Modified curettage technique for molluscum contagiosum.

Molluscum contagiosum is a frequently occurring, virally induced cutaneous condition that affects infants, children, and adults. Although historically considered a self-limiting entity, many patients experience prolonged infections, often resistant to varied therapeutic interventions. Topical treatments achieve complete clearance in only a limited number of patients. Because of the associated pain, affected children are characteristically uncompliant to commonly used destructive modalities. We describe a modification of the traditional curettage technique to remove lesions of molluscum contagiosum, which has proven to be effective and well tolerated by a significant number of patients in our practice.