The Molluscum Are Finally Gone
When I last posted an update about my daughter’s molluscum, I honestly didn’t think those things would ever go away, but they have!!! Yeah! I took a photo a few weeks ago as they all started to scab over at once.
Now when I look at the same area on her belly, all I see are a few very small scars which the doctor said will go away in time.
While every doctor I have talked to has said that molluscum are simply a virus and will go away on their own, I am truly convinced that our tea tree and bleach routine kept them from getting infected and lessened the duration. Basically we applied Tea Tree Essential Oil to the individual molluscum daily using a Q-tip then once a week I added a 1/4 cup of bleach to her bath water.
All in all, we still dealt with the unsightly bumps for about 8 months, but considering I have heard they can last up to 2 years, I will consider us lucky.
You can read more about our experience with Molluscum in these two posts: Dealing with Molluscum and Treating Molluscum with Tea Tree Oil.
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Char
Filed under: Molluscum, Skin issues
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Char,
I ran across your post while looking for molluscum treatments for my 6 year olf daughter. She has had molluscum for going on 4 years now! The are the most aggrevating thing I’ve ever experienced. Like your daughter..her’s get infected and very painful too. She has big blue/purple scarring all over her legs and buttocks from the cyst like things that form when one becomes infected. I too, am curious about the celiac/molluscum connection. My daughter tested “intolerant” to rye, barley and oats as a baby, but no one very mentioned wheat or celiac? She has started to show more and more signs as she gets older..poor teeth enamal, short stature, constant low blood iron (even on iron supplement), asthma and then the skin issues. She also has hypogammaglobulimenia (low antibodies), so her drs. contribute her problems to that, but I’m wondering otherwise. Thanks so much for the treatment regiment idea..I’m going to try it and will let you know if we have any success. We have tried everything else with no luck!
Thanks agian!
Becki
Becki – I would definitely have them test her for celiac. It is an easy test – just a blood test. I know there is no way of proving that the tea tree oil was the secret weapon against the molluscum, but I really think it was!
Please keep me posted!!
my 4 year old has been suffering with these horrible molloscum for a few months now, when i first took him to the doctor he had about 8…now, 3 months down the line hes plastered in them. the doctor really isnt interested so am going to start using the tea tree oiland see if that will help..will let you know how he gets on!
Hi there, my 5 year old son has MC he’s had it for about 6 / 8 weeks I’m going to start the bleach and Tea Tree oil treatment, but I’d love to hear if anyone else has tried it? And also what type of bleach they used surely sented suff won’t be good???
Please write back – Jayne
I tried the tea tree oil and after 8 months of dealing with this awful rash, we are making great progress! Our routine is to do the “dot to dot” (thank you original poster!) with the q-tip and tea tree oil every night before bed. Any bumps that are white and looking healthy get a band-aid on top of them after we put on the oil. This has really helped. When they rupture, they are absorbed by the band-aid and are not scratched, etc. Ugh…can’t wait until we are done. The oil makes them dry up after only a couple of applications. We were catching a few new ones last week and they died very quickly. Good luck to everyone and I really believe they need to be fought off. How could I have her in a bathing suit all summer covered in contagious bumps? Love the tea tree oil!!!
OMG I’m soo happy I found this site. I had no idea what my son had on his legs. The Dr.s had no clue either, I am convinced this is what it is. He has had 2 that have get infected and explode, extremely painful for him. I will start with the tree tree process right away. So ironic, as my father is in Melaluca which is a company who’s products are based on tea tree oil. Can’t wait to see it it works.
Hi! Our family have been the prey of this bumps since last december. My oldest (6)had only one. My youngest (4½)… a lot. Three wrong diagnostics later, there is a Dr who’d told us the name of that virus…and telling me she’ll grown out of it. She had very few for more than 4 months but since the hot temp has arrived, they spread to more than 60. She as atopic dermatisis skin. We tried a lot of stuff : homeopathic, naturopathic…a lot veggies, even a booster for her immune system and probiotics… nothing seem to slow them down even just a bit. I took care of everything that a possibly could imagine to prevent others from this virus… even washing the toilet seat after she went… I caught a few but my body kills them in less than 24 hrs.
Yesterday, we finally had an appointment with our family Dr. He took 10 of with a little spoon (we did put that EMLA cream before as directed) but my daughter screamed of pain. We are suppose to go back in 2 days…I’ve tried tea tree oil before but in a combinaison of other oils-in a cream… didn’t work.
So for my last resort, after she bathe in sea salt water, i’ve put tea tree oil/ravinsara oil but 2 for 1 and like a fairy tale come true : some of them were gone this morning!! The others don’t seem so “healthy” as before, some seem to be drying!
A bit of hope in my eyes this morning and in those my girl… would she be able to go in a pool this summer… only one month to go before the end of the season and back to school!
Thank you so much for your posts!! Yes, a bit of hope!
I first froze the bumps which were on my toes caught from my school aged child, dug out the core of the bumps, applied apple cider vinegar for about two weeks, leaving it on the lesion for about four hours a day. They will get red and hurt for a while, but then once the center core is gone they will begin to heal, die off. I applied clear fingernail polish on them after that to get all oxygen out of the skin. They scabbed up and just fell off. I healed in about two months. My son had it on his legs, I did a little compound w with the both of us too for two weeks or so. He has healed up too. What a tricky skin bug, it starts out as an itchy rash before you even realize what it is.