Molluscum contagiosum
A common viral skin infection producing small, firm, dome-shaped bumps, treatable in the clinic with cryotherapy.
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What it is
Molluscum contagiosum is a common viral skin infection. It produces small, firm, dome-shaped bumps on the skin.
How we treat it
Molluscum contagiosum is one of the lesions listed in Dr Satish’s cryotherapy leaflet as treatable with cryotherapy — freezing the lesion with liquid nitrogen as an office procedure. See the cryotherapy page for what that involves.
A note on this page
The clinic’s patient leaflets do not yet include a sheet devoted to molluscum contagiosum, so this page is deliberately short. Ask Dr Satish at your consultation for advice about your own case.
Written from the clinic's own patient leaflet, by Dr. D. A. Satish.
Reviewed by Dr. D. A. Satish
Please note
The information on this website is for general education only. It is not a substitute for a consultation, a diagnosis or a prescription. Always see a qualified doctor about your own condition.