Scarring in molluscum contagiosum: comparison of physical expression and phenol ablation

摘要: Molluscum contagiosum is a benign viral skin disease occurring worldwide that commonly affects children. Spread may occur by autoinoculation or direct contact via fomites.1 In immunocompetent individuals each lesion last 6-8 weeks. With continuous autoinoculation, however, new lesions appear over time, such the mean duration about 8 months,2 with reports of infection lasting up to five years.3 Although resolution ultimately spontaneous, scarring occur, particularly if are secondarily infected. Thus there be justification for active intervention in hope speeding and hence limiting scarring, transmission, period social exclusion. many treatments cited literature destruction as their common goal, 4 5 systematic review has revealed little good trial evidence support them (RMMacS, unpublished observations). We compared efficacy cosmetic results two …