? Chin Acne

[babyg]

Hi, everyone,

My girl has been getting what looks like black specks on her chin, and I think one of them got infected because it's like a red pimple looking bump. Her chin gets wet a lot when she drinks her water. I've tried changing her bowls (plastic, stainless steel, now ceramic... may try glass next) and am washing her bowl every day. What would you all recommend to clean her chin with? I've read about witch hazel with aloe, or using peroxide. All I have here currently is rubbing alcohol or hypo allergenic cat wipes. I saw on Amazon these chin acne brushes and that there are different medicated wipes available, but then I read you don't want to pick at it. Wondering what you guys have used to treat chin acne at home.
Thanks!

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

Two of my cats have had chin acne their whole lives. Changing all their bowls and their water fountain from plastic to stainless steel and glass helped a lot, but they still get it occasionally (mostly when they eat gravy type foods, or when the allergic one eats something she shouldn't). I have been using this shampoo and it works amazing: the hardest part is keeping the cat with a shampooed chin on your lap for 8-10 minutes! I use a cotton ball to wet and then to rinse the chin, dry with a clean towel, and repeat twice a week when in crisis, one every couple of weeks for maintenance. It works wonders (actually flushes the follicles where all the bacteria and excess sebum accumulate).

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

Also once the inflammation has gone down a bit, you can start combing her chin with a flea comb. You start from the throat and comb forward towards the end of the chin, and it pulls up all the little specks of dry sebum from the fur.
You definitely want to wait until you've shampooed a few times to do that though, as it would probably not help if it's already angry.
I tried witch hazel in the past but never had any luck with it. I also tried chlorhexidine wipes, and they worked okay but smelled gross, and I felt bad for imposing that on my poor cats. All in all, shampoo has worked best and been the easiest for us.

 

[babyg]

Also once the inflammation has gone down a bit, you can start combing her chin with a flea comb.

Thanks, I picked up a flea comb today.

 

[babyg]

I have been using this shampoo and it works amazing: the hardest part is keeping the cat with a shampooed chin on your lap for 8-10 minutes!

Thanks for the recommendation. Reading online about the shampoo and looks like it has a lot of really good reviews.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

I have successfully used Stridex or equal pads. The active ingredient is 2% salicylic acid