molluscum -how to get rid 😭

[scarlet09]

anyone know any way to get them off apart from waiting
my toddlers got two on her face :(
feel like it’s my fault - send her to nursery and probably got it from there :(

Cotton bud and tea tree oil. A tiny dot of neat oil on each spot once a day. A speck of what looks like dried blood will form in the bottom of the spot then rise to the top. The whole thing will go crusty and fall off.

Not actually recommending this, as such, especially not on the face! But whilst asleep I chose 2 with big heads, on the body, popped them with a kettle sterilised needle and the put on a drop of molludab, which does normally sting, but because asleep. And this prompts the body to fight it itself, or so I've been told. Not sure if that's true, but it worked for us. I wasn't happy with Recommendations to let it be, that it would resolve in 18 mths, I wanted to be proactive.

Did the molludab leave any scarring or pigmentation. I have ordered it so waiting con it to come now

Thank you i did send my DH to get some tea tree oil but he couldn’t find any lol
roughly how long would you say to use it for?

Time.

Honestly nothing else works. Tried everything. It goes away eventuality and if young enough the child shouldn't be bothered about it.

I can’t comment for face, my daughter had around 10 on her leg, I popped each one with a sterile needle, iced them first to reduce the pain, did this twice over 2 weeks and they went away, so far they haven’t returned.
after poking them I applied alcohol gel to the area to clean

Colloidal silver, it worked wonders in my daughter

No no scaring from molludab. It's very good and very effective, most people mainly don't like using it because it stings.

Popping them def speeds them up. I did for both of my dds. You do run the risk of scarring though which is why it’s not recommended so I wouldn’t do them on the face.

it prompts the body to start the immune response to get rid of them

I’ve been using benzoyl peroxide gel and last night put some tea tree oil instead of that
this morning it looked a bit bigger … does it normally get bigger before going? Thank you so much

I’m still waiting for my molludab to come !!
so upsetting to see it
im considering changing her nursery

My daughter had this on her neck (about 15 years ago). They kept spreading and were there for months and months. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but one day I put a plaster over the biggest one and somehow it “popped” inside the plaster (I think it got squashed). They all cleared up within days after that.

im considering changing her nursery

Why? it's not their fault.

I'd also recommend 'popping' the big ones and using tea tree oil. Worked for my DS.

I wasn’t sure where she got it from and thought perhaps it’s from the children at nursery as I read it can be common there
Id rather it wasn’t nursery 😔

Will keep trying with tea tree oil. I did put it once so far and it didn’t seem to sting her or anything

Yep molludab worked for us.

I wasn’t sure where she got it from and thought perhaps it’s from the children at nursery as I read it can be common there
Id rather it wasn’t nursery 😔

It probably is from nursery but that's what happens when people mix.

My DS has just got rid of it. He most definitely got it from school. It's not a reason to change schools though.

It can take a while to go but it will do eventually.

Hiya, don't worry about changing nursery if you are otherwise happy- it's a viral infection and your child could get it from anywhere where kids congregate

If you don’t mind could I please ask how your experience was with using it?

• Did it get worse before it got better
• How long did you have to use it for
• did it appear to cause any discomfort .

Thank you really appreciate it xx

It took a while, about 3 weeks I think.
it was quite stingy but some were infected so were sore anyway - helped to blow on them!
You need to put the tiniest dab on and it feels like nothing but you can see it in the light.
We’ve really struggled with them so this was a game changer :)

Thank you !

They don’t recommend molludab for young children as it does hurt. It’s a harmless virus and best thing to do is just leave it to run its course can take 18 months. You will find that when one disappears another one develops. My little girl had it for around 12 months. Wash hand loads as it does spread, I caught it off her and still have a couple of spots remaining. Very annoying

MC has nothing to do with cleanliness, ots just childhood. Mine got it at school!

DDs disappeared after one got ripped off... it was on her knee though.

You don't even need molludab or tea tree just prick them with a sterile needle. The body doesn't know they are there so you just need to make it aware and it starts the immune response! Both my kids had them
And once we started pricking them
They cleared up really quickly.

Yeah they say don’t pop them but honestly, it works. I was just super careful to do a clean pop, get the core out with tweezers and then use rubbing alcohol to sterilise. Did about 5 and then the rest all flared up and disappeared.

They are highly contagious so if you have other children make sure they are not sharing towels and you are keeping her from touching them too much. She will be passing them on to other children.