trying to get rid of molluscum

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I wondered if anyone had had good results ideally with home remedies rather than the over the counter stuff. I heard that apple cider vinegar put on overnight works well but I'm a bit concerned about burning her skin...she's 6 and wants it gone!

He said it was like squeezing a spot.

I would pull and he would yell ouch but giggle, he's 12 though, alot older than yours

We tried apple cider vinegar for three night and it did kill some of the molluscum, however the pain caused was unbearable. IMHO a lot of treatments for molluscum are worst than the problem. Unless the molluscum have associated eczema then it's a cosmetic problem which will eventually go away.

I found it helped to cover de molluscum with fabric strip plaster material. It didn't cure the molluscum, but covering it with a plaster that dd could not remove easily prevented dd from scratching them and spreading the infection. Generally individual spots last a couple of months, it's a challenge to prevent new spots forming.

DD molluscum lasted 18 months without treatment.

If you try Apple cider vinegar it needs to unpasteurised and be "with the mother"

It didn't hurt her after the initial application thank goodness. It's organic but if 'with the mother' means the cloudy clumps then no, not so much. I need to buy a new bottle anyway so will get unpasturised thanks.

what on earth does 'with the mother' mean?
DS's molluscum is all mixed up with his eczema, and it's so hard to treat both...

I was completely sceptical but I swear homeopathy cleared DD's up immediately.

Spots of different levels of maturity, she'd only had it for about 6 weeks but it was getting worse.

We went to an excellent homeopath recommended by a friend who gave her 2 remedies. 2 pills for that night and 2 the next morning.
The next day all the spots has become really inflamed (even the 'young' ones). Then they just disappeared within about a week. No scarring or pain.

I know lots of people don't believe in it (I certainly didn't!) but it cost £40 and i felt it was worth a try. I genuinely believe it worked.

Aprilshowers, I just read that eczema and molluscum can be the body's response to clearing the pustule so don't put steroid cream on it or it will halt the immune response and let the molluscum thrive.

she has a little patch around the first one that can be fiercely itchy which was how it was diagnosed. And this is the first time I have ever seen eczema on her so I guess they go hand in hand in this case. I read that it can come up in places where the molluscum aren't as a hypersensitive reaction too.

Captainmorgansmistress - can you tell me what the remedies were called?

My DD had a cluster of those buggers on the underside Of her arm. I applied/smothered savlon on each individual spot then covered with a plaster. Change and repeat each night. Took about three weeks to go. That was six months ago. Just notice three pop up in her arm pit. Can't put plasters on those as they run off. Might try black electrical tape. That is supposed to be quite good.

"Aprilshowers, I just read that eczema and molluscum can be the body's response to clearing the pustule so don't put steroid cream on it or it will halt the immune response and let the molluscum thrive."

I disagree. I think you need to follow medical advice. No one really knows how molluscum and ezcema are interlinked. Ezcema is torture and if your child needs steriods to control it they need steriods. Its better to take a course of steriods than have your child's skin a weepy infected mess.

The only problem with steriods is that it makes the skin more vunerable to infection. The act of rubbing steroid or emolliant spreads the infection if you are not careful. We found that applying diprobase to dd's skin three times a day really helped, however it was not enough on its own. She had a range of quite potent steriods and anti biotics over the last 18 months at times. The steriods are an important tool for controlling a really nasty flare up. We used steriods for week or so and then had a month's break from steriods.

Really Tired that sounds awful. I completely agree to medical advice being followed, I was just throwing out there what I had read from a study. My daughter's patch is very mild compared to what you are describing - I really hope it clears up for your dd when the molluscum go.

This morning the area I put cider vinegar on had gone white and flat, sort of puffy. After drying in the air it seems the molluscum pustule is bleeding slightly and scabbing over on the top. She said it does hurt but she doesn't seem bothered by it. More thuja taken, bit of antiseptic and hopefully this is working for us.

awww my dd had these on her face. It was heartbreaking and I tried various treatments. The only one that seemed to do anything was apple cider vinegar. and popping and squeezing.
she had them all in all about 18 months to 2 years. They have gone now but have left little red marks. I'm hoping these fade over time.
literally not a lot you can do. Just have to wait for their immune system to kick in and fight them off. It's a shame.

dr says to avoid the molluscum when putting steroid cream on, as indeed it can cause them to multiply... easier said than done. we're currently losing the battle on both...

My GP said to leave them alone. They do go after a while.

"dr says to avoid the molluscum when putting steroid cream on, as indeed it can cause them to multiply... easier said than done. we're currently losing the battle on both..."

It took my daughter 18 months to get rid of the molluscum and the ezcema. It will come to an end and I suppose being told you got 18 months of hell is not much of a consolation. Individaully most spots last a couple of months. The challenge is to avoid infection of new areas.

It is hard putting emoliants and steriods on a resistant child. What really helped us was the pharmacist giving instructions on how best to apply the creams. We used to plaster dd with diprobase and just let it soak into the skin, rather than rubbing it in. It doesn't matter too much if the molluscum gets plastered in emoliant. What you need to avoid is rubbing the spots and taking the infection to healthy areas of the skin.

You need at least half an hour between application of the emoliant and the steriod. Othewise the emoiliant will dilute the potency of the steriod.
Steriod cream needs to be used more sparingly than emoilants. Unless the flare up was really bad we put the steriod on once a day last thing at night. Sometimes it helps to apply the steriod cream with cotton bud if you need to paint around the molluscum spots.

It is hard that doctors don't necessarily have the time to give advice.

"My GP said to leave them alone. They do go after a while."

If the molluscum are causing ezcema then its slightly different. My son had molluscum without ezcema and we just left them. His molluscum went without treatment after a year.

My daughter developed these before she started school. I really wanted to get rid of them before she started and for me what worked was spraying the affected areas with that liquid spray on plaster thing. This stops them from spreading and seals them in. She had a bath every night with drops of tea tree oil in, washing off the spray on plaster. Then rubbed dry with a towel and re-sprayed with the plaster stuff. It took a couple of weeks or so but they did disappear and she was fine by the time she started school.

DTD2 has them and they took about 6 months to go. She was 8. What seemed to work was waiting until the molluscum came to a head (after a while she got to know which one would be next as it itched...) and after a bath or when her skin was warm there would be a head that we either had to burst & squeeze or sometimes they would pop in their own. Had to make sure there was a bit of blood after you get the head/plug out and then slap on a bit of savlon and cover straight away with a little round plaster.

Next day, take the plaster off and the spot would be nearly gone. And repeat for about 4 months.