[annabel]

Have a grandson with molluscum, which I am told is a form of pox virus.  Currently, he's being treated with some caustic chemical by the dermatologist.  Is there any alternative treatment?  Any truth to the use of duct tape with warts, and would that help?

Bezoar

Chemical medicine are good but very harmful for face if you want to clear the pox mark from your face then you have to try any herbal medicine.

Have a grandson with molluscum, which I am told is a form of pox virus.  Currently, he's being treated with some caustic chemical by the dermatologist.  Is there any alternative treatment?  Any truth to the use of duct tape with warts, and would that help?

Bezoar

Chemical medicine are good but very harmful for face if you want to clear the pox mark from your face then you have to try any herbal medicine. Aloe vera is one of the best herbal medicine for face or skin. this will not harm in any matter and also purify your blood..

My daughter has had molluscum for over 6 months and we couldn't get rid of it, after reading on here about tea tree oil we tried it in a carrier oil, (olive oil) and it has been a miracle cure for it, almost 3 weeks in she only has two spots left to heal, she had over 50 of them all over her body, we tried so many different lotions and potions before hand, this remedy cost very little and has been effective without any hassle to use and my daughter enjoyed treating herself by dabbing it on the spots with a cotton bud/Q-tip.

[jeni2clean]

I have the most simple way to get rid of these with JUST WATER.  Stop all the chemicals, medicines, squishing, painful ways!  contact me jeni2clean@gmail.com.
My cousin's daughter had these and the dr said they'd go away on their own.  Izzi scratched at these until they bled.  I gave her 1 cloth and some water and by using the cloth 2 x's per day they cleared up and have never come back!
She did pass it on to her sister, and now Sami has been using the cloth and water and hers are just about gone as well!!! 

[RD]

jeni2clean is a  Norwex agent* ... https://www.facebook.com/Jeni2Clean/info

[* any resemblance with CIA / KGB / MI5 agent is purely coincidental ... http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=109613 ]

[mc13]

Hi,

I have had MC on my face in five spots for over 24 years. I got the first one from my daughter when she was 3 years old and the Doctor burned hers off with beetle juice. The Doctor never mentioned anything about them being contagious so I ended up catching one which has spread to the current five I have now. I have tried burning them off (ouch!) and it has left me with small scars, but they keep coming back after a few months. I have tried salicylic acid with no luck and more pain again. They are so stubborn. Can anyone suggest something for the FACE! Thank you

[peter4836]

The information is very interesting. Now I'm interested in the properties of vinegar.

[bhandari_nikhil]

My 2-year old daughter recently had molluscum and the doctors suggested extirpation or potassium hydroxide. I went for apple cider vinegar, though, thanks to some comments I saw here, with excellent results. I have captured my travails at

newbielink:http://www.infobarrel.com/The_Battle_Against_Molluscum_Contagiosum [nonactive]

[marysa]

I got diagnosed with Molluscum recently in the pubic area, I got prescribed Imiqudom (sp?) but haven't started it yet. Before I use the cream I've been applying tea tree oil morning and night and it seems to be drying them up. Has anyone had complete success with just tea tree oil? It seems too good to be true.

[Edenn_Jade]

New to this site -- hope I am posting correctly!

I am a 23 year old female. Last fall I noticed a bump "down there". I ignored it, shaved and a few days later more bumps appeared. I went to the doctor thinking the worst -- in my mind I had caught a case of the HERP! I was very relieved to find out I had molluscum instead. PHEW! It's been about 8 months, the bumps are still there. The doctor told me to just leave them & I have. They're almost gone, maybe two left -- stoked!

AND THEN...

A few days ago a bump pops up on my upper lip. Oh no! At first I think it's a pimple, I keep waiting for it to come to a head. Then I think it's an ingrown hair, YES, I wax my lip. A day or two goes by & I realize sh1t I have molluscum on my LIP! Cute, right? Last night I popped it, the waxy head came out. I dabbed it with apple cider vinegar but this morning when I woke up it looked exactly the same as yesterday BEFORE I popped it. I called my dermatologist and can't get in until next week.

Tonight I went and bought thuja, I actually just took my 1st 5 pills. I hope this works! I only have three bumps left -- just wish one didn't come up on my LIP for Christ sake!

I think I am going to re-open it tonight, pour some peroxide on it, dab some neosporin on it and then cover it with ACV for a while before bed.

Can't wait to get into my doctors office! I feel so ashamed -- I don't even want to make eye contact with anyone.

[Vanquish]

DONT FREAK OUT!!! You WILL get better!!

I want to thank this forum WHOLEHEARTEDLY for helping me get rid of the molluscum I had....in less than a week!

I wish I could tell you exactly what worked...but I tried the shotgun approach based on everything I read above.

First of all, I'm not sure how I got it. I'm a happily married man who has never cheated...not even once. But one day I woke up with something on the shaft of my penis. Kind of looked like a wart with a zit on top of it.  I didn't think anything of it for a week...thinking it was a zit...and just washed it with hot water...BIG mistake.  One morning after sleeping on the couch all night from watching TV, i woke up to find 20-30 wart looking things all over my stomach and thighs...and two more on my penis!  I was freaking out. What will my wife think? Will this ever come off? How can I go swimming?

Luckily I found this forum and it was fixed in a week.

1. The latex glove and scoop-out method. I used it.  Don't know if you HAVE to use the gloves, but I did just so I wouldn't spread everything. I used an individual safety pin tip, sterilized under boiling water to ***** open and scoop out the little white heads. I threw them away in a plastic bag along with each safety pin, then the latex glove. Digging out the white cores from my penis was a real eye-opener. I'm pretty fearless in life, but I did have to admit this was pretty extreme.

2. Cleaned with alcohol wipes.

3. Cleaned with Hydrogen Peroxide.

4. Washed with Benz Perox 10% face wash from CVS.

5. Applied Iodine. (Yes it stains, but i applied with a Q-tip for minimum problems. Using a fresh Q-tip each time)

6. Applied tea tree oil. (Same method)

7. Made a huge gauze pad soaked in Apple Cider Vinegar and taped it over all the sores. (Yes it can sting, but not much even after time)

8. Kept removing and applying that gauze every time I took a shower...in cold water. (Sucks but I wasn't chancing it)

9. Went to the doctor. He couldnt tell what I had since I had dug out everything. (I suggest going to the doctor FIRST so she/he can see what you've got...or at least take a picture before you dig). He prescribed something called Imiqod.  This stuff is EXPENSIVE cream. $28 for 1 application the size of a stamp. The doctor said it was the best.  I took one application and spread it way over all my spots.

10. Kept washing the spots with BP face wash in the shower.

After using the gauze for about 3 days...and then washing with BP creme, they just turned into little red spots. They're pretty slow to go away...but the marks are leaving.

OH...also I started taking Multi-vitamins since I was told that this was an immune response thing. With extra vitamin C.

hope that helps others!! Don't freak! It can be cured. Heck even Wikipedia says that there are 2 medicines that are 80% and 90%. Wish you all the best!

[exzacklyright]

If anyone else needs a chat buddy while going through this like me I'd appreciate it! I've had it for 2 weeks :[  Gonna try zymaderm / wheatgrass which i saw on amazon till I try ACV.

email me   with an appropriate subject!!!! then we can talk on gtalk/aim/msn or something.

exzacklyright@hotmail.com

[heathry76]

I just had a case of Molluscum Contagiosum that I caught from a public swimming pool.  I'm 36 years old. I first went to the dermatologist and they use liquid nitrogen.  DON'T DO IT!  It doesn't work well, scars and does not stop the virus from spreading.  After much research, I decided to try all the over the counter and natural treatments.  The magical cure, and I'm telling you, magical-- I bought a spray containing three ingredients-- Tea Tree Oil, Colloidal Silver & Oregano Oil from [no advertising/prices please - Mod].  I sprayed it on 3-4 times per day on all the lesions. I used two bottles to cure it.  If I went out I covered each lesion with clear nail polish, after spraying with the spray. This is day 4 and they almost completely gone. I can't even tell where they were because they didn't even scar.  The only ones that made a scar were the ones the doctor sprayed with liquid nitrogen.  I also took Oregano Extract orally 2 times a day which helps cure skin infections.  So, it's 7 days after I was first diagnosed and it's basically almost totally gone.  I had it on my face, in my mouth and on my lips, on my hands, arms ankles and feet.  Also, eating tons of green veggies, drinking tons of water and getting plenty of sleep.  I used this forum when I was diagnosed and it eventually led me in to finding the cure I used and that worked.  So, put the effort into curing it and you can kick it in 7 days!!

[exzacklyright]

Well... it's been about a month :[  . Zymaderm / Wheatgrass isn't doing much of anything.  After a night of ACV though I do see black spots or big white puffy yucky things so it seems like that's doing the trick. The problem are the smaller MC bumps. Not sure if ACV is doing much of anything on those.  I just have a big nasty area on my upper thigh that's all red so I'll let it heal before re-applying.

[suzzzzy]

My son had MC several years ago which fortunately was confined to his chest and stomach area.  His pediatrician told us it would run it's course.  As the little buggers would form their white bump, I would carefully try to remove them but it hurt and left a couple of small scars.  While looking it up on the internet, I saw the posts about Tagamet (Cimetdine) and discussed using it with his doctor.  He said he didn't think there would be any side effects and we could try it. I believe the dosage was 40 mg per day.  We tried it and within two weeks, it cleared.  You could actually see the bumps that had the white cores turning a dark gray and it literally killed the virus from the inside out.  The pediatrician said it might have been a coincidence that they cleared then but I saw it myself and the Tagamet killed it.  Over the summer I noticed my niece had similar bumps and I asked her Mom if she had been to the doctor because it looked like the dreaded MC to me.  She had and I told her about the Tagamet but I'm not sure whether they tried it yet or not.  I noticed a bump on my neck and now on my chin for the past several weeks.  At first I thought hey twere pimples but given that I'm in my 40's and don't generally have breakouts, I'm thinking they might be MC.  Off to the drugstore, I'll be giving the Tagamet a try immediately just in case.  In any event, I won't be suffering from heartburn for a while!

Seriously though, if you or especially your kids get MC, try the Tagamet.  A generic of cimetidine works just as well and is actually what we used.  I wish for my son's sake that we had known about it right away as he suffered with it for nine months and still has some small scars from it.  We didn't note any side effects from the cimetidine, just confirm the dosage for your child with the pediatrician.  Good luck to all who are dealing with this.

[malex]

It seems like there's a little bit of misinformation being passed around along with all the good. A lot of vitamins and other supplements are basically pro-viral, so they're likely encouraging spreading the infection. (It also seems that people who mention using these things also report that "nothing" is working for them.)

Pro-viral things include alcohol, sugars, fats, carbs, (high calorie diet from any source), B vitamins, vitamin C, lysine is only (very mildly) antiviral while overbalancing arginine. That imbalance is very difficult to maintain without eating flavorless food. Combined with arginine, lysine not only loses any antiviral effect but actually becomes pro-viral. But by far, the worst recommendation of all is magnesium. Magnesium can be extremely pro-viral--maybe because it suppresses immune system activity. Zinc is immune-stimulating, but I'm as leery of taking pill-size amounts of it. The herb comfrey stimulates healing, so it may also stimulate viral spread. I would be very wary. I think it is quite a bit of a problem that people focus on potential benefits of supplements and fail to notice--often many--drawbacks. MILD calorie restriction would very likely be much more effective at clearing the immune attack/viral waste products than any of these additions.

Vitamin D is almost alone in actually being antiviral. It also activates/sensitizes immune cells. If you're trying to kick start your immune system, there's probably nothing better. It's action comes from increasing calcium utilization, so calcium could help too, but I think vitamin D deficiency's more common. Vitamin D is extremely cheap. (Note D3 is the only active form. High D2 intake can, in fact, lower D3 levels.)

Also, it seems likely the problem some encounter in treating their Molluscum is that some tenacious membrane(s) prevents the body from recognizing the virus. Digestive enzymes ARE in fact absorbed from the gut (at least on an empty stomach), and they help that way, but they can be used topically too. Indeed, topically they're already used by some against shingles and chickenpox (another pox virus), so it seems especially promising. They're also used topically to minimize scars, so double benefit. Digestive enzymes are also very cheap (especially pancreatin).

[sazerac]

I was helped by a user who posted here some time ago, so I thought I'd give something back to the forum in return.

Stop buying into all the snake oil product bullshit -- here is a guaranteed way to get rid of MC.

You will need:

- Napkins (preferably soft and thin)
- Disinfectant (I used vodka)
- Adhesive bandages

Here is the process, step by step:

1. Start by disinfecting the specific molluscum you are targeting and the area around it.

2. Grap a napkin and pinch that sucker. The idea here is to never let your fingers come in direct contact with the molluscum or the blood or gooey yellow stuff that starts coming out. Keep pinching and manhandling it until you are able to remove the yellow core (most of the time this will actually mean removing the whole molluscum). This will result in blood flowing more freely from the wound.

3. Disinfect thoroughly. It will sting like hell, but that's a good thing.

4. Apply an adhesive bandage and let it sit there for 1-2 days.

5. Let it heal for 1-2 weeks. Don't touch the healing crust formed above the wound, it will fall off by itself.

Yes, the method is crude without a doubt (and it will hurt), but it helped me get rid of my 25+ molluscum. Some of them will leave little scars, so that's something you have to live with. But I can honestly say that the scars I got were marginal. They're just little changes in pigmentation and nothing to really make a fuss about. And besides, there is really no guarantee that you will not get scars when (or if) they go away by themselves. They still have to pop in some way or the other.

Go slow with this method. First experiment by removing one of the molluscum, and then if you are pleased with the results, go ahead and get the others. Popping 2-3 at each session might be a good idea. You might experience getting a few new ones along the way, but that's normal. Just be thorough and continue popping.

Last but not least: I'm a 30 year old male. I wouldn't recommend doing this on your kids, because it IS quite unpleasant. For all you adults out there who can take a little pain however -- this WILL work.

[suziQ]

My 6yr old daughter sufferred from a severe case of Molluscum Contagiosum. After numerous trips to the dermatologist and being told to just let the virus run its course as a frustrated mom, I felt helpless. Living in Florida, the heat was unbearable and to keep the virus from spreading my daughter was miserable having to wear long sleeves & long pants to school. I tried ACV but my daughter couldn't stand the smell & she said it was making her skin sting. As a last resort, I ordered Dermallay figuring I had nothing to lose. Within 2 weeks of applying the ointment daily, my daughter's symptoms were completely gone! Unlike ACV, the liquid didn't "burn" my daughter's skin so this was a huge plus! If only I had ordered it 6mths sooner... My daughter wouldn't of had to suffer as she did. Dermallay is well worth ordering, I just placed another order so we have some just in case she has another flare up as school is starting soon and the virus is highly contagious. I just thought I would give you all an alternative option if it didn't work out for you!

- Suzi

[RD]

Only one "r" in "suffered" Suzi,  aka "Patsy82 from Boca Raton", aka another spammer .

[Nardies]

I took the time to join to share my experience with this horrible infection, and thank others for their help!

I had a regular check up at my local GUM clinic earlier in the year, and was given the all clear, minus some ingrowing hairs in my pubic region. Only they weren't ingrowing hairs, they were MC. I found this out shortly after the next time I shaved (with a less than sharp razor I might add!). A week or so later, a had a collection of ingrowing hairs/spots/pimples/warts, basically I wasn't sure what. Another trip to the GUM clinic and was told it was MC probably caused by my like for swimming and exacerbated by my shaving of my pubic region, but that it would clear up in two years anyway. TWO YEARS!!

Obviously this is rather a shock to the system, as it's quite a horrible looking infection in a...sensitive area for a 30 year old, or anyone sexually active I guess. So I took to Google and looked up treatments, including picking (painful and messy), clove oil (did nothing), tea tree oil (did nothing*). Then I read Helper88's post about using ACV, which did eventually work.

Essentially, I found you need to be militant in your approach to killing MC, so here's my tips:

• Trim (don't shave) the affected area of hair
• Soak some gauze in ACV and hold it on the affected region for 15-30mins(it should make the MC angry
• After soaking, stick the gauze over the area using plasters, make sure it's completely covered, otherwise the area will dry out too soon. As stated before you need it on there for 16-24 hours
• Remove the plasters in the shower, it'll hurt less!
• *Although I said tea tree oil didn't work, after showering I wiped the area with tea tree oil
• Don't have sex, or you'll make it worse and potentially infect your partner

That's all I did. I had it in total for about 3 months and now I'm completely clear. Yes, ACV stinks. Yes, no sex sucks. Yes, covering your self in plasters and such feel stupid, but for me at least it was short term pain, for longer term gain.

Thanks to helper88 for helping me get shot of this!

[Kaden]

Doctors are literally hopeless these days it seems. There is no reason why you should have to put up with molluscum contagiosum for months or even years or waste money on alternative medicine that doesn't work. I had the virus about 10 years ago which started from a cut to my back becoming infected, and it began to spread over my back and by the time I visited a doctor, there were close to 20 lesions. The doctor was able to diagnose it quickly by appearance alone, and the treatment of choice is anything that removes the viral core.

The molluscum contagiosum virus resides in a waxy core in the papules it causes, and once these cores are removed or destroyed, the virus goes with it. This means that removal or destruction of the core by needle, freezing, or burning is an instant cure as long as the core is completely neutralised. Any doctor who says you have to wait for it to go away is a moron or just lazy.

Any of these options cause pain and possible scarring however, and since I wished to avoid scarring I was offered imiquimod cream. As said by someone else, it certainly is expensive, but its worth it if you want a quick cure without pain or scarring. Imiquimod modulates the immune system, forcing your own body to eliminate the virus. It takes about 2 weeks maximum to see full cure. In this same way, cimetidine used to reduce stomach acid has a side effect of modulating the immune system in a way that is similar, albeit less effective than imiquimod, hence why it worked for the other poster.

Point is, if you have molluscum contagiosum, there's no reason to sit around waiting for your own body to recognise the virus after two years, or religiously apply everything you can find in your pantry in the hopes of naturally eliminating it in a somewhat shorter time span. Find a competent doctor and have him/her remove the cores or prescribe imiquimod. Thinking back to the four or so weeks I spent with the virus, I feel really sorry for the people who have been mishandled by doctors who don't know what they're doing and have had to spend months or years suffering from such a painful and embarrassing disease.

I'll finish with this last bit of insight, the virus can't survive contact with chlorine bleach. I had used the imiquimod for a week with good results and the lesions were crusting over and healing, but swimming in a friend's pool that had been overly chlorinated lead to the remaining few lesions spontaneously healing over the next two days quicker than the imiquimod alone could work. With this said, a bleach bath similar to the ones recommended to prevent and treat staph infections is likely to be effective in destroying the virus.

[shivb]

My daughter aged 3 had this problem for 2 months and it washed away with EPSOM Salt Bath. Not sure this will be the same case for others as well. But, worth to give a try.
Solution :
1) Drop 3-4 tea spoons of EPSOM SALT ( available in any   Pharmacy) in bath tub with warm water in it.
2) Keep your child in the tub for 15-25 minutes. (Refer other internet sources for EPSOM Salt Bath for Kids)
3) Do the same twice a day.