected and he has horrible scarring. If they are red and infected please get them looked at. My GP told us it can be more nasty in children with eczema.

Eating - does red always mean infected? My ds2 has had them under his chin for years, but this week one of them has gone very red and sore looking.

My sons were red when infected but just get them checked out with the GP.

If you can afford a private doctor, they can burn them off with beetle extract. Causes superficial blistering but gets rid of them. Not available on the NHS though.

Cantsleep ds had his under his chin too. They went very red about a month back (we were on holidays at the time so it might have been the sand scraping against them) and have now gone away. Finally as he's had them for years. I would get checked out if you're worried but I think his went red as a case of 'disrupting' them (the doc said we could do it with a dry face cloth but it could leave scarring so we left it)