So What’s Up With Amy Winehouse’s Face?
Amy Winehouse has been spotted out and about in recent days with a mysterious lump on her face and a funky rash on her cheek. Her spokesman has said she has impetigo, but many aren’t convinced. Some people have speculated that she’s returned to her past druggie lifestyle, and caused her own problem by possibly falling into something:
Expert and broadcaster Dr Hilary Jones told the News of the World: “I think the most likely explanation is a direct blow, either accidental or deliberate. A skin complaint wouldn’t cause swelling.
“It could be she’s walked into a door or fallen over—which is very likely with her drug habit.”
But a spokesman for Amy insisted this was not the case.
He said: “Amy has been diagnosed with impetigo which she’s been told can be highly contagious.
“Because of that she’s been put on antibiotics and may have to stay home alone for the next few days.”
Impetigo is an infection of the skin caused by a bacteria which causes a blistered crusty rash. But it does not cause swelling.
I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on teh internets, but I will say this…when my son was little, he had a nasty case of impetigo, and while it did get scabby and nasty it never swelled up, not even a little. I also had occasion to observe a case of impetigo last winter on a teenage friend, and again while it was scabby it was not swollen.
However, a new story has emerged that states something far more gross than falling into a wall:
The troubled star was with pals when she was asked THREE TIMES by staff to put out her Marlboro Light because of the smoking ban.
As she received her final warning, Amy stared straight into the waitress’s eyes and pushed the burning tip of the fag into her own face.
A source at the diner said: “She hardly flinched because she was so high. The whole place was open-mouthed in horror.”
Amy tried to conceal the wound with foundation — but it has now apparently become infected, causing the swelling on her cheek.
While this report is from The Sun (the Brit’s version of the National Enquirer), it can explain the swelling. The type of facial infections which create a pocket of infection–from skin, teeth, gums, cysts, etc–can cause the face to swell up fairly quickly, since the skin on our face is not as thick as the rest of our body, plus it usually doesn’t have the layer of fat covering it that the skin elsewhere on our body does. Add Amy’s attempts to cover the problem with makeup, and you’ve now introduced germs…if she has been picking at it, that will definitely make things worse. And falling into a wall or onto something will cause bruising and possibly bleeding and/or swelling, but won’t cause a rash or burn blisters. Of course, a tooth or gum abcess will also cause swelling, but not the rash. Whatever it is, it isn’t ordinary.
And if you look closely at the first photo above, she seems to have a sore nose…which could be drugs, could be from falling, could be lighting. But it’s not the first time Amy has been spotted in recent weeks with something strange in her nose.
Also, The Sun is saying that Blake Incarcerated-Junkie isn’t doing so hot either:
He ended up in the medical wing this weekend after slashing at a tattoo of Amy on his arm with a razor blade when she failed to show up and support him in court on Friday.
The junkie has been described by fellow lags as “a hollow shell” after he refused to use shower rooms or talk to other prisoners.
Instead he sits in his cell and slashes his arms.
Blake — awaiting trial for assault and perverting justice — has also failed a third drugs test since he was remanded to jail, and could face a separate court case for his habit inside the nick.
A prison source said: “Blake is in a serious mess.
“His self harming is worse then ever — he is cut to ribbons but carries on gashing his arms with razor blades. He won’t talk to most other prisoners now because he gets threatened and hassled for money, so he sits in his cell either cutting himself or doing whatever drugs he can get.”
“He’s not coping with prison life.”
It seemed strange to us that prisoners who self-harm are given access to blades in their cells, but the source confirmed lags are allowed safety razors — which they then snap to expose the blade.
Yeah…giving prisoners razors to shave with probably isn’t such a good idea. Maybe they should make Blake grow a beard. Hope all that dope and high living was worth it, buddy.
I said back when they released her just before the Grammys that I didn’t think she’d spent enough time in inpatient rehab (at that point, about two weeks), and it appears that outpatient treatment hasn’t done her any good. Cleaning up for an event in your life is never a good idea…once the event has come and gone, you no longer have a reason to stay clean. You have to make the decision to clean up for yourself, and any events that come along are gravy. Amy has not yet reached that point. I sincerely hope she does before it’s too late.
At this rate, she’ll be back in rehab before long…or not with us for long.
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That last picture is disturbing. But really, they all are. I am inclined to think she may have some sort of skin rash and some other problem causing the swelling. Whatever it is, it’s gnarly.
Comment by D — March 6, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
If she has an abcess in her mouth, that could explain the swelling. I was told by a friend who is in the dental field that with her drug history, she will have serious dental problems. Meth mouth.
Comment by D-Bomb — March 6, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
…walking into a door causes a rash.
…and the photos are many several days
old. You people who wrote this are like
nasty-nasty-germs on a shopping cart…
Comment by joni — March 7, 2008 @ 9:24 am
So how are things up on your Seat of Judgment? Hopefully not too drafty….
Comment by Jordan — March 7, 2008 @ 11:44 am
So #3 and #4……You think she’s lookin hot lately? She’s got some jacked up stuff goin on with her face. It’s pretty hard to miss..merely an observation, not judgement.
Comment by D-Bomb — March 7, 2008 @ 5:45 pm