cat acne

[merril]

My cat Jasper has cat acne under his chin. I discovered this two weeks ago and he's been to the vet twice with it. Presently it involves this (step one-hibiciens is dabbed on a small piece of gauze and then applied to his chin (step two is wiping this off with a damp cloth (step three is to put a sterile glove on my hand and then apply neotopic-h lotion. This treatment is completed twice daily. I am not sure that this second attempt is working and I have to phone the vet on friday and see where we go from there. As earlier he had plastic bowls for eating from now I have bought the stainless steel variety. If anyone has any suggestions please forward thanks Jasper's mum.

[kuhio98]

Pepper gets chin breakouts every now and then. The vet didn't prescribe any medicine. He told us to get a warm, wet washcloth and hold it to her chin to steam open the pores. After a few minutes, gently rub it with the wash cloth to get all the black gunk off. Pepper actually enjoys it and will rest her chin on the warm washcloth.

[merril]

Thanks Lisa

I read your email with interest, thanks Lisa I will try the warm washcloth next. I will also inform our nz vet of this as an alternative treatment.
Merril

[moosmom]

My cat Maya Linn has chronic kitty acne. I squeeze the blackheads to get the gunk out, rub a warm washcloth to get rid of the black stuff, and then put 10% Benzoil Peroxide on it.

[saphira]

If you look down the list of threads you will see 'kitty exema' by Columbine and 'persian dirty face' by saphira. There are lots of tips there. My persian Yazzmyna has it and I have tried sooo many things and it is getting worse. The warm face cloth does help.I also gentry comb it with a flea comb and a little brush I was given from a hair frosting kit. I bleach and wash in hot water everything I use on her so as not to reinfect or spread it. Good luck.It is so hard to see our little kitty faces all black and sore.

[Catty1]

Moosmom and others...I have found blackhead removers similar to this even in dollar stores. One end has a larger hole than the other end. All you do is centre the blackhead in the hole, and press down. Amazing!

Might be easier on Maya Lynn?

I like the warm wet cloth idea. I was in a sauna ages ago - and rubbed my nose a lot - BOY were the pores clean afterwards!