Does it actually help regrow coats? My gelding has a couple bald patches in his coat that I’d like to regrow.
Does MTG actually work faster than just waiting for regrowth or any other products? How quickly have people seen results?
I saw something on their marketing materials that said 3 days but that seems too good to be true!
Mtg is sulfur in oil. Nothing topical makes hair grow faster. Mtg may sooth or treat the underlying condition cause of the problem like a fungus.
I have also “seen”, on forums, MTG cost a few folks vet bills because their horse(s) had bad allergic reactions to it.
The only good I find for MTG is rubbing into the bottom of the tail and lightly into the fetlock hair to deter the ticks — they evidently do not like the bacon smell of it:)
No it does not help grow coat… please don’t use it, I have heard of severe burns from it, especially on pink skin that’s out in the sun.
Do you know what caused the bald spots? The best way to treat the problem it to find out what caused it and treat that… a healthy coat comes from the inside out. Diet is a huge influence when it comes to skin issues.
Agree with others on MTG, while it works for some, when it doesn’t it can get expensive.
There are other options that don’t cause this reaction.
Hair regrowth is facilitated by healthy skin through diet and grooming. I like to put a very thin smear of Vaseline to make sure the skin stays moisturized for a spot that’s fully healed.
Man that stuff just needs to be banned. It burns so many horses 
There are FAR safer things that do as good or better a job.
3 days will never regrow hair. 3 days is stubble.
The cheapest and simplest would be rubbing some Vit E oil on it daily, just to keep the skin softer which is what helps hair grow to its potential, rather than being retarded by dry crusty skin.
Man I wish there were a grow-hair-quick potion. My gelding’s face loves a good game of bitey face, and apparently he isn’t very good at it. Most of his little scrapes and nicks are long healed, but show no signs of producing hair. And of course he’s a grey!
IME, MTG burns horses when it’s in direct sunlight. So if it’s a cloudy/ rainy week and you’re applying it to the girth area or belly, you’re fine. But if it’s sunny and you’re applying it to their back, it’ll burn them. If I apply it at all, I apply it in the evening just to be safe.
Bald spots caused by too much rough housing in the pastures and no sense of self preservation. If there’s something I can feed to fix that from the inside out I’m willing to pay big bucks for it! 
I used to have one of those… he finally grew up 
What’s the diet now? I find that flax (or vitamin E) along with additional copper and zinc really help to keep the skin healthy… you can moisturize the skin… honestly I think this is why people think MTG works is because it moisturizes but that stuff really needs to be taken off the shelves. Oh I see that there is now an MTG Plus… with a light herbal smell LOL probably makes it smell worse. That’s like trying to cover up skunk with cologne. It just smells like a skunk wearing cologne.
MTG is the bomb for hair growth! The material says grows up to 3” a month. The 3 days part is for healing skin issues. It’s been around for about 80 years and I know my friends in UK and Europe use it. I agree with patch testing for sensitivity first and not using in direct sunlight as it’s an oil. I think their website has before and after pics of regrowth.
I’m also a big fan of MTG, so I really hope JB doesn’t succeed in getting it banned. 
I use if for sweet itch every summer, and it does a wonderful job of preventing those awful, itchy little scabs. I don’t know if it really regrows hair directly, but it certainly conditions skin and prevents crud just beautifully, which, I’m sure, contributes to successful regrowth.
If your horse burns easily, of course it makes sense to be careful with anything that might increase photosensitivity - some essential oils, for example. You can always spot test, or even look up the ingredients online.
I just hate it because it will randomly burn horses who aren’t in the sun and didn’t have it slathered all over them, and there are products that do the job as well without burning.
I’ve never had a problem, but I’ll keep that in mind.
I myself want to ban trendy, worthless, outrageously over-priced supplements that "may help with blahblahblah . . . " so there you go.
yes… lots of those unfortunately.
For horses and people alike! Seems like half the YouTube ads I see are for phony “cleanses” with magical, cosmic properties, and some ruinously expensive, completely useless, “fat-burning” shit with apple cider vinegar in it.
And yes, I’m VERY salty about this.
See, this …
…is how I see MTG.
It *may" help, but it may also cause other or worse problems leading to outrageously pricey vet bills.
Yes. It’s one thing to be useless and just a waste of $$. It’s another to have a relatively significant risk of harm and cost more $, or at least cost time.
I’ve used MTG on many dozens of horses for over 40 years and have never had one have a reaction. Of course I do what the bottle says and patch test first as sulphur can cause reactions. I did have one horse get a little swollen in area of patch test so didn’t use on that horse. Otherwise no problem. It is oil so common sense is don’t put it on if it goes out in sun before it is absorbed. Like baby oil on people and sun I guess.
I think I’m suffering from lockdown, but I read this whole thread as being how Margery Taylor Greene is good for fixing bald patches, and I just crack up!
Like reading fortune cookie fortunes with… in bed
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