MolluDab contains 5% potassium hydroxide and this is dotted on the molluscum contagiosum bumps twice daily by parents or the patients themselves. It breaks down the skin cells which encase the virus, to enable the immune system to recognise the virus and respond to it. After around 4-6 days treatment, the immune system mounts an 'inflammatory reaction' to molluscum contagiosum. Once this inflammatory response has cleared the virus, the skin can begin healing and the molluscum contagiosum lesions disappear after 1- 5 weeks.
Molluscum contagiosum thrives under warm and damp conditions, so keep the skin clean and dry. Try and avoid sharing the affected person’s towels, clothing, facecloths, bed-linen and toys to avoid spreading the condition.
Those affected should be dissuaded from scratching the bumps and certainly from squeezing them as this can promote spread to other areas of skin not yet affected. In children with the condition, thorough hand-washing should be encouraged to remove the virus from the hands. Affected children do not need to stay away from school (or equally, adults, from work).
How to use Molludab Molluscum Solution :
1. Before using MolluDab
2. Applying MolluDab to the molluscum bumps
3. End of use
4. Wait for the molluscum bumps to heal