What do occults look like when they first form? Also in Vets

[jesterfaerie]

My fairly new horse has a occult sarcoid on his face and it has decreased in size since I got him in March with no treatment (vet said to leave it if it seems to be clearing up) and no previous treatment in his previous homes.
I am now wondering what they look like when they first start to form.
I have noticed a patch of black fur on his face that I havn't noticed before so beginning to worry that it may be the start of one. Thanks

 

[0ldmare]

It doesnt sound to me like thats the start of another occult sarcoid. It would be a little bald patch rather than hairy.

 

[SAL66]

What colour is your horse jesterfaerie?, my horse is bay and if he has a knock or in his case a bite and looses his hair, it does grow back black and then it seems to turn to bay.

I could be well off the mark, but when I purchased him he did have a small bald patch the size of a 5p and it remained hairless for weeks , it has now started to grow back and yes the hair is black, this should turn to bay soonish.

I must say that its doesn't sound like an occult sarcoid, I agree with Oldmare it looks like a bald patch not as a hairy mark.

Hope you get to the bottom of it.

 

[Ziggy_]

My chestnut mare has 2 occult sarcoids and they started as a patch of bald black skin if that helps?