Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - I'm afraid that the fact is, that if the cause of dermatitis ("inflamed skin" - thats a description of a symptom, not a diagnosis) could be seen from a photo at a distance, and then a correct remedy looked up in a book or online, then there would be no need for vets (or doctors for that matter). The fact is, that many diseases look very similar on the outside. This one could be caused by parasites such as mites, by autoimmune disease, allergy, trauma eg self trauma in a response to toothache, or possibly related to neuropathy or even (but very rarely) cancers such as lymphoma. I cannot say that there is an infection from here; I have seen many things looking like this that have only been 'infected' by the bacteria existing on the skin normally; many evil-looking skin "infections" turn out not to need antibiotics. So, the best thing to do with this would be to let your vet examine the skin, to try to figure out the underlying cause and treat that.
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