Well, actually, my pubic area just where the hair starts to get thin. My dick was spared from the assault, but I needed to get your attention somehow.
Read All About It
Molluscum is a highly benign, non-problematic condition that is in the 'kind of a sexually transmitted disease' category. You know how all the girls in junior high school got mono from the same water fountain? Well, it's the same thing here. Apparently according to Wikipedia and the rest of the internets you can get it from dirty razors and whatnot as well as from that two bit trick from the club. Furthermore, strapping up won't help you if she's got it, as it spreads from skin to skin contact like a real man's STD. So shave with clean razors and rawdog because it ain't no thang (but inspect the goods first).
As a counterpoint, kids also can get molluscum from other kids, and you can get it on places that aren't your genital region. The wikipedia article has a picture of molluscum on a fat lady's arm, the kind of fat lady you'd imagine delicioustacos writing about.
It has two things bad about it:
1) It looks like fucking hell. Dimply little bumps on the skin, usually a bit reddish (mine were). You don't want anything shady in the crotchal region, and they're pretty visible.
2) It takes forever to go away. Your immune system can take as long as a year or more to clear out the virus from your system.
However, there are upsides to it as well. (Well, as many upsides as you can give a pseudo-STD.)
1) It does absolutely nothing. You don't get sick, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't break out into scabs and pus. You don't get aliens bursting out of your chest. It's incorrect to call it the common cold of STDs because it's less unpleasant than a cold, until you have to explain to an HB9 who's blowing you what those funny bumps on your groin are. She's probably not going to believe it's herpes because she's never seen herpes before, and you probably don't want to admit it if you have.
2) It does go away on its own. Your immune system takes a long time in ramping up to eliminating it, but if you're in some self-imposed dry spell, you can just chill and let it go away on its own. In fact, Planned Parenthood even advised as such. Frankly, I don't like my junk looking like a candy speckled showcase, so I'd rather take proactive steps.
3) Again - it can't be stressed enough - it does literally NOTHING to you or to your prospective victims.
If I had to choose an STD at gunpoint, I'd take molluscum over HPV. It's seriously a nothing STD.
Well, then, if that's the case, why does my di... genital region look like a warzone?
Planned Parenthood sold me a cream for $200ish, and so far I've been unimpressed with the results. I'm working on an athletic HB8 right now and am in kind of a hurry to get back into the game, so I decided to try and remove it instead.
Molluscum is basically a series of tiny little waxy spheres just underneath your skin that house the molluscum virus. The virus isn't in your blood or bodily fluids like herpes or AIDS, it's just sitting in your body in its own little spaceship. The wax head looks like a pimple. The difference is that a regular pimple will usually have gooey or at least pasty pus, but molluscum will have a tiny solid core instead. Remove the waxy spheres, and you've removed that instance of the virus. Remove all the waxy spheres, and you're clean as a whistle.
The Ancient Way
Be advised that the procedure will require rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide (both for sterility), a needle, tweezers, and a shitload of napkins. I had a gruesome pile of bloody paper towels next to where I was sitting when I was done.
First, be sure that you are dealing with molluscum. A few good indicators for molluscum is a 2-7 week incubation period - so it won't show up overnight. When it shows up, you'll have persistent little pimples that don't hurt and don't go away after a week. If your little pimples haven't popped and started aching and oozing pus after two weeks, congratulations! It's not herpes.
The waxy bubble will sit near the surface of your skin, and you will actually pull it out one way or another. The article advises puncturing the pimple-like structure with the needle first before pulling the wax head out with tweezers. From my experience, I believe that this is better with larger pimples than smaller ones; I had the unfortunate luck to have many small pimples rather than several large ones. It would have been much easier with just a few big ones.
I tried a few methods, but none worked so well with the smaller pimples than just giving them a deep squeeze with the tweezers. The waxy head is significantly more dense than the thin surface of your skin, so give it a tug and it will pop right through your skin. You'll get the hang of it after about five tries. Sometimes the wax head will come up without even any blood on it. If you punctured a pimple and can't find the wax head,
My procedure took about two and a half hours. I had a lot of tiny pimples to visit and tried to do a one-pass job. A few things to note:
1) Despite being fairly minor, molluscum is serious business and is highly contagious. It has 'contagiousum' in its species name, for Christ sake. Be very careful with your instruments, and dip them in rubbing alcohol regularly. I wiped then dipped both my needle and my tweezers back into the rubbing alcohol after every pull.
2) After I was done, I rubbed down with hydrogen peroxide first. Several applications of hydrogen peroxide had left my wounds rather irritated and fleshy. I will have to examine the healing tomorrow morning. After the peroxide, I applied a coating of Bactine, then folded up a napkin to cover the area and tucked it into my briefs. I will investigate the healing progress and be sure to take care of it over the next few days.
3) Pulling the wax heads out is kind of interesting. Almost like fixing your own car.
4) I'm typing this just minutes after I completed the initial pull, so, results to follow I guess.
Molluscum is a pretty minimal and non-problematic disease, but any malfeasance on the genital region should not be tolerated, both for your own comfort and that of your lucky lady. Get diagnosed officially before you try anything, but according to the internet, you have a fix right in your own medicine cabinet.
Read All About It
Molluscum is a highly benign, non-problematic condition that is in the 'kind of a sexually transmitted disease' category. You know how all the girls in junior high school got mono from the same water fountain? Well, it's the same thing here. Apparently according to Wikipedia and the rest of the internets you can get it from dirty razors and whatnot as well as from that two bit trick from the club. Furthermore, strapping up won't help you if she's got it, as it spreads from skin to skin contact like a real man's STD. So shave with clean razors and rawdog because it ain't no thang (but inspect the goods first).
As a counterpoint, kids also can get molluscum from other kids, and you can get it on places that aren't your genital region. The wikipedia article has a picture of molluscum on a fat lady's arm, the kind of fat lady you'd imagine delicioustacos writing about.
It has two things bad about it:
1) It looks like fucking hell. Dimply little bumps on the skin, usually a bit reddish (mine were). You don't want anything shady in the crotchal region, and they're pretty visible.
2) It takes forever to go away. Your immune system can take as long as a year or more to clear out the virus from your system.
However, there are upsides to it as well. (Well, as many upsides as you can give a pseudo-STD.)
1) It does absolutely nothing. You don't get sick, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't break out into scabs and pus. You don't get aliens bursting out of your chest. It's incorrect to call it the common cold of STDs because it's less unpleasant than a cold, until you have to explain to an HB9 who's blowing you what those funny bumps on your groin are. She's probably not going to believe it's herpes because she's never seen herpes before, and you probably don't want to admit it if you have.
2) It does go away on its own. Your immune system takes a long time in ramping up to eliminating it, but if you're in some self-imposed dry spell, you can just chill and let it go away on its own. In fact, Planned Parenthood even advised as such. Frankly, I don't like my junk looking like a candy speckled showcase, so I'd rather take proactive steps.
3) Again - it can't be stressed enough - it does literally NOTHING to you or to your prospective victims.
If I had to choose an STD at gunpoint, I'd take molluscum over HPV. It's seriously a nothing STD.
Well, then, if that's the case, why does my di... genital region look like a warzone?
Planned Parenthood sold me a cream for $200ish, and so far I've been unimpressed with the results. I'm working on an athletic HB8 right now and am in kind of a hurry to get back into the game, so I decided to try and remove it instead.
Molluscum is basically a series of tiny little waxy spheres just underneath your skin that house the molluscum virus. The virus isn't in your blood or bodily fluids like herpes or AIDS, it's just sitting in your body in its own little spaceship. The wax head looks like a pimple. The difference is that a regular pimple will usually have gooey or at least pasty pus, but molluscum will have a tiny solid core instead. Remove the waxy spheres, and you've removed that instance of the virus. Remove all the waxy spheres, and you're clean as a whistle.
The Ancient Way
Be advised that the procedure will require rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide (both for sterility), a needle, tweezers, and a shitload of napkins. I had a gruesome pile of bloody paper towels next to where I was sitting when I was done.
First, be sure that you are dealing with molluscum. A few good indicators for molluscum is a 2-7 week incubation period - so it won't show up overnight. When it shows up, you'll have persistent little pimples that don't hurt and don't go away after a week. If your little pimples haven't popped and started aching and oozing pus after two weeks, congratulations! It's not herpes.
The waxy bubble will sit near the surface of your skin, and you will actually pull it out one way or another. The article advises puncturing the pimple-like structure with the needle first before pulling the wax head out with tweezers. From my experience, I believe that this is better with larger pimples than smaller ones; I had the unfortunate luck to have many small pimples rather than several large ones. It would have been much easier with just a few big ones.
I tried a few methods, but none worked so well with the smaller pimples than just giving them a deep squeeze with the tweezers. The waxy head is significantly more dense than the thin surface of your skin, so give it a tug and it will pop right through your skin. You'll get the hang of it after about five tries. Sometimes the wax head will come up without even any blood on it. If you punctured a pimple and can't find the wax head,
My procedure took about two and a half hours. I had a lot of tiny pimples to visit and tried to do a one-pass job. A few things to note:
1) Despite being fairly minor, molluscum is serious business and is highly contagious. It has 'contagiousum' in its species name, for Christ sake. Be very careful with your instruments, and dip them in rubbing alcohol regularly. I wiped then dipped both my needle and my tweezers back into the rubbing alcohol after every pull.
2) After I was done, I rubbed down with hydrogen peroxide first. Several applications of hydrogen peroxide had left my wounds rather irritated and fleshy. I will have to examine the healing tomorrow morning. After the peroxide, I applied a coating of Bactine, then folded up a napkin to cover the area and tucked it into my briefs. I will investigate the healing progress and be sure to take care of it over the next few days.
3) Pulling the wax heads out is kind of interesting. Almost like fixing your own car.
4) I'm typing this just minutes after I completed the initial pull, so, results to follow I guess.
Molluscum is a pretty minimal and non-problematic disease, but any malfeasance on the genital region should not be tolerated, both for your own comfort and that of your lucky lady. Get diagnosed officially before you try anything, but according to the internet, you have a fix right in your own medicine cabinet.
Check out my occasionally updated travel thread - The Wroclaw Gambit II: Dzięki Bogu - as I prepare to emigrate to Poland.
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