Name: Does cantharidin provide any benefits over other treatments for molluscum contagiosum?
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Description: Does cantharidin provide any benefits over other treatments for molluscum contagiosum?

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Verrica YCANTH November 2023

MD, FAAD, FAAP

Does cantharidin provide any benefits over other treatments for molluscum contagiosum?

Warts And Molluscum

You. There are a variety of recognized therapies for molescom contagiosum other than benign, active nonintervention, in which you do not treat molescom as potential therapies offered typically by primary care physicians. The treatments that we do as dermatologists can either be of physical modality or chemical modality. In the pediatric population, the physical modalities such as cautery, laser, liquid nitrogen, basically scraping and burning, those tend to not be tolerated well in children, and so we often resort to chemical therapies. There have been many studies with other chemicals, such as amiquamod retinoids. Many that come to us have already tried unfruitfully, some over the counter therapies. But of all of them, my favorite go to is contheridin, because in general, that is the therapy that is regarded as painless and well tolerated in the children.

Does cantharidin provide any benefits over other treatments for molluscum contagiosum?

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