Seeking Help for Son's Skin Condition

My son also had this a few years back. Our pedi prescribed Retin A I believe it was. We were only to put it directly on the bumps. It made his skin look horrible (basically burnt,) but it did get rid of it. You might mention that to your MD.

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Never heard of the condition, but try this, it's simple and all natural, put a cup of baking soda in his bath water...it was the only thing that helped by dauther, who is 2, sooth and get ride of her, pretty bad, eczema...what the heck, it's worth a try:) God Bless, TammyT and Brooke Jolie...

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My 4 year old was diagnosed with the same thing. His are very sporadic now. The doctor told me they won't ever go away, rather they will come and go. It's like warts. He has them on his stomach and chest. The doctor told me we could freeze them off, but since they don't bother him I decided not to do that.

I know it doesn't help much, but this this the second item I saw about this condition. I wanted to let you know you are not alone.

A little about me: SAHM, married 12 years and two boys ages 8 (soon to be nine) and 4 (soon to be 5)

P.S. My son just tells everyone that he has a virus on his belly. . . .

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My friend's son had this condition. One pedi told her that it would go away on its own, another told her to have them burned off. Her son was 7, no way was she going to have them burned off! She tried Arbonne Cleansing Gel. She bathed him in it daily. In two weeks, the bumps disappeared and have never come back. It's been a year now. I would be happy to give you more info! If interested, you can email me or order online, www.arbonne.com, my id # is 17103453. Good luck!

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I would use a natural skin treatment like melagel. It is kind of like the consistency of Neosporin. It is GREAT and can help it heal. If you are interested, let me know and I will tell you where you can get it.

Blessings,
M.
Mom to 5 Wonderful Kids
www.4MyChildrenSake.com

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Hi M.,

Yes, you can take your child to any pediatricial or preferably a pedi dermatologist and they can freeze them. The treatment is very similar to that of a wart. They will freeze it and it will dry up and get a little crusty, but it goes away. Also, make sure that your child does not try to scratch them cause they are contagious. Both my children had this and had it for a long time until I took them to Texas Children's Derm dept. The treatment took all but about 10 minutes. In the end your son may be able to tell where these were visibily on his skin because like any scratch or irritated bite, it can leave a mark. But, they are very tiny and hardly visible. We will see it cause we know its there. Many MDs will choose to leave it alone, but it takes months to heal and can spread in the meantime to other parts of the body or to others.

Good luck!

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I asked my dermatologist about this condition this summer since my pediatrician kept saying, "It will go away on it's own."......and it didn't. My dermatologist said to have my 3.5 yrs son take a shower instead of a bath.

Unless you bleach/Clorox/or Lysol the bathtub after EVERY SINGLE bath your child takes............they will keep re-infecting themselves w/ their own virus.

So, since I only really clean the bathtub w/ Clorox a couple times a week, but he bathes almost nightly..........he now takes showers & is perfectly happy doing so. PLUS - he's down to one little spot on his side & it's going away!!

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My dd had some of these bumps last year and was really hard for her b/c they were on her Face. Well the doctor told us it was MC and referred us to a dermatologist but the wait was 3 months. I decide to buy Silver Cure on the internet. Let me tell you it was the best thing to do. I had her schedule appointment w/ the dermatologist but by that time her MC had cleared up. I hope this helps some of you others out there that have struggle w/ MC.
Good luck

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Hi M.,

My son has this too. Our pediatrician said to go to a website called www.mulluscum.com There is a treatment that they sell that is the only stuff that seems to work. We bought some and have not used it as yet. I noticed a couple of days ago that they are gone anyway.

I hope this helps.

W.

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my son had it, and it does go away on its own, but can take a year and a half, and by that time it could spread to other places.... so we got a cream for it, and it worked! can't remember what it was but your pedi can tell you. some people get them "burned" off, and apparently it is not painful, but i thought would be too traumatic for my son at his young age. and to sit still for the whole thing, as he had so many lesions (ug, don't like that word. good luck

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My daughter had this and our dermatologist said it was highly contagious and would take them off every time. I don't know if you want to do that but it did control them and it sounds like maybe it is spreading.

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Hi M. - There is a book by Deirdre Earls that is fantastic! You can look up her website: yourhealingdiet.net

Hope this helps!

K.

I would try another derm. until you find one that will treat the bumps. Burning (or freezing) them off similar to warts, will make them go away much faster, and there is a cream that will speed up the process. We see Dr. Metry at TCH in the med center.

I'm glad you asked that question - I want to know the answer as well!
J.

hey there we might be under the same umbrella.. se i have a 10 year old girl and se has something like it first the doctor said eczema and prescribed DESONIDE CREAM 0.05% (it cost like $ 70 dollars) that was like in april or may now like three days ago we notice that she scrach too much so another trip to the same doc (because the first cream did work) so this time its diferent like rash and it prescribes another cream PERMETHRIN CREAM ,5% (this ones its like $ 31 dollars ) (all in wal-mart ok) maybe if you tel your doctor this about this meds he can tell you if they are the one ...good luck.