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My dog has a growing scab on her head. What is it and is it serious?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | 3 years and 1 month old | 40 lbs

My dog had a scab for about a week on her head and it kept growing. She just picked it off and I’m not sure what it is/if it’s serious. I’ll attach a photo. Thank you in advance.

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Answered By Ricardo Fernandez, DVM

Veterinarian, Veterinary Oncology Resident

Published on November 26th, 2018

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! If you tried attaching a picture, it unfortunately did not. Please consider posting again with the pictures so that we can do our best to help you with this. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Best of luck!

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