Scaring made coat turn different colour

[Hormonal Filly]

My gelding had treatment for ringworm several weeks ago, its now all cleared up and treatment has stopped with the all clear from the vet.

The ringworm didn’t cause him to go bald, just hivey and lumpy with typical circular marks all over his bum and hind legs. The issue is… the hair where these circular marks were has grown back in a darker colour and these hairs are growing faster than the rest of his coat. He’s a bay, and the circular marked hairs are growing back almost completely black!

I re-clipped him yesterday to hope it would help (making all the hair the same length) but it looks no different at all. People stare at him on hacks, he almost looks part appaloosa. Doing a group flatwork lesson would be shameful as he quite literally looks riddled with ringworm.

Basically just asking, is there any products on the market that might help?

I really hope he’s not going to look like this forever.. please someone tell me his summer coat won’t grow through like it..

 

[milliepops]

is his summer coat a bit darker than the winter one? or is his winter coat looking a bit "tired" ? (mine are!) I wonder if it's just because it's new hair and he hasn't shed the old coat yet?

 

[Midlifecrisis]

As milliepops suggests..new hair growing in will be a different shade. All should be well after moulting and hair regrow this.

 

[ester]

Frank’s random bumps sort of do that and it resolves. Not so bad as this at least

 

[Hormonal Filly]

is his summer coat a bit darker than the winter one? or is his winter coat looking a bit "tired" ? (mine are!) I wonder if it's just because it's new hair and he hasn't shed the old coat yet?

No, the opposite, his summer coat is much lighter. He goes darker in winter, lighter in summer so these black hairs are freaking me out. Surprising his coat is shiny and looks lovely. He always sheds his winter coat a lot later than everyone else so don't think hes loosing it yet.. its also a different type of hair growing back. aaahhhh.

 

[Hormonal Filly]

Frank’s random bumps sort of do that and it resolves. Not so bad as this at least

Oh my... ahahaha. Thats almost made me feel better.. but looks more natural, mine has circles with the dot in the middle.

Maybe I could spray him brown prior to a lesson...

 

[Gloi]

I would expect that he will look normal again once he gets his full summer coat

 

[Otherwise]

You could use showing makeup for lessons if it concerns you that much, you might have to buy a couple of colours and blend them to get a good match but it should be fairly easy and if done well hardly noticeable.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Come the time he is in full summer coat the markings will be gone. Regrowth of winter hair is always darker. Your just going to have to put up with him looking a bit spesh for a while!

 

[pastit]

Maybe if you don't already, this would be a good time to put a bucket of multivitamins through him, since he's just had a fungal infection. It would give his skin and coat a boost for summer growth. I always use Equivite, but there are loads to choose from.

 

[ester]

FH I took you a pic today, yes I randomly clipped this patch to cream the manky bit/they tend to resolve with clipping and we don’t go anywhere

It doesn’t show up well but the bit on the middle is darker than the rest of him and if he’s fully clipped out he will look spotty

 

[Red-1]

I had this with one, a baby who had an unexplained rash, no fungal infection on scrapes, but a circular bald bit with a middle pimple that spewed pus. The vet said it was an allergy, but I am not so sure.

It took 2 years for the coat to grow back completely clear.