Why is my dog's skin turning black in spots? How can I fix it?

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My girl has been having her skin turn black in areas. What can i do? There has to be a way to reverse this right? Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | spayed | 5 years and 10 months old | 85 lbs

Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

This is due usually to a chronic type of inflammation, which could be caused by yeast skin proliferation for example. I would recommend, first of all, in order to rule out skin parasites, to treat with a high quality flea treatment, then ask the vet to perform a skin scrape or similar skin tests - this might reveal an infection or a mite (or different type) infestation. If all of those came back negative, the next step is to consider allergies as possible causes. Three main type of allergies are usually affecting pets: food allergies, flea and parasite related ones and environmental type (allergens coming from trees, pollens, dust etc etc). Some medications can be given by the vet in order to repair any possible skin lesions (like steroids and antibiotics). Shampoo are porven to be quite effective in these cases and medicated ones (like Malaseb) can be prescribed. Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further. If this answer was helpful please let us know, this will be used to improve our service!

Why is my dog's skin turning black in spots? How can I fix it?

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