Does my recently spayed Lab's stomach skin and nipples look healthy?

Changes in skin color to a black pigment are often due to hyperpigmentation, which occurs secondary to chronic inflammation or irritation. The most common cause of this would be allergies (or atopy). Allergies usually show up between the ages of 2-4 years, so Pearl is right at that age. I recommend touching base with your vet to discuss if they think it's appropriate to start Pearl on an allergy treatment. Hope this helps! Here's a bit more information on allergy management if you're interested! https://www.petcoach.co/article/9-common-treatments-for-allergies-in-pets/

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! The incision looks like it is healing well so I would not be concerned about those dark spots. Those could be normal pigmentation changes. As long as the incision continues to look like it is healing, there is no need to recheck her. Good luck and best wishes!

If the darkened skin appeared around where she had a spay incision, it may be that the tissue darkened some during the healing process, she naturally had some darker patches that weren't visible before shaving the area, or you are seeing the spay scar from the incision itself, especially if it was done recently. If the area is bothersome to Zeytin, or is very itchy or rapidly changing in appearance, that could indicate something such as a brewing infection or allergy that should be checked out by your vet.

Sometimes you can see these masses that are almost like extra, under developed teats. I recommend to as your vet if they think that's what these are. Now that you know about the masses, monitor them closely for any changes, benign lesions will stay the same and not change. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

Hi and thanks for your request. This could be due to a very mild skin inflammation due to a superficial infection. Disinfection for 4-5 days with a product like hibiscrub diluted 1:10 with water will help to sort the problem out.

That may be just normal pigmentation changes. If the skin feels, or looks rougher than normal, if there are scabs or if she itches those areas then I would be more concerned. I hope this was helpful!

Poor girl, that doesn't look very comfortable. I'd recommend wiping the areas of with hydrogen peroxide once (avoiding the incision for her spay), and then putting her in a baby onsie (maybe two) in addition to an e-collar. The onsie is to protect her a skin if she tries to scratch. If it's looking worse instead of better after 24 hours, I'd recommend taking her back to the vet to see if she need antibiotics. Itching or licking damages skin, which allows normal bacteria on the surface to set up a mild infection, and sometimes the immune system can clear it up if the itching stops, but sometimes oral or topical medications are required.