r/molluscum

I’m going to apologise firstly because I’ve been asking a lot of questions on here but honestly, I’m just getting a lot of comfort from people’s answers with how down I’ve been feeling going through trying to get this sorted.

Been using Molludab about two weeks ish, more wanted to check with other people who have used it, obviously after a few days where I’m applying it starts to burn and then goes quite red and slightly bleeding, appreciate that Is it doing its job but would you recommend covering this with a pimple patch? What I’m seeming to notice is that when I do this, obviously it’s taking longer to heal because it’s slightly moist (with the mc being located on my penis and pubic area I don’t want to potentially leave an open wound moist without healing)

Also, any other people that have used Molludab, when do you stop using it on this particular bump? Again What I’m finding is when I’ve been using this on myself, i’ll leave it to heal the bum slightly goes down but it’s still there. Is there something that you’ve just reapply once it’s been healed to start the process again?

Again I do apologise just been mentally feeling really low and wanted to ask a few questions to people that may have the answer thank you :)

I have seen my doctor multiple times and it was no help. Just spent 500 dollars with no improvement. Wondering if it’s worth going to a dermo now or trying to cure by myself

Ive been dealing with molloscum since the beginning of March. I also have OCD and have a history of being a hypochondriac when it comes to skin stuff. So when I got it, everyone around me said it was nothing, like the boy who cried wolf. I only had access to a crappy public urgent care and my school's medical team. The Dr. at the clinic actually told me that it "definitely isn't molloscum", the college doctor said it MIGHT be but to just ignore it. I had to go to as a cash patient to a third clinic just to get diagnosed. When I thought it was just me being hysterical again I would fuck with the molluscs constantly, trying to prove to myself that they were just folliculitis or whatever. I actually popped one, desperately trying to tell if it was herpes (I didn't have weeping lesions to swab in clinic and the blood test is highly unreliable). I got the core out during a mental breakdown and was relieved that it wasn't watery herpes excretions and was happy for an hour or two. AND I was using a wash rag for my whole body that was used for the infected area.

I had come to terms with dealing with it on my crotch and inner thighs. Easy to cover, basically only impacted my sex life but mostly I got to live normally. Then I got one on my chin. It started last week, and since I frequently get acne there, I ignored it. I spent time with my partner, cuddling and being together like we normally do. He was already aware that I may have exposed him but I feel so shitty for exposing him AGAIN. He could get it on his face, on his chest, anywhere I laid my head on him. I feel like I shouldn't be around him at all, I can't tell if every random skin bump is a mollusc, I might have them somewhere I can't see, I feel like a walking contagion. Im about to graduate from college, and I'll have to take pictures with this on my face unless I can get the frozen off or something before the day. I love makeup but I'm scared to wear it at all for fear of spreading the virus.

I also have ADHD so between how depressed I am from this and how busy I am with school I genuinely cannot keep up with the amount of hygiene and laundry I'm supposed to take on to fix this. I can't even get myself to shower every day, let alone soak every patch with vinegar or constantly change bedsheets. I don't have the space to keep a ton of bedding and towels, I live in a small room in my parent's house, terrified of spreading it to them because my brain is put together wrong and I make a lot of mistakes. I feel like I'm failing at helping myself kick the virus and Im kicking myself for not leaving them alone in the beginning or at LEAST sanitizing my hands after. I've panicked over skin bumps that were nothing SO MANY TIMES that I gaslit myself into believing that they were nothing.This stupid virus has taken so much from me and I don't know what to do.

As the MC is on my penis and public area, what do you advice when showering? I use separate towels on these areas and put them straight to be washed once done, but how do you all clean the areas, just rinse while in the shower? Thank you

May seem wild but it’s totally working for even my most stubborn molluscum lesions. I fill up a glass cup about half way & put a half a cap full of bleach in the water and than I take a q-tip & dab my molluscum spots for like 5-10 seconds. Than I apply a pimple patch and repeat the next night. I even use these for my face & it wiped out the ones on my face!! DO NOT USE ON SENSITIVE GENITALS. if it’s on the exterior of your gential that’s okay, never do this on the interior or skin of your gentials. Exterior only. I hope this can help some of you.

Me hice 2 curetajes, 1 crioterapia, 2 cauterizados. Uso podofilina en uno. Tomo zinc todos los días. Usó parches todos los días. No me afeito, solo me recorto pelo por pelo. Hace dos (DOS) meses que no me seco la zona post baño, solo dejo que se seque sola. Realmente NO ENTIENDO como me siguen apareciendo MC. No tiene explicación. No sé cómo hace la gente para curarse pero mi sueño es no tener. La última vez que me afeité fue en enero.