Dermatitis and pyoderma (causing irritation and infection) are commonly develop in dogs with
excessive skin folds.
Surgery to correct congenital defects such as stenotic nares, «screw - tail,» or
excessive skin folds such as facial folds or a recessed vulva
Facial fold dermatitis: an infection of the facial skin caused by unusual or
excessive skin folds (seen in dogs such as the Pekingese or Chinese shar pei).
Excessive skin folds are also associated with collagen disorders which can cause joint problems in puppies and older dogs
Not exact matches
Short - nosed dog breeds, such as Shih - tzu, Pekingese, Maltese, and pug, are prone to
excessive tearing because they often have shallow eye sockets or hair growth in
skin folds around the eyes that cause problems.
They are usually dogs with floppy ears (prone to chronic yeast infections),
excessive discharges or
skin folds, or infections secondary to chronic
skin allergies or demodectic mite infections.
Some of the factors that can lead to Malassezia dermatitis include moisture (as in dogs with
skin folds or floppy ears with narrow ear canals),
excessive waxy or scaly build - up (as in seborrhea), and allergic and bacterial
skin disease.
Excessive folds and sections of facial
skin are removed, and the eyelids tightened.
Some body types of dogs are prone to numerous and sometimes
excessive folds and wrinkles of the
skin.
Pekes have an
excessive amount of wrinkling on face; this can cause problems with
skin fold dermatitis,
skin irritations, and infections.
(Recurrence is more common in Chinese Shar Peis, due to the breed's
excessive facial
skin folds.)
Diagnosing vulvar
fold dermatitis Diagnosing
excessive vulvar
skin folds is very simple, but it could be overlooked if not being considered.
The constant friction of the
folds of the
excessive facial
skin rubbing against each other and any moisture that accumulates in the
folds is a breeding ground for bacteria and can cause severe itching, dermatitis and other
skin infections.
Prognathism predisposes to dental disease, while
excessive folding of the
skin, especially on the face, is associated with
skin fold dermatitis, muzzle acne, folliculitis, furunculosis, and eye conditions such as entropion, ectropion, and eversion of the third eyelid.
Skin fold dermatitis may occur at any site on the body where excessive skin wrinkling causes skin - on - skin contact, including the facial region of brachycephalic dogs or in skin folds around absent, short or screw - tails [
Skin fold dermatitis may occur at any site on the body where
excessive skin wrinkling causes skin - on - skin contact, including the facial region of brachycephalic dogs or in skin folds around absent, short or screw - tails [
skin wrinkling causes
skin - on - skin contact, including the facial region of brachycephalic dogs or in skin folds around absent, short or screw - tails [
skin - on -
skin contact, including the facial region of brachycephalic dogs or in skin folds around absent, short or screw - tails [
skin contact, including the facial region of brachycephalic dogs or in
skin folds around absent, short or screw - tails [
skin folds around absent, short or screw - tails [37].
Folds of
skin, tufts of hair and surfaces of bark are deeply scrutinized and rendered in exquisite, almost
excessive, detail so that the subjects can appear both familiar and unfamiliar.