My horse cut his leg in February and I kept it wrapped and changed it every other day per vet instructions At one changing I used a steriod cream she gave me and the other I used Neosporine. It would not heal so I decided the first week of July to quit bandaging and after 12-24 hours there was a large proud flesh lump that protruded out of the opening. My guess is the bandaging fept the proud flesh flat so it wasn’t that noticable. I then hualed him to my regular vets clinic and he cut away the proud flesh and sutared what he could. It has been just over a week and it looks as though it is growing proud flesh again. I have been changing the bandage everyday spraying with granulex letting that dry then adding nolvassan. I have read about Equaide on the internet. No one around me carries it and it seems awfully expensive. Thanks in advance.
I used it several years ago on a foal with pressure sores. As they were healing, the proud flesh was becoming quite bad. The equaide took the proud flesh down and no more formed after I started using it. These were huge sores; they covered the front of one of his shins. They healed up well; all that was left was some white hairs at the site.
I ordered it online. It was expensive, but compared to having the proud flesh cut off, I think it was worth it for me.
FWIW, I’ve also heard WonderDust is very effective.
I bought Equaide online a few years ago when one of my mares had a small sore on the inside of one of her front legs that developed proud flesh. I had tried everything else for a few weeks (actually it might have been a full month!) and nothing seemed to take care of the proud flesh. Once I got Equaide I put it on her myself for about 3 days, and then had to leave town for a few days and told my trainer to continue to dress the wound. By the time I got back ALL of the proud flesh was gone and it was well on its way to being completely healed! :yes:
Yep, good luck with it here, too, with a hard-to-heal coronorary wound. Totally worth the $ by my experience.
One word to the wise, though: I once used it on a fresh cut on a forehead, thinking it would seal the wound. Well, it sealed it, all right. But this particular cut really needed to weep a little, and the whole area blew up because it couldn’t drain. So I would stick to lower legs and regions of poor circulation with Equaide!
I’ve also had good experiences using it on wounds that were starting to get proud fleshy or were just not healing with anything else.
Used it, LOVE it. Definitely the most effective and I had bought some very expensive cream online beforehand. If it’s not too big of an area you can buy little tester sized ones that are cheaper, doesn’t take a whole lot nor does it take long.
Absolutely love it. Even have testimonial pics on their website. As GoneAwayFarm mentioned, it actually has a warning to not use it on puncture wounds because it will close them too quickly and can possibly trap infection in there. I know she wasn’t using it on a puncture wound, but it’s something I wouldn’t start using until about a week out from the time the wound happened (unless it’s a puncture, then I wait much longer!).
I recently purchased equaide and I have a question that I can’t seem to get answered. When I wash her wound some of the gray will come off if I scrub it. Some will not. What comes off literally looks like a layer of skin grew overnight. Am I supposed to scrub this off entirely? Or just give a good washing and reapply? I called the company, no answer, I emailed no response yet… today makes day 4 applying equaide. Thanks in advance for your help!!
I’ve also had great results with this product. Don’t worry about any residual left in/on the wound, it doesn’t hurt anything. Don’t scrub off healthy new growth !
For proud flesh, go to grocery store and buy the meat tenderizer, any kind of the dry stuff by the spices, and then go to drug store and buy a cheap antibiotic ointment. Sprinkle the meat tenderizer on the proud flesh daily, slather some antibiotic ointment on top of it and do this daily till it heals. It works better than any $20 proud flesh medication I’ve ever bought.
My trainer started using Equaide on a leg wound. Healed it up beautifully! I had a cancerous tumor removed from above a horse’s eye. Three weeks later the vet performed the procedure again because the proud flesh popped the stitches. After that, I learned about Equiade and it was magical! Absolutely worth the price. I wish I would have known so the poor horse wouldn’t have needed surgery twice. We use Equiade on EVERYTHING now. I run a boarding facility and the boarders are grateful. I do intend to try the meat tenderizer and antibiotic cream idea. Thank you!
