Moles

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I contracted Molluscum contagiosum, I believe, while I was working on a sewer pipe crew around raw sewage last summer. My gynecologist said that she had another patient that caught this same disease from a swimming pool ( children's swim lessons )She then burnt off the existing molluscs( very painful)with acid only to have them come right back. I dont wish to go through that again, as this happened last December and I am still healing from the Ordeal I have purple scars still where she burnt them off. Is there a milder,although slower treatment such as a topical ointment or perhaps some regimen of a systemic nature that I can use to remove these Pests from my person ? they are really quite embarassing and are not condusive to feeling great about myself and they are growing in number please reply.

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First of all, they are not living animals on/in your skin. It is a virus, similar to a wart virus. You can get a prescription for a cream called Aldara. It was FDA approved for genital warts, but works on molluscum as well as other things as well. I recommend that you see a dermatologist, who deals with molluscum on a daily basis and can inform you of your treatment options. Sometimes I scrape them off in adults. The healing is a week or two.
[quote] I contracted Molluscum contagiosum, I believe, while I was working on a sewer pipe crew around raw sewage last summer. My gynecologist said that she had another patient that caught this same disease from a swimming pool ( children's swim lessons )She then burnt off the existing molluscs( very painful)with acid only to have them come right back... [/quote]