Amy Winehouse's face is covered in scabs and spots

[cynic]

Poor thing, have sympathy for her

Sympathy for a junkie can often result in a dead junkie.....harsh and honest truth is the only way to go with people who have trouble dealing with reality......

[HelpMeRhonda]

I would not leave the house!

[Trillion42]

Wow, her looks are going to shit fast. You would think that once her skin started falling off she would put down the pipe. Vitamin B is your friend Amy, take some!

[Soth]

I seem to be the last one in on the joke that wasnt her beehive.....I still dont get her, dead in 3 years...wasted talent, bad life, for fucks sake she owes a public that decimates her bad skin.

Ill swap my mortgage for her problems.

(but Ill have my manservant have a taste first - no hot-shots for moi)

[AgentOrange]

Wow, her looks are going to shit fast. You would think that once her skin started falling off she would put down the pipe. Vitamin B is your friend Amy, take some!

Once they get on the pipe, it's next to impossible to get off.

[SweetPea]

I'm thinking something way worse than impetigo, alcohol, crack, meth, or a crappy diet is causing those sores.

I hope that's not it, though . . .

I think it's too soon for that.

[Sarzy]

Drugs can make you look like sh*t. Her and Pete Doherty are perfect examples of why people should avoid them! Oh and the fact they'll both probably be in a very early grave.

[msdeb]

that is NOT impetigo. she's got crack face. she itches til it cracks.

[Dixie Normos]

She's quit heroin, right? So maybe the methadone they use to bring you off of it is effing up her skin?

Side effects
The most common side effects of methadone include:

• constipation
  
• dizziness
  
• drowsiness
  
• itching
  
• nausea
  
• urine retention
  
• vomiting

Methadone

[Trixie]

However your skin mirrors what is going on inside your body.

That pretty much says it all.

[msdeb]

my brother is an on again off again addict of Meth, and when he's high, he itches like crazy. i mean scratches his skin so hard, its difficult to watch.

[Honey]

She's quit heroin, right? So maybe the methadone they use to bring you off of it is effing up her skin?

Side effects
The most common side effects of methadone include:

• constipation
• dizziness
• drowsiness
• itching
• nausea
• urine retention
• vomiting

Methadone

I'm sure her diet of junk isn't helping if she is constipated.

[sweetness]

I'm thinking something way worse than impetigo, alcohol, crack, meth, or a crappy diet is causing those sores.

I hope that's not it, though . . .

I agree, and I hope it's not either.

She's quit heroin, right? So maybe the methadone they use to bring you off of it is effing up her skin?

Methadone wouldn't do her skin that way.

I think she's got some serious underlying health problems, something more than just drugs/alcohol.

[Chimera]

God, she's quite the lesson for kids, isn't she? It's horribly fascinating watching her body disintigrate from the poison she puts in it! Get some courage Amy - at least TRY to quit...

[Novice]

BBC - Health - Conditions - Impetigo

Could be or it could be a combination of all sorts of things....

And you guys are a hard crowd - I'd hate to think what you'd say about me, because my acne is worse than AW's skin..... (and I recommend cod liver oil.... not fashionable but it works! )