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What to do for my dog's red, swollen elbow calluses from lying?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Great Dane | Male | neutered | 4 years and 4 months old | 140 lbs

Hello, my great dane has red warts swollen warts on his elbows from laying on the floor. What should we do?

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 13th, 2020

This is a common area for callus formation and acne to form as well. I have had great success using a product on my patients called Biobalm by Dermoscent. You can purchase this online quite easily. Use this for the next few months and hopefully it will help! Sometimes a steroid cream is needed as well to relieve any inflammation. A steroid spray such as Well & Good Hydrocortisone spray, which can be found at your local Petco, may help as well. I hope this helps!

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