DAMN MOLLUSCUM!! How do you deal with having Molluscum Contagiusum? - Sexually Transmitted Diseases Message Board

intelinside · 08-25-2005, 06:48 PM

So around mid February i noticed a couple flesh colored bumps around my pubic region. These soon grew to little pink warts that almost look like pimples. In May I went to get them looked at at planned parenthood. The physician's assistant there told me that it is molluscum and that it is harmless, but can spread. Now it's been 6 months and they still have'nt gone away. They have spread throughout my pubic region and especially at the base of my penis where i think they rub against eachother and spread a lot.

What's annoying is I'm afraid to enter any relationships because I don't want someone to notice them and then i'll have to explain them. Some of the bumps come and go, but as a whole there are a lot...

A lot of these things have gottenpretty big. They have white dots in the middle and look like pimples or ingrown hairs... When the PA told me in May that they are harmless and would go away in a few months I beleived him, but they have just gotten worse over the past 6 months since feb....

So what do you all think the best treatment is? Freezing? Retin A? Condylox? Aldara? well these are some i've heard mentioned in these posts. I was also considering popping them myself. I read one post where someone was able to pop them with tweezers. I'm thinking of trying this, but won't it hurt? Do you think wearing boxers will help them go away faster since they will air out more? Please any advice will be helpfull... this is really getting annoying. thanks

intelinside · 08-25-2005, 06:58 PM

also, can i pop the small ones? the smaller ones are'nt really above the skin like the bigger one's so it looks like it will be hard to extract

steve321 · 08-27-2005, 10:04 PM

Although they say not to pop them I found this to be the best thing for them. As long as your are careful when pulling out the little white sac(the contigious part) that you dont rub it in to the surrounding skin you will not spread it.

I would only though pop the very large ones that are above the skin. Using a toothpick to ***** the top then using tweesers to pull out the sack. When it starts to bleed you then know that the area is now molluscum free.

I wouldnt wait like the doctor told you... it would have driven me crazy as I thought they would stay there forever..

crayola110 · 09-01-2005, 09:58 PM

i had them froze the other day and the results are great. first they have swollen up and turned kinda reddish. but now in the shower they start drying up and scabbing off. IT"S BEAUTIFUL! I wish you could all see. but still there is going to be some healing. they are still red and kinda bumpy. so maybe i'll have to get them frozen again, but the results from the liquid nitrogen are really impressive after under a wk!

crayola110 · 09-06-2005, 10:24 PM

also i would strongly recommend tretinol creme. it is really working wonders keeping new molluscum from sprouting and reducing the amount that are already there