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3 year old daughter!!

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amy75782
amy75782

Hi, my daughter has molluscum underneath her chin around one side of her neck. She has had it for a few months and it's now starting to spread on to her shoulders. They were skin coloured at first like little pearls, but they keep getting red.

I don't feel I can use tweezers or a needle as she is so young.

Also heard something in the UK no more itchy skin or something.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks x

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  • samantha62170
    samantha62170 amy75782

    Posted

    My 5 year old daughter had around 90 of these over her body. I went to the doctors a couple of times but was told like many of you that there is nothing they can give.  As it looked a little like chicken pox I wondered if calamine lotion would work. A friend suggested using the acqueous calamine cream as it doesn't dry out the skin so much. I used this and within a couple of weeks they had all dried up and gone. It could be a coincidence and maybe they were on their way out but if you are as desperate as I was you will try anything. It cant harm your child and it doesn't sting (we tried the tea tree oil and plaster but it hurt too much). Good luck.
    • jo28473
      jo28473 samantha62170

      Posted

      Hi Samantha

      Did you have any luck with the calamine cream, my son is 4 and developed a few spots 6 weeks ago but is covered in his belly now but like you I'm not wanting to use tweezers and docs said it will just go

    • samantha62170
      samantha62170 jo28473

      Posted

      Hi Jo,

      Sorry to hear your son has this, yes the cream worked for us, my daughter had had the spots for about 7 months and they were starting to appear under her chin so I was getting g desperate, docs said nothing they could give. I tried the Aqueous calamine cream as it doesn't dry out the skin so much. I put loads on at night and again in the morning and they seemed to dry up very quickly. It's worth a try as it doesn't cost much and doesn't hurt at all. Good luck, let me know if it works. Sam

    • jo28473
      jo28473 samantha62170

      Posted

      Thanks very much for replying. Anything is worth a go it's so disheartening when docs say there's no treatment.

      I'll let you know how I get on.

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