Hot Spots! - Penny's Story

Penny

Canine, Hound Mix

6 years old

Hot spot with hair loss

Penny first came to us with a hot spot on her tail in December 2014. Her owners had changed her diet recently and had been using an over-the-counter topical flea preventative.

Initially, we started her on a course of antibiotics to take care of the infection, and some steroids to alleviate inflammation and itching.
Penny's lesion healed over the few weeks she was on medications, but once the meds had run out, her hot spot started to come back. Penny began another course of medications, and unfortunately the lesion came back again after completion.

At that point, it was recommended that her owners change her back to her original poultry diet - to rule out food allergies. We also wanted to make sure that Penny was on a really good parasite preventative to rule out flea allergies. We recommended topical Revolution as Penny had a history of tummy-upset when taking Trifexis.

We also started cold-laser therapy to help heal Penny's hot spot faster - click here to check out the benefits of cold-laser therapy. One week, and six laser treatments later, Penny's hot spot was healed! Now Penny is happy and healthy with no lesions!

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