Lucy Lu, a Golden Retriever, lost the hair on her chest to Alopecia X. After five months on the Dermagic system she had it back — and a year on, she still does.
A frustrating, miserable problem
One of the most common problems Dermagic resolves is hair loss — and one of the hardest skin conditions to treat in the conventional system. It’s miserable for the dog, frustrating for the owner, and many of the cases we hear about have been going on for a year or more before the owner finds us.
Lucy Lu is one of those.
Lucy Lu’s story, in her owner’s words
Lucy Lu — a Golden Retriever belonging to a man called Doug — had skin allergies, and over the course of more than a year had developed something worse. The hair on her chest began falling out. The skin underneath turned black and scaly. A classic presentation of Alopecia X.
Doug tried the conventional route first. From his email:
“Lucy Lu had and to some extent still has issues with skin allergies. Over a year ago she began to lose her chest hair and her skin became black and scaly. After visiting a dermatologist and trying over the counter medications, my quest for a natural and holistic remedy for her began due to the slow and perhaps non-resolving condition. After visiting your website and reading about Alopecia X I purchased your products for this condition.”
He started Lucy Lu on the full program: shampoo, Skin Rescue Lotion, and Cell Restoration Crème.
What four months looked like
About four months in, the change was clear:
“As you can see her skin is turning back to pink and not seen well is the ‘peach’ fuzz beginning to grow back. I did not mind sacrificing a few T-shirts for your program!”
The t-shirts are part of the protocol — they keep the lotion on the skin and stop the dog licking it off. Doug’s willingness to dedicate a few old t-shirts to Lucy Lu’s chest is, honestly, why this worked.
The skin was visibly turning back from black to pink. The first fuzz of new hair was growing through.
Six months in: full coat back
“After six months of closely following your program (the cream, lotion and shampoo) her chest hair has fully grown back and to date she has no remission to Alopecia X.”
Six months. Three Dermagic products used consistently — bath, lotion, crème. No steroids, no antibiotics, no immune suppression.
“If she were to pose prior to treatment one could detect that she had no coat on her chest. Now she proudly goes out in public with a full coat and is not embarrassed!”
Why this pattern is consistent
Lucy Lu isn’t a one-off. Thousands of dogs — and cats — have followed the same pattern with Alopecia X and hair loss linked to yeast and other skin conditions. The arc tends to be the same:
- First few weeks — itching settles, skin starts to feel less inflamed
- Around 2–3 months — skin begins to turn from black to pink, peach-fuzz appears
- 4–6 months — outer coat returns, the dog looks like themselves again
The reason it takes that long is that the underlying problem — usually a fungal or yeast invasion of the follicles — has to be cleared before the skin can rebuild. Topical work, twice a day, every day, for months. There’s no shortcut.
The system Lucy Lu was on
Three products, used together:
- Peppermint and Tea Tree Oil Shampoo (or the Skin Rescue Shampoo Bar) for bathing
- Skin Rescue Lotion massaged into the affected areas, twice daily at first, then daily
- Cell Restoration Crème as the new pink skin and fresh fur emerged
A soft t-shirt over the chest to keep the lotion in place and stop the licking. Patience.
If your dog is where Lucy Lu was
The same protocol works. The first thing to do is start the Skin Rescue Lotion on the affected areas and commit to the routine — twice a day at first, every day, for the long haul. The change starts within weeks and the full recovery takes months.
For a dog with widespread Alopecia X or hair loss, the four-product Dermagic system is the right starting point — it covers everything from the first bath through to the final crème on regrown skin.
For specific guidance on your dog’s case, email info@dermagic.eu or call 01624 829575.