Be honest with me - is this going too far??

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5. Pictures can be very helpful in clinical situations.

Pictures of the variations in the irritated area will show your vet exactly what you are seeing. Descriptions are very subjective and what looks really awful to you may not look as alarming to an experienced clinician. Picture worth a thousand words, and all that.

I must say that I did find it odd when moms started taking pictures of their babies’ poop if they had questions about it. I’d rather look at the real thing in a diaper than pictures. I’m not sure why, but the mental images of a photograph of poop would linger in my mind, but a peek at the contents of a diaper would not.