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Molluscum Contagiosum (cont.)

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The overall prognosis is excellent. Spontaneous cure is the rule in people who have intact immune systems, but the process may take months or even years.

  • Individual lesions may last two to four months, and the development of new lesions by autoinoculation is common.

  • Most cases go away by themselves in six to 12 months.

  • Those cases that last for years typically occur in people with impaired immune systems.

  • Reinfection can occur.
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