Excessive oil production can lead to lesions and bumps, usually on your cat’s chin or lips. What is this? Allergies, flea bites, or other irritations can also bring on an attack of acne. A cat who is suffering from itchy skin due to allergies may look for relief by rubbing her face and chin.

Feline acne usually looks like small, black, dirt-like spots on the underside of your cat’s chin or on the edge of the lips. Your cat has sebaceous glands in these areas that help lubricate the skin and play a role in territorial marking.

Feline acne can subside on its own once you treat any contributing illnesses or imbalances. Wash the affected area daily using a gentle organic soap that does not contain artificial dyes or perfumes.

Signs of Feline Chin Acne If the blackheads become infected, swollen, inflamed bumps can appear, which may rupture and drain. Cats with chronic cases of acne may have hard, crusty lesions that are painful to the touch.

Apply Topical Treatments There are a number of topical treatments you can use to reduce the pain and itchiness of cat scabs. Treatments like topical steroid creams can help reduce itchiness and prevent scratching or biting at the site. You can get topical treatments over the counter or through your veterinary office.

Chin acne in cats is a poorly understood disorder of follicular keratinization. Keratinization refers to the overproduction of keratin, a protein found in the outer layer of skin. If this excess keratin is trapped in the hair follicle, comedones or ‘blackheads’ form.

Symptoms of Chin Acne in Cats. Many cats first present with a “dirty” chin with small black dots in between the hair follicles. That may be all that develops for some cats. For others, this can progress to swollen, red lumps that may or may not rupture and drain.

Other opportunistic bacteria could play a role in the development of the condition. Not just grooming products have been implicated. A dog whose coat had been clipped and the skin scrubbed during surgical prep developed furunculosis caused by S. marcescens. The chlorhexidine surgical scrub was contaminated.

Additional symptoms linked to skin rash in cats includes: 1 Papules. 2 Blisters. 3 Vesicles. 4 Thickening of the skin. 5 Dandruff. 6 (more items)

Most dogs are painful on presentation, especially in the back, neck, or tail. Clinical signs generally develop 24 to 48 hours after bathing, hand stripping, or traumatic brushing.