Re: ...re Molluscum

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I see what I need to do now )

Looks like maybe doens't have Molluscum. Appointment is next week so

I am really curious now.

[ ] ...re Molluscum

other child prayed for his to disappear since he has a VERY low

> tolerance to pain

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I had molluscum as a child and had them burned off by derm with

liquid nitrogen. I clearly remember laying on my stomach and having

all 54 burned off the backside of my knees. Not a pleasant

experience! As a child, I also had many warts removed over the

years...the fact that I was a competitive swimmer and frequently in

swimming pools was always deemed the culprit, although I'm not sure

if that is really true.

I was somewhat miffed to learn later (via a friend who is now a

dermatologist herself) that molluscum usually disappear on their own

and they rarely recommend removing them as I had done.

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t>he fact that I was a competitive swimmer and frequently in

swimming pools was always deemed the culprit, although I'm not sure

if that is really true.

>I was somewhat miffed to learn later (via a friend who is now a

dermatologist herself) that molluscum usually disappear on their own

and they rarely recommend removing them as I had done.

Being in the public pool frequently was one of the reasons I was told that

the boys probably had them as well. Don't know if that is true or not. Our

dr did actually tell us that eventually they should go away on their own.

In our case she resorted to the appt for the liquid nitrogen due to the

number, location and inability to refrain from picking. I will say that the

older boy (he was 4) that had them taken off had to go back 3 times as they

kept coming back. He still has a few scars on his chest that you can barely

see now. The younger brother that prayed for his to disappear had in excess

of 100 spots...we quit counting after 100 but there were a pile more and

they were all gone by the very next morning....couldn't even tell he'd ever

had them...pretty cool.

Annemarie

No matter the storm, when you're with God there's always a rainbow at the

end

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had probably over a thousand spots. The pediatrician told us

to put some steroid cream on the molluscum, and that made them

explode all over her legs. They were covered in molluscum.

The dermatologist said it would be too painful to do much of

anything. He did prescribe some retin-A cream that helped to sort

of burn them off. It didn't hurt , and they finally went away

after a few months. She doesn't have any scars, thank goodness.

> t>he fact that I was a competitive swimmer and frequently in

> swimming pools was always deemed the culprit, although I'm not sure

> if that is really true.

>

> >I was somewhat miffed to learn later (via a friend who is now a

> dermatologist herself) that molluscum usually disappear on their

own

> and they rarely recommend removing them as I had done.

>

>

> Being in the public pool frequently was one of the reasons I was

told that

> the boys probably had them as well. Don't know if that is true or

not. Our

> dr did actually tell us that eventually they should go away on

their own.

> In our case she resorted to the appt for the liquid nitrogen due

to the

> number, location and inability to refrain from picking. I will

say that the

> older boy (he was 4) that had them taken off had to go back 3

times as they

> kept coming back. He still has a few scars on his chest that you

can barely

> see now. The younger brother that prayed for his to disappear had

in excess

> of 100 spots...we quit counting after 100 but there were a pile

more and

> they were all gone by the very next morning....couldn't even tell

he'd ever

> had them...pretty cool.

> Annemarie

>

> No matter the storm, when you're with God there's always a rainbow

at the

> end