Can you have Molluscum without HIV? I had protected sex with sex worker and developed what I feel was it on my right forearm just below my elbow. It went away in about a week or two and havn't had it since. I've read it has no direct connection with HIV but also it can be related. I had negative HIV test 6 months out but can't let that go. This molluscum has brought the scare right back. Could it have been passed to me through a massage or table shower? I read it is skin to skin contact. Once you have it, do you have it for life?