Do cat chin acne spots go away on their own?
Feline acne often requires changing food and water bowls, as plastic ones can harbor bacteria. Owners frequently wonder if the bumps clear up independently or need active treatment to prevent worsening.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Switching from plastic food and water bowls to stainless steel or ceramic
- 2Washing bowls and the cat's chin regularly
- 3Applying chlorhexidine on the chin with a pad when it gets bad
- 4switching from plastic bowls to stainless steel or ceramic bowls
- 5washing and disinfecting bowls more frequently
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Any idea what that could be?”source ↗
“My cat was getting similar spots and the vet said it was acne.”source ↗
“Thanks I'll definitely get him new bowls and btw am I supposed to treat his acne or does it go away on its own?”source ↗
“I have normal plastic bowls that the vet sold me on my first visit a few months ago, it's my first time adopting a cat so Idk if plastic bowls are bad”source ↗
“I clean the water bowl about once every 3 days and the food bowl about once every 5 days”source ↗
Where this came up
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