Molluscum Contagiosum - Parkersburg,IL

I have a friend whose daughters have both had this. She said that the apple cider vinegar does help, but you have to use the Bragg's Raw and Unfiltered type. The regular type has had all the "healing" properties cooked and filtered out of it. I use it (2 Tbsp/day in warm water with blue agave syrup to sweeten it)for my eczema and it really works well for it, but it took a while to clear up my skin. I give it to my son for his eczema in orange juice and it has helped his as well.

Hi S.,
My daughter had MC for almost 8 months at the age of 4. It was mostly on her neck, and chin. They annoyed the heck out of me, and it's such a strange virus. Removing them/freezing them is painful for the child and isn't worth it. It really does just disappear one day. She woke up one morning, they were gone, and have stayed gone for 6 months.

A few tips...
No bathing with siblings. It's contagious, especially in warm/heat.
Try to limit sweating this summer! My daughters always looked worse when she was hot and sweaty.
Keep them clean, and dry. cover them with liquid wart remover. It dries them out (burns for 10 seconds), then they look smaller and disappear.

Some days my daughter would have 3 spots, the next, she'd have 30. It was really so strange! Not at all harmful, just a pain in the butt! Good luck

My daughter had several burned off and so did my son. They had them on their back and stomach. They were older than 5. See what your pediatrician recommends.
Debbie

It is viral - it is contagious and it will eventually go away - BUT it can spread during that time to other parts of his body and to others!!

My son had it when he was 3 - it started with one spot - we thought it was a wart- had it frozen - then 2 spots - then ALL over his torso, thighs and arms! We went to a dermatologist - we had to pick at the bumps with toothpicks dipped in a cream that is normally for gential warts - it worked over time - but was brutal!!

If they had not been spreading - I would have left them alone! The idea was that by irritating them - it would kick the immune response into overdrive.

Good luck!

My son had them when he was about 2 all over his neck. We tried creams from the dr but they just irritated his skin and we stopped. Eventually, about a year later, they did just go away. Really it seemed to bug me more than him. About a year later, my other son got a much milder case, so we just did nothing. The only thing I tried was the oil from inside a Vitamin E capsule. Just puncture the capsule and smear it on - it seemed to help with the redness. I didn't use it too often though b/c I wasn't sure how much would be absorbed and how much was safe for a little one. (BTW, that is the best pimple remedy I've ever tried.) Tea tree oil might work - it's an antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal.

My dr said trying to keep the kids apart was pretty much useless - they would expose each other regardless of what I tried. Unfortunately, it's just a wait and see for the most part.

My daughter is five and was diagnosed with this last summer. We went to a dermatolgist and had them removed. The dermatologist froze them off. My daughter was very brave and experienced very little discomfort. I decided to go this route because we were entering summer and I was worried about them being "pointed out" at the swimming pool since they showed up on the back of her legs. Also because it is contagious I didn't want to expose other children. They've only shown up one other time and we had the same procedure done. We haven't seen them since. This all took place over the coarse of 6 months maybe. I'm all about the the natural route and heard of these same remedies but they typically take longer to do the trick and would have probably considered them if it weren't summer time when my daughter's showed up. Hope this helps.

My son had it. It lasted about 18 months. We did no treatment, no one ever said anything about the rash at daycare or school. It adventually went away on its own without any issues.

Both of my sons had this. It is contagious. So if you have any other children they should NOT be bathing together, he will pass it on to his siblings. It is not AS contagious in adults, so you should be fine. (I was)
Do not pop them. Besides the fact that it hurts, it spreads them on HIS body as well.
My personal experience. My older son, now 7, got them when he was about two. We were also told that he should wait before we treat them. I waited THREE YEARS and nothing happened. I finally took him in when I got pregnant with my second and had them "freeze" them off. It looked painful when they blistered up, but he didn't complain at all. They finally went away and haven't come back...it's been about 4 years.
When my second son, now 4, got them I took him right in to get them frozen off. The doctor thought that he got them at the lake, probably by some kid that had them and was swimming in the same water. Went in and got them treated and haven't seen them since....it's been about 2 years.
THe kids I nanny, my very good girlfriend...all of their children have had it and all wish that they had ignored the advice of "wait it out" since it didn't work and that they would have gone in and got them treated at the first sign.
L.