Dogs Lips Losing Colour

teddysmum

Not quite the same thing, but some dogs' black noses go brown; sometimes seasonally and sometimes permanently.

Lequirk_2

cavework wrote: »

What type of feeding bowl are you using ?
Plastic Dish Nasal Dermatitis

This is a localized form of depigmentation that affects the nose and lips. It is caused by eating out of plastic and rubber dishes that contain the chemical p-benzylhydroquinone. This chemical is absorbed through the skin and inhibits the synthesis of melanin, the substance that produces dark pigment in the skin. The involved skin may also become irritated and inflamed.
Treatment:The problem can be corrected by switching to glass, ceramic, or stainless steel bowls for all the dog’s food and water.


Check with your vet anyway just to be safe. What a beautiful dog .. we also have a Chocky
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That's very interesting to me. As it happens, my old and now deceased dog, did eat and drink from a plastic type food-bowl. Our current bundle of joy is much larger and eats and drinks from stainless steel bowls and she doesn't have any discolouration/pigmentation changes around the mouth/muzzle area.