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I caught mollescum from an ex partner about 10 years ago - I noticed it started from a red itchy bump on my arm, then I had 3 typically mollescum spots in my genital area.

These healed within a year or two - ever since I've (only ever in winter months) had itchy dry tops of my hands in winter and they are covered in bumps but they don't look like typically like mollescum (they are in clusters though) and they tend to flare up and get better, not constant.

I also get a few itchy red spots on my legs in different places sometimes but these don't look like mollescum - I'm wondering if folliculitis as I know this can look similar but I am a bit concerned. I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced symptoms of this for 10 years or more? It just seems to me that mollescum would be continuous with bumps in the same area like the ones I had to begin with that eventually healed?

Basically I don't have these all the time, both the spots on my hands and legs come and go - I've managed to make a Dr app to actually go get it checked as its easy to put to the back of my mind because it flares up and goes again.

any thoughts welcome!

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