Skin Lesion~ Anyone seen this?

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Starlit had a hard knot since late fall.  To me it was just the standard Lab knots that they all get.  I thought she was a little young ( 1 year old) to already be getting fatty tumors but thought nothing after that.   I noticed it changing a little and tried to get  a better look thinking it might be a tick or burr but in the end what I did was aggravate the lump.  (should have listened and left it alone)

Overnight the hard knot became a soft huge mass. From pea size to golf ball size.   We saw the vet and she took all her antibiotics.

It was hard to see under her coat, she clearly was uncomfortable so at the time~  just antibiotics.  There really wasn't much to see.

 

So I need a second ( or 50 more opinions) What do my DK friends think.  

She has lost all her hair around the area~~ way beyond where the wound was.   The surrounding skin is scaly.   The skin has a funny color.  Hard to describe and I certainly do not have a camera that will allow you the best view.   If you can see in close it is black shade around the hole.  Just tissue damage or something else?? 

 

What I am left with is a oozing hole.  Slow oozing but still........   I use Topical antibiotics now.  

Yeah, I know, go to the vet.  I did.  Okay.  But I want your opinion.  Ever seen this on a dog? Those of you in tick areas, does this look familiar?  Any ideas or is it just a bump gone bad? If your dog had a sebaceous cyst does this look familiar?

SCALY SKIN that goes way beyond the wound.   Also, where the heck is the hair?  It is all falling out

This is what I get out before I put the topical antibiotics on.  

UPDATE:

After that last day we saw 100% improvement.  It has healed over, still looks ugly but not active.  The scaling and hair loss is due to the fact that it killed or damage all the hair follicles around the area.  The scaling is going and there is pink skin only.  Raised area around the site is also gone and closed.   The day I posted this must have been the worst of the worst.  Figures!  I am really patient, it went on for a long time, finally post and..................  It gets better from then on.

COMMON is furry dogs, found in poodles, and expect more.  YES, we have several more going on.

As for that bald spot, well we can just glue some hair on for pictures if it does not grow back.  She has plenty.

 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Funny, that is exactly what my husband and I were saying yesterday.  We may have too.   Those hair follicles may be dead.  Who cares?  It looks gross enough that people may not want to touch her AND she HATES if people want to touch her!  Hates it. 

OR we could put on a cute tatoo of her brother Spud.  That might look good

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Boys like scars!  Just tell Starlit that Ned and Clancy think she is coooolllll.

[Bonnie and Kona]

Joanne, Our golden retriever was covered in sabaceous cysts toward the end of his years. He died this fall at age 13. Some of his would ooze. gross. sad. I would treat them and treat them, being sure to scrub the scab off and treat the area with neosporin. It was a full time deal. I hope that poor Starlit is not plagued by these things. She is so young!