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Water Warts - share your story or tips for coping - chance to win £300 NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 09/08/2017 07:48

Are you one of the 56%* of parents who have never heard of water warts? Or are you able to spot the symptoms of water warts? Do you have experience of them in your own children?

In case you didn't know, water warts are a skin condition most common in childhood characterised by raised spots which can look like small pearls under the skin - this can last up to 18 months without treatment.

MolluTinc is a new treatment for water warts now available from pharmacies. It is the only product available in the UK to contain 10% potassium hydroxide and works by breaking down the water warts on the skin and allowing the body’s own immune system to tackle the virus that causes them. Applied twice daily for 2-10 days, it can help clear water warts within 1-5 weeks. It is suitable for those aged one year and upwards. For more information, visit mollutinc.co.uk/

Here’s what MolluTinc has to say: "whilst water warts only affects 5-11% of children aged 16 years and under, over 11% of children affected will experience a severe impact on quality-of-life as a result of the condition - we would love to know what you know about water warts, how you cope with them and your own tips on how to avoid them"

Please share your experiences with this condition. If you haven’t heard of water warts, we’d also love to hear from you about how you imagine them to be. All who share their tips for coping with water warts or their experiences of it on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 John Lewis voucher!

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw.

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  • stats from a MolluTinc survey of 500 parents of children aged 2-14
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Ikea1234 · 11/08/2017 08:42

I am completely in the dark about these! Had never heard of them, despite having children and working in a school! That said, a child I work with has a couple on her hand / arm, and I wonder if they are these - I had previously assumed they were warts.

Vegangelist · 11/08/2017 08:44

Never heard of them/it, but now I know what to look for so thanks for info.

reallyanotherone · 11/08/2017 09:05

And objective achieved!

Lots of people who would have just ignored "water warts", which would have gone away on their own, are now looking to buy a product to treat them.

I am going to invent a cream to treat wobbly teeth that will definitely help them fall out more quickly. Who wants in?

smithsurvey14 · 11/08/2017 10:49

I have never heard of them and neither of my children have had them but I occasionally get tiny watery blister like spots that I pop, but I guess I am too old for water warts.

koalab · 11/08/2017 11:21

I'm yet another person that hadn't heard of them. If I encounter them I suppose I would google and look at reviews of treatments before deciding what to use.

Sammyislost · 11/08/2017 12:44

My son has had them for around 6 months. They took over, and his torso was covered in them. He has painful ones under his armpits, and he felt uncomfortable going swimming or getting changed in front of people.

I tried using bakozka for warts on them, but this stung and he cried and screamed. Then we did nothing, and they got worse. My mum suggested we used duoderm, which is available from the chemist, to cover them up....and it has worked!! It took around 6 weeks of constantly applying to new ones that popped up, to ensure they couldn't infect any where else. His last one is healing now, and I can't see signs of any more.

If they come back, or we need to treat another person, I would definitely like to try Water Warts...it's not nice for children to have these horrible things!!

I've heard of children who have had them for years, even on the face. That can't be easy.

HELENSCRESCENT · 11/08/2017 16:31

I've never heard of water warts and I don't know anyone who has had them. When I read the title I assumed it was a different term for verucca.

moneypenny66 · 11/08/2017 17:20

I too have never heard of water warts. However, I have heard of Molluscum though...if it is the same. My son had them when he was young. the Dr gave him some cream, but I can't remember what it was. I remember them being very itchy and sratching made them worse. but they went eventually.

MimsyBorogroves · 11/08/2017 17:45

Water warts Hmm

MC, yes.

farhanac · 11/08/2017 18:09

First time I have heard them referred to as water warts

cwalliss82 · 11/08/2017 18:58

Not something that I have experienced thankfully. Fingers crossed that I never will.

phillie1 · 11/08/2017 19:16

Never heard of them or eperienced them

Sleepysausage · 11/08/2017 20:07

Strangely enough I was talking about these today with my mum. I've never heard of them and she explained how common they are and harmless.

sosotalk · 11/08/2017 20:10

I've never heard of them. I imagined them to be the kind of warts you get in the changing rooms of swimming pools.

madge47 · 11/08/2017 20:15

never heard of them my family have never had them

OhYouBadBadKitten · 11/08/2017 20:35

this is like those shampoos that make up a name of a common chemical then pretend it's a thing.

Mumslet · 11/08/2017 20:53

This is news to me. Never heard of them - or seen them. I can't imagine they're that important then, though full marks for coming up with a treatment. Even if kids are too obsessed with appearance now, this could save some mild embarrassment I guess.

purplepandas · 11/08/2017 23:26

Another who has never heard this term before for molluscum. My daughter has this and we are told it will just go in time.

jacqui5366 · 12/08/2017 07:54

I have never heard them called water warts but my son has had them in the past. They looked like little white spots under the skin, particularly when he is run down. It was only when I took him to the doctors that I had a diagnosis, but was not given any cream for them. I treat them with a barrier cream and calomine for the itching. They just went after 3 or 4 weeks on their own. I will certainly be keeping a tube of this in my medical cupboard. Thanks MN.

MunchyMunchkin · 12/08/2017 10:02

I have never heard these described as water warts and I frequently see and freeze them at work but in adults (sexual health).
Call them molluscum and a reminder that they will go within 12-16 weeks without any treatment.

reallyanotherone · 12/08/2017 11:23

They just went after 3 or 4 weeks on their own. I will certainly be keeping a tube of this in my medical cupboard

So why will you buy a cream when by your own experience they go by themselves, and a dr has told you they don't need treatment?

Waste of money. Treating something that is self limiting can cause more harm than good. 10% potassium hydroxide is an alkali and not something i'd be putting on skin without good medical reason.

vickyors · 12/08/2017 11:30

I'm not sure my kids have ever had them. I'd be a bit worried if they did, but with other things, like feet things, our doctor just said to leave them, as they're mostly viral and will go away of their own accord.

onemorecakeplease · 12/08/2017 12:48

My son has molluscum now and has for at least two years.

Off to the pharmacist on Monday to get this as it's not clearing up by itself!

SamPotatoes · 12/08/2017 14:32

Call them molluscum and a reminder that they will go within 12-16 weeks without any treatment.

For some people they will go quickly. And yes it it best to see if the go by themselves. But when your child has had them for over 2 years and has hundreds of them that cause a lot of pain when they swell up you do tend to wish there was a product to get rid of them...

rachelmi · 12/08/2017 16:06

I have never heard of water warts at all. However my son did have a small wart on his knee when he was about 12 months old. I eventually just went away after sometime with no treatment or ill effect.