Skin Rescue Lotion - 8 oz

My Pomeranian began losing his coat approximately two years ago, when he was 1.5 years old-- we first noticed it on his back legs, and over the next year the hair loss slowly crept up to his stomach. I took him to our vet, who suspected alopecia. I then took him to a dermatology specialist who confirmed Alopecia X by taking a skin biopsy and sending it to a lab in Tennessee. I was told there wasn't anything I could do to treat it, but that it wouldn't hurt him.I had read about DERMagic online and decided to give it a try. I started it in October of 2023, only applying it to his bald spots on his stomach. At first I didn't think it was working. Two months later (middle of December) his skin suddenly became really flakey and much to my shock new hair started to sprout.At that point his bald spots began to move up toward his chest and sides, and so I "chased" them with the DERMagic lotion, still spot-treating. In hindsight this prolonged his treatment and I would have been much better off clipping him short right and applying it all over when I first started treatment in October (as DERMagic recommends on their website). Instead, I held off on clipping him short until March (picture on red rug), and that's when his hair loss really accelerated on his sides and back (picture on pink rug). It wasn't pretty, but you can see the healthy new hair coming in on his stomach and chest (picture wearing a tie).His coat finished growing in through July, and as of today he still has only a little tiny bit left to grow near his tail (last two photos). I had stopped applying the DERMagic due to traveling, etc, but have recently started applying it again to that area, and it's already filling in. Overall his coat is as silky and thick as it was before and consists of both an undercoat and guard hairs. To say his groomer and vet are absolutely shocked by the results would be an understatement!Helpful tips for DERMagic: Consider clipping short and applying all over right from the get-go. I also started him at twice-a-day per their recommendation, but eventually decreased to once every 2-3 days as his skin became more flakey and irritated. It's helpful to have "puppy pajamas" (scored some from Target and Petco around the holidays) or a onesie to use overnight to help contain the lotion and the flakes.Other things that may have helped: I started him on a raw diet (Stella and Chewy's dehydrated patties, which he LOVES) although he was previously on a very high quality kibble recommended by his breeder. He has always been itchy, and so I also started him on Apoquel in the middle of December, right around the same time his new hair started coming in. He gets fish oil on his food every morning and melatonin 2x a day with his meals (we started melatonin back when his hair loss first started and it didn't seem to do anything, but we're too nervous to stop now).Overall we're thrilled that he is no longer shivering and has his beautiful coat back!

For dogs w/ severe skin issues please read: I purchased this stuff and am not being paid to comment. THAT is how sold I am on this.I hv a 5 yr old blue doberman with the mutation that causes alopecia (or so i thought). Since the age of 2.5 he began to lose the fur on his flanks and by age 3.5 he was bald with a few longer hairs here and there all over his neck back flanks chest and it started moving up his neck. Saw vets who only wanted to gv him steroids and meds. Tried melatonin. Tried premium raw foods. Had his bloodwork done—all normal. Nothing helped. His skin was covered in little pustules and open wounds constantly since he had no fur to protect it and he was plagued w yeasty skin issues. Tried other anti yeast regimens—nope.On a whim I gave this a shot after reading it helped people with dogs that had black skin disease—pretty similar to his issues. It is a pain in the butt to treat a dog with severe hair loss because the stuff makes him sticky and you need to treat them for awhile but it appears to be working. After 4 weeks of treatment you can see in the photos he now has TINY velvety fur poking thru all over his body. That has never happened before so Im highly encouraged to continue to see if he grows his fur back.How did I do it? Im starting week 5 and hv only used 1 bottle of the lotion and 1/2 jar of the cream. Just bought more of both. For first two weeks I did twice daily full body treatments with this cream (smeared it all over him)—yucky—and put a tshirt on him full time. Smells like rosemary and tea tree oil. Alot better smelling than his corn chip smelling yeasty skin. Third week i started w a morning application of the Dermagic Cell Restorative Cream (lil in hands then patted it in lightly but thoroughly all over) and evenings I use this Dermagic lotion. Im continuing this protocol till I see his fur growth progress. Then I will switch to just once daily Cell Rest. Lotion that Im using in the mornings now.Super excited. He is more comfortable, his pustules are way less severe—not nearly as many—w/no open sores. He isn't constantly itching also. Plus instead of wasting money on vet treatments that don’t work, this is waaaay cheaper overall AND it appears to be working.If your dog has severe skin issues, don’t bother trying this if you aren’t willing to do daily treatments for awhile. Not sure how well it would work if you don't stick to it until fur is regrown. It seems to be working tho and I’d rather use this on him than subject him to costly treatments and meds that dont work.Will try to update as his fur growth progresses.