Think I came face across my first 'meth face' yesterday.

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dennilfloss

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Hey... What do I know? I just never heard of a crack face, that's all. All I'm aware regarding crack is the emaciation. I know it can mess up one's life as the dealers are hooking homeless folks in the neighborhood on that shit and it is ruining their life indeed. If you say crack can cause such sores too, I have no reason not to believe you. :)
 

stargazr

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Can meth affect a person's face in just a few months?

Yes, lack of sleep and food will degrade health. If you really want to know if meth is involved see if her lights are on consistently in the dead of night :sneaky:
 

tcsenter

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There are other things that can cause sores, mood changes, and altered status. Seen people with kidney disease/failure or received transplants that developed several sores on their face or neck, looked gaunt or lost a lot of weight, and could be in a foul mood because the meds (or just because they felt like shit).
 
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Wyndru

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I know it's not funny, but I always laugh when I see this picture from that faces of meth page.

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Meth addicts get fucked up faces because they engage in what is known as "picking". People who do this are known as "pickers". If you don't know, this type of drug makes you focus with incredible attention to detail to things that normally don't require that much attention. For example, scrubbing an entire floor meticulously with a toothbrush, cleaning the grout between all the tiles in the shower with a toothpick. A classic example though, is when they start looking in the mirror to try to pick at pimples. Once they get the real pimples they start scouring over their entire face and picking at every little pore, scar, and scratch. THey get obsessive and fuck up their faces by picking and picking and picking, until their faces are super fucked.
 

ShawnD1

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Meth addicts get fucked up faces because they engage in what is known as "picking". People who do this are known as "pickers". If you don't know, this type of drug makes you focus with incredible attention to detail to things that normally don't require that much attention. For example, scrubbing an entire floor meticulously with a toothbrush, cleaning the grout between all the tiles in the shower with a toothpick. A classic example though, is when they start looking in the mirror to try to pick at pimples. Once they get the real pimples they start scouring over their entire face and picking at every little pore, scar, and scratch. THey get obsessive and fuck up their faces by picking and picking and picking, until their faces are super fucked.
I get like that after having too much coffee. If there's an ingrown hair on mah face, I'll stab at it with a sewing pin for 10 minutes.

btw did you base the scrubbing thing on that meth song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxAYHOWxGi8
That song is actually hilariously accurate. It's really unfortunate that it couldn't put the real message across. Being absolutely obsessed about getting things done is not a good thing.