Here you’ll find everything you need to know about how to use MolluDab® to treat molluscum contagiosum, how MolluDab® works and the benefits of using it. You’ll also be able to read a Mum’s story about how her experience of her daughter’s molluscum contagiosum and how she used MolluDab® to treat it.
MolluDab® is a clinically proven topical solution to effectively treat molluscum contagiosum. MolluDab® contains 5% potassium hydroxide which is well tolerated (when used as directed) to help kill the molluscum contagiosum virus.
MolluDab® breaks down the skin cells which are affected by the virus and thereby produces a defence reaction of the skin in the region affected by molluscum contagiosum.
MolluDab® is clinically proven to treat molluscum contagiosum in one to four weeks.
In clinical studies, 5% potassium hydroxide (i.e. MolluDab®) is proven to be as effective as other treatments, but with less skin irritation.*
MolluDab® is ideal to treat molluscum at home as it can be applied by the parent of the child (over age two years) or by the patient themselves.
MolluDab® comes with an applicator that’s precise, easy to use and protects healthy skin.
MolluDab® is suitable for adults and children over two years old.
MolluDab® can still be applied for up to 14 days to any bumps that are not inflamed and any new bumps that appear during the healing process.
The following instructions are a concise guide on how your patients should use MolluDab®. For a full version, a patient leaflet is also available to download.
The box can be used as a stand; press in the perforation and place the bottle in the opening to help prevent spillages while using MolluDab®. Once opened MolluDab® should be used within 4 weeks.
Open the child safe lid. The bottle has a protective funnel, when pulling out the spatula excess liquid is stripped off. Dab all the molluscum bumps with the flat side of the spatula. After applying to three – five bumps, wet the spatula with MolluDab® again. Allow the solution to dry on the bumps. Apply MolluDab® twice daily (morning and evening).
As soon as inflammation appears (recognisable by redness that lasts for 12 hours or more) stop using the product because it indicates that a molluscum bump is healing.
Stop using MolluDab® after 14 days, even if no inflammation is apparent and consult your doctor for further advice.
The inflammation indicates that your body is fighting the molluscum bumps. Now it’s time to be patient and wait for the molluscum bumps to heal. Once inflamed, healing usually takes between one and four weeks.
The rash, caused by a very contagious virus of the same name, started on her chest and abdomen then as these bumps abated, moved to her back, arms and legs. Elizabeth explains that the spots were worst on her daughter’s arms and there is still one persistent lesion remaining. “The bumps began as small skin-coloured pimples which gradually grew in size, then became more red and angry-looking and ‘burst’ before clearing up. Fortunately, my daughter has not really been irritated or bothered by the MC bumps and although she is aware of them, they have not caused her any real discomfort.”
As she is so young, she has thankfully not been aware of them being unsightly, and her parents have kept the rash covered up so as not to cause concern from other parents and to minimise any risk of passing them on. Elizabeth adds, “We are lucky that there have not really been too many bumps at any one time, and they did not spread to her face. Although some of the spots have left marks which are now fading, I’m confident they will not leave any permanent scarring.”
The specialist confirmed she had molluscum contagiosum and advised Elizabeth that it would disappear of its own accord in 18-24 months or thereabouts. Elizabeth and her husband used an antiseptic healing cream on the recommendation of another parent with MC-affected children and this helped to speed up the recovery once the bumps had burst. Elizabeth continues, “As MolluDab® was new to the market, we were advised that no treatment was available and would have to wait until our daughter’s immune defences built up for the rash to resolve. This was very frustrating.”
When her daughter was two years old Elizabeth was searching on the internet and found out that Alliance Pharmaceuticals had a treatment for molluscum contagiosum called MolluDab® and purchased a bottle from her pharmacist. Elizabeth applied MolluDab® using the simple dab-on device twice daily to her daughter’s spots and has been pleased with the results after five weeks. She found that the spots treated with MolluDab® became red and burst more quickly than when they had left them to develop on their own. Elizabeth explains, “My daughter’s spots were already quite large when we started treatment, so we have no experience of using it to treat smaller, new spots. I was slightly concerned that the spots that had been treated left a more noticeable, angrier mark after they had burst. That said, the spots have faded significantly and are now barely visible.”
AL/3775e/05.19/0.001. Date of preparation: May 2019
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