Hi everyone I'm new to this form. I have 2 gorgeous female chocolate labs, Fuggles who is 9 and Liquorice who is 6. Recently poor Lickey was attacked by another dog, which had her whole head in its mouth! She seemed to escape relatively unscathed, but about a week later a 10p sized piece of hair came out at the top of her head, revealing some scabbing and a bit of pus. This cleared up with disinfectant cream. However the scar has remained, with thick, rough skin and no sign of hair regrowth as yet. Will the hair grow back and is there anything I can put on to help it? Thanks in advance for any help.
Hi Roose, welcome to the forum! The only experience I have is of Tick bites which often leave a small bald patch, but always regrow fine. Same with a small skin biopsy site that got infected. I would expect they should heal fine. Love your dog names! jac
Thanks Jac. Fuggles is after a hop type, coz one of her relatives was called Winter Warmer, which is a beer. And Liquorice was meant to be a sensible black lab but she muscled in at the breeders and my son had to have her! Both labs are bonkers, but in different ways!
Hi there! My pooch had a staph infection on his nose and almost all the hair grew back except for one tiny patch. It's not too noticeable, though, and probably if it was on a part of the body where the hair wasn't so short and thin it would be covered up completely.
Hi Roose and welcome. My black lab cut her leg badly a while ago and the hair has never grown back on part of her scar. The vet prescribed a tube of Manuka honey to aid the healing, so maybe there's something you could apply to the rough patch. At least she won't be able to lick anything off the top of her head!
My boy was nipped on the side of his muzzle when he was a few months old. Hair has never grown back. He's a white yellow Lab with dark skin pigment so it's obvious - to me at least! I didn't think at the time to apply anything. But I'm guessing keeping the skin supple and clean might help? Perhaps your vet can recommend a particular cream? My first choice would be udder cream - lanolin and chlorohexidine. @drjs@5 If the skin is devoid of hair follicles, can they grow back?
Hmm I wouldn't think so. But thinking of alopecia areata where the skin is totally smooth and hair growth subsequently occurs......although the that is an autoimmune process. I guess it depends on how bad any scarring is at the end of the day.
