Claire (Durban, South Africa) on 01/30/2015:
I used Benzac 5% (Benzoyl Peroxide) successfully for the second time on my 6 month greyhound x puppy. I noticed the first spot on her front right paw shortly before she got spayed. I should have fixed it before having her spayed but I wasn't sure that it was demodex at that point. Suffice to say shortly after spaying a few more spots appeared. From the time I noticed the first spot until I finally got to the shops for the benzac was about a month. In addition to applying benzac I put her on immune boosting supplements, vitamin C and flaxseed oil.
The trick is to watch each spot individually. Basically you're just trying to control the mites until the dog's immune system can kick in and sort out the problem. So my approach was to put benzac on each spot twice a day (and leave it on) until the skin redness went away. Bear in mind that the spots I was dealing with never got bigger than 1cm in diameter (1/2 inch). If you can't tell after a week whether there's an improvement, it might be the benzac causing the redness, so leave it for a day or two and then check again. It's taken about 6 weeks, but it looks like all of the spots are now growing hair back.
I take this route because all other options are toxic to the dog. Yes, even borax. With demodectic mange you are treating something caused by a problem in the immune system. You don't want to exacerbate this by adding poison to the mix.
Both the dogs I treated were mild cases - early detection helped, I'm sure. But both were 'generalised demodectic mange' they had spots in more than 5 places and on face and body. This treatment fixed them both.
Good luck!
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Alleena (Penrith, Nsw) on 02/08/2010:
Used this and gone in three days !!! View Entire Thread
Berenice (Monterrey, Mexico) on 03/10/2009:
Thank you very much for this recommendation. Clearasil (benzoyl peroxide) worked wonders on my little dachshund! I used 5% benzoyl peroxide clearasil, just one time and almost all mange has gone. The best part is not watching him scratching and suffering for it. View Entire Thread
Claire (Druban, South Africa) on 03/20/2008:
Ailment: Dermodectic mange on Amstaff pup. Cure: Benzyl Peroxide 5% cream (Acne cream).
My 6mnth old Amstaff pup developed dermodectic mange. At first just one spot on the top of her head, then moved to her cheek, eye and nose. Tried the conventional dip routine - didn't work, mite population wasn't decreasing after two weeks and the dip made the pup very drowsy and nauseous. Looked on this site and found the 'Acne cream cure'. I bought some from my local chemist - called 'Benzac' here. Applied it to the first spot on top of the head every day for a week. After two weeks the hair started growing back. Have since applied to all the bald spots and after approx two weeks of treatment, the hair is growing back on all the patches. She is also on homeopathic sulphur and immune boosters, but looking great.
Thanks for the advice!
James (Portsmouth, United Kingdom) on 09/29/2007:
Hi Our dog was on ivermectin and had become what I can only say as very depressed. He was also killing any plants in the garden he urinated on! I stopped the treatment as I believed ivermectin was worse than the mange. I found a remedy on this site Benzoyl Peroxide 5% gel, which you can get over the counter for Acne. I read some scientific study of this product for Mange and it has two affects. It opens the pours that the mites are living in and the product then kills the mites. After the first application we saw an immediate affect. My dog stopped biting and licking his paws. We carried on treating him for about a week, rubbing a small amount of the gel in to the affect areas. It all went ! It is amazing. The amount of time and money we have spent trying to treat him. I can't believe that an appalling product such as ivermectin is being used, when a small local application of benzoyl peroxide does the trick. If the mange ever comes back we just apply the gel and it goes. We have had the same tube for 6 months now, it is so economical (maybe another reason why vets don't recommend it!)
Mim (the Bahamas) on 03/01/2004:
5% Benzoyl peroxide gel, as in acne creams: Clearasil, Forstex, Cuticura, Pen Ocyl AQ 5. Rub in, starts to work immediately. Using on two month old puppy. Once a day. In two days the area around his eyes had cleared and the strip on his nose is fading. No hair loss. Early diagnosis helped.
