Molloscum Contagiosum Nightmare

Skin, nail and hair health
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Although I didn't know it until a couple months ago, I've been living with MC for almost 5 months now.

It first appeared on my bottom, I thought they were just zits. Me and my doctor think I picked it up from a toilet seat, as I'm only sexually active with my boyfriend, and he doesn't have it.

I frantically searched the web, I did the apple cider vinegar on my bottom and it burned so bad but I successfully killed off a good amount. But not only am I left with LARGE RED scars on my ass, but there are more popping up everyday.

Another popped up on my shoulder, and shortly after one on my stomach.

My ass looks like a battlefield, and now it is spreading as we speak on both my shoulder and stomach. I've tried EVERYTHING!!!!! Clove oil, tea tree oil, oregano oil, ACV, iodine, hydrogen peroxide.

Somebody please help, I'm at my wits end. I've even considered suicide I'm so upset. I feel disgusting, diseased, and I hate myself and my body. I feel as though I'll never be molloscum free. I'm crying as I write all this.

I can't be intimate with my boyfriend, I can't go swimming, I can't wear tank tops, I can't enjoy anything anymore. This virus has taken all my happiness.

Somebody, I beg of you, reccomend something to me and tell me what worked for you. I am extremely healthy, I eat well, I take a multivitamin as well as Vitamin C, D, and Omega 3 everyday. I don't understand why this isn't going away.

Sorry for the long rant, I'm just very upset and hopeless. Please tell me what worked for you

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Hi Sarah. My daughter had it for a year. Couldn't get rid of it entirely with all sorts of products and doctor visits. She broke out suddenly over night 7 months ago with cause. She does have eczema which predisposed her anyway. This outbreak of sorts where bumps everywhere on her legs, arms, torso, etc. doctors said it was an allergic reaction and gave her a 5 day regiment of Prednisone. Bam! It worked! Gone gone gone they are (knock on wood). She hasn't had them in 7 months. So...since you have tried everything, why not go one step further? What do you have to lose? See if you can get it. The 5-day regiment was a few doses a day at a higher amount which tampered off each day with less until we finished the 5 days. They were gone. I nearly cried. So good luck.

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Sarah, I just found your post or I would've answered you sooner. Please do not panic or do anything drastic. This is a terrible, awful problem, but it WILL go away. I completely understand how horrified you are right now. I did not catch this myself, yet, but my little boy has it. It was all over his legs, belly, and groin. He's down to half a dozen now, but this has been the most awful year. I finally took him to a dermatologist (after listening to my doctor who said they'd go away, and then they only got worse.) who started beetle juice treatments. It's not for the faint of heart. It hurts and takes a while to heal. But we just couldn't do nothing any longer. I am so sorry this happened to you. You are not alone and this will get better. I do not have a magic bullet for you, but I will tell you that I tried everything on and off the Internet with no results. Here is what helped us. No baths. Clean towel every night or dry off with paper towels. Don't let your boyfriend handle the wet towels. Defense soap seemed to help contain it. They will spread like wildfire if you scratch them. Put little bandaids over the ones that look like they are going to pop. They are most contagious when the white part comes out. Please don't not feel alone with this. It sucks so bad and no one ever talks about having it because who wants to admit they have a contagious skin disease?!? But it's out there, and you are not alone. It's going to be ok.

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Hey please don't feel hopeless. Luckily the virus is not permanent like herpes so hopefully you get some relief there. Have you or your doctor spoke about having them frozen off or scraped off? That may help in terms of getting rid of them to prevent the infection. For the ones in less hairy areas I would cover them with a bandage to help prevent spreading.

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Hi Sarah

I know this is an old post and maybe you have found a solution to your problem og they have just disapeared on their own.

My daughter had more than 100 bumps ALL over her body and face. To date I have newer felt so bad as when she had these bumps. She had them around 6-9 months until we demanded a referal to a dermatologist. They are professionals and have several ways to remove the bumps. Our dermatologist chose to freze them very gently (this is important if you want to avoid scars and pain). After 4-5 visits they vere ALL gone. She had red scars for around 9-12 months after the treatment but today she has only one minor scar on the back of her leg (you will only notice it if you look directly at it). 

Dermatologists have lots of ways to get rid of them and when you tell them how bad you feel (an believe me - you are not the only one having a VERY bad time over this) they will take you very seriously.

If they are not already gone you WILL get rid of them. Of cource they will go away much faster if you go to the dermatologist rather than waiting them out :-)

Best wishes

Henrik

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Hi,Sarah...have you now cleared amd molluscum free? I know what u feel..having them since january but they spreaded all over my inner thighs on May. I got them frozed and now my appearence is ruined

..there are nasty scars left. I cant also wear anything or go to beach. I will never froze them again...And terrible part is that i see new microacopov spots pop up random places ..it has driven me crazy and i hate life

If i didnt have 2 children i wouldnt want to live this life anymore. They just dont go away. I got them from spa and now i m paranoid and panic.. It seems like its been ruing my life forever and i m afrais i cant never be intimate with anyone...it has already ruined my realtionship but worse -ruined my self-esteem and joy of life... I hate hate hate it!!!

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Sorry about my english, i m from other country. Just wanted to add that i use molutrex and it has helped me to get rid of some..

But not stopped new ones apprear.

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I have an almost exact same story. Even down to the boyfriend. He's been to the doctor and he says he doesn't have it but it's covering my body right now and I'm so scared I'm going to infect him. I want to die, I hate myself and MC

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Hi,

No I am still fighting this awful virus. I feel no matter what I do it never gets better. Such a shot to my self esteem and well being. It's just eating my happiness sad

I feel like I've had this forever. My treatment right now is Epsom salt baths and mollenol but I'm not seeing improvement but it's only been a short while. I am taking a supreme immune booster and elderberry along with my daily vitamins and nothing seems to be working. Fortunately, my boyfriend seems to be resistant to it and hasn't been infected...yet sad 

Anyway, if I find something works I will let you know asap 

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I hear ya. I worry everyday about infecting my boyfriend and putting him through this hell.

Please stay strong, one day we will be cured I promise. 

If I find anything that works I will let you know asap 

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I dont want to jinx it ... But... I think i won this b*****d disease. I took prednisolone tablets 3times a day for 5 days...and also continued to use molutrex as sion i noticed micsoscopic new red dot...havent seen new ones about a week now...i really hope for the best and that this nightmare has finally ended.

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My daughter has had it for almost a year on her face and shoulders. I started spraying Colloidial Silver on her face in the morning and evening and putting Silverdene on over night. Her face is slowly clearing up and it doesn't hurt as much. You can get the liquid online I'm sure, my chiropractor gave it to me. The Silverdene is a prescription burn cream. It is working on the ones on his face, the bigger pearly ones on her arms arent really clearning but i am taking her to the dermatologist where they will start Bettlejuice on it.

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Hi Sarah,

I'm so sorry this is happening to you as I can totally relate with what you're going through.  The difference is that I am male and have this nasty virus all over my genitals!  I have tried many things as well and nothing has worked so far.  If anything, it seems to be spreading.  I've had this for about 5 months as well, and it feels like there's no solution for it.

I'll be getting some Leukosilk tape and maybe Mollenol over the next few days and see how it goes.  I hope you manage to find a treatment that works for this horrible virus, and please do tell us about it once you do because I am confident you will get through this.  I will keep you posted as well, once I find something that works. 

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I had molluscum for about 8 months (and all summer long) I either wore long sleeves and pants in 90 degree weather or used a Sally Hansen body makeup that hid the redness of molluscum but not the bumps and I was so self conscious the whole time, I'm 24 so being a young girl with this that shows so visibly is absolutely horrible for your self esteem...you aren't alone. I tried apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil..they didnt do much and I did it religiously.

My molluscum is about 90 percent gone now though and it's because of salycilic acid that I started using about a week ago. go onto eBay and buy a salycilic acid solution that's 20% it should be like 8 or 9 dollars. Put it on every little bump, I had to pretty much rub it over my whole body because I had so many. But do that every morning and night and use a salycilic acne cleanser you find at the drug store in the shower (this helps the underlying ones pop up faster ) and I swear to you your molluscum will be gone

I literally thought I was gonna be the person who had molluscum for like 5 years because it is posssible for it to stay in your body that long but I was lucky enough to come by one post that said salycilic acid works and I literally never see it posted anywhere else but it needs to be known!

I don't know how to post pictures on this forum but if you want some just let me know like it's actually amazing how much it cleared up in like 4 days

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Did it clear up in only 4 days after you applied the salycilic acid?  What does it look like when it begins to heal, do you see any evidence of it or is your skin as good as new?

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So I actually just got the 20% salycilic acid on Tuesday from eBay so it's really only been 2 days and it's almost gone and really just getting better every second. Before the salycilic acid came I was just using like a clean and clear acne cleanser on it which only has 2% salycilic acid for about two days. In those 2 days hundreds of bumps started popping up like it completely covered the infected area and then started to dry and itch but eventually they started to disappear. When the 20% salycilic acid finally arrived and I put it on the first time the redness along with like 50% of the bumps were just gone. I guess the acne cleanser brought all of the underlying molluscum to the surface, which is good because that's what causes it to stick around for forever, and then the 20% salycilic acid just dried them all off. you will have slight scarring  that I heard hangs around for a little bit but that's with any treatment, molluscum always leaves a little bit of hyperpigmentation for a few months maybe weeks but it will go away. I have a few marks on me but that's because I scratched it so much so whatever you do don't itch it! It will get super itchy like unbearable so since yours is on your genitals i recommend doing this when you don't have any important events or maybe a long weekend because sometimes it's so hard not to scratch it. Also, since it's on your genitals do a spot treatment! Arm skin and penis skin is completely different. Salycilic acid is an acid and it will burn and cause redness and maybe even scarring if you don't do it right or if your skin has a sensitivity to it

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Thanks for the advice, your posts have given me much hope!  I too feel like I'm gonna have Molluscum for 5 years lol

I'm gonna try the Salycilic acid on one of the spots tomorrow and see what happens!

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The 20% salicyclic acid you are buying from ebay. Is it the 1oz blue bottle? if not which one?

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Oh Sarah, don't despair! There is a solution and you will NOT have molluscum forever. I remember feeling just how you do. I posted on this site how I got rid of mine. You just need to remove each one individually:

1. use a Nokor needle (got it from my dermatologist)

2. get some alcohol and tissue

3. use the needle to remove the pearly core papule from each lesion (for the very small ones I just picked at them to try and remove the raised bit)

4. clean skin and needle with alochol

REPEAT

Remove all of them and monitor, you'll probably get more within the next couple of months, remove them if they come, then monitor, you might get a couple more... Eventually they will stop coming up. The little pricks with the needle don't scar.

Hard to believe your boyfriend doesn't have them! Make sure he doesn't or you'll be doing what I did with my girlfriend for a year, remove - reinfect, remove - reinfect, oh wait you do have it!? 

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Hi Sarah,

i really hope that by now you are clearing up of this nasty guest! 

I'm in the same situation btw!

I have been infected since october 2017 and i did not even know how! I'm exhausted from dealing with this crap, most of all because as you i'm afraid to infect someone else. I'm divorced, in my 40s with a daughter and i still can't believe i got this virus, i just can't capacitate myself i got molloscus at my age and i can't explain even how! The location obviously would tell sex but of the two relationships i had both women don't have any sign of it. So I like to think the Lord is punishing! I'm a very clean neat person! i have girlfriends i would like to get to know better and they would like to get me know better as well and so maybe start a relationship and become best friends, companion for life, but i have to ignore them and stay by myself because it would kill me to know i infected one of them. My life hettich or sense of responsibility does not allow me to do anything but i feel terribly lonely. I feel disgusted, dirty, inadequate, dangerous as almost a walking bomb. I tried like you anything. Tea tree oil, ACV sea salt bath, benzoyl peroxide, vitamins E,D, Zinc, immune system boosters, but nothing really helped.  One night i desperately grabbed the bleach and started rubbing it where all over my pubic area. it burned like hell for 5 minutes but the MC was effected big time. The day after i had 20 scabs of MC that were not visible before, and by that i mean they were sleeping under the skin. The bleach irritate them badly and pushed them to the surface to scab. That was the first time i felt i could win this battle. I had done that rubbing with the blech twice so far. I'm not suggesting to do it, it burns more you can imagine and i have quite a thick skin! I have never had many visible MC, at the most probably 10 but be aware like AKK mentioned that MC is under the first layer of the skin sleeping, you can't see them! 

However, i maybe won a battle but the MC is winning the war because even if i kill 3 with the bleach there are two more appearing in a different spot. And so i bleach them with a cute tip, kill them in two day and two days later another one appears. when i think it might be over here i have to start over again. I'm almost giving up. What keeps me going and being in a positive mood are my daughter and lots of prayers that comforts me! i guess it's my cross to bare for now. I will try the salicylic acid 20% and see. 

Hang in there Sarah!