Feline Acne?

[icatguy]

Originally Posted by laurief

I would not recommend using peroxide, however. Peroxide should never be used on compromised skin because it can retard healing

I have a cat that's prone to acne, and I agree with all the above advice, except I have to differ with Laurie's advice about peroxide. What she says is what I used to advise as well until I had a chance to discuss it with my vet and my vet advised me that I was wrong and that peroxide is actually BETTER specifically because it's LESS irritating. In fact, she had me use peroxide on Rocksie's infected spay incision when the incision was open and oozing, and it worked well to disinfect the area and promote localized surface healing.

So, a new day, a new approach, and now I also use peroxide on my acne-prone cat and my usual approach there is to apply it directly to the blackhead, and after a couple days treatment with the peroxide, the blackhead dries up and falls off, leaving a small wound that I put some anti-biotic ointment on and it heals rapidly.

[October]

Okay, thanks for the info. You don't have a picture of Rocksie's acne, do you?

[icatguy]

It was the other cat .... my queen grouch .... who gets the acne; I do think I have some pics; where they are off hand I don't know; they might be on the other computer; I'll see if I can find them.

[icatguy]

I spent some time looking for them; I'm sorry I couldn't find them. My computer situation is in flux and I think they might be archived, which would be difficult to get at right now.

[furryfriends251]

This is what Milo's acne looked like...

[katlover13]

When Charlie and Scottie had feline acne the vet told me to use Benzoil Peroxide on it. The same stuff that is an over the counter acne medication. She said it doesn't sting like Strydex does. It worked very well. I had been using the Strydex pads and the cats really hated it.

[kittywitty]

Will the cats get sick if they lick the peroxide, soap, etc?