Molluscum rant/ My story
It is so crazy how nobody takes molluscum seriously in the medical field.
I got my first bump on my wrist in around October and obviously, I never thought much of it and presumed it was simply just some weird acne. Weeks later, it’s still on my wrist, but once again, I did not take it seriously. Fast forward to around February, it is completely everywhere around my arm with around 20 lesions. It was absolutely disgusting and I want to get rid of them as fast as possibly, so I had a consultation with my pediatrician in which he said they were nothing that I had to worry about, but there is a possibility of them not resolving for months and possibly years, which is INSANE.
Fast forward to June and these lesions have spread EVERYWHERE around my body (My arm, my chest, my thigh, my inner thigh, my neck, and the list goes on) so I consult a dermatologist. Once again, I receive that same lecture once again about it being perfectly safe but trust me, I’ve been knowing that and it just pisses me off so badly.
Molluscum takes such mental power to persevere through it be there is no simple cure even though it’s such a common virus that I didn’t even know about until a couple of months ago. Its made me change so many of my habits in terms of showering, eating, and so much more, and I am TIRED OF IT. It’s so mentally frustersting and I’ve cried and stressed over this so many times because it feels like it will never go away. Just today, the original lesion finally popped and I’ve covered it with a bandage, but that’s only the beginning of it because that one mf did this.
personally, I’m going to be a senior soon and I do NOT want to be dealing with all of this because it GENUIENLY makes me feel so ugly and gross and just writting this out makes me so stressed. I should be enjoying summer instead of worrying about not touching any of the lesions or having to bandage over 50 of them every day. It’s INSANE.
I just want doctors to take this seriously because of how much it mentally affects me. It’s comforting knowing I’m not the only one dealing with this constant frustration, but man I just don’t know. thank you for listening to this rant and I’m just hoping that by the end of the year, these mfs are completely gone and dead.