Why does crystal meth make appearance of face change so drastically?!


Question: I am currently teaching my FE students about drugs. I have researched different drugs on the internet and have found pictures where they show how crystal meth makes someone's face look really old and haggard in a few years, which I am going to show as shock tactics. I have found info on all of the other effects of this drug, but cannot find anything that tells me how the drug makes people look like this. Your help would be appreciated, thanks!


Answers: I am currently teaching my FE students about drugs. I have researched different drugs on the internet and have found pictures where they show how crystal meth makes someone's face look really old and haggard in a few years, which I am going to show as shock tactics. I have found info on all of the other effects of this drug, but cannot find anything that tells me how the drug makes people look like this. Your help would be appreciated, thanks!

Meth makes people's teeth fall out because it suppresses saliva flow which can rot people's teeth. Also, people who are meth addicts usually don't care about oral hygiene so they are unlikely to brush their teeth.
As far as sores on the face, people who do meth often have hallucinations where they think bugs are crawling on their skin so they will pick at their skin to try to remove the (nonexistant) bugs.
Also, meth does something that's called collagen binding, which is an aging process of the skin and other organs that happens over time but is accelerated by doing such things as meth or smoking.
A good movie to show your kids is:
The worst drug the in world

You can find it at moviesfoundonline.com under documentaries.

the crystal meth crystallizes in the face. It causes sores and itching. check out this link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...
If you go to youtube...you can find documentaries on the aging and destroying of skin and crystal meth, it is titled.... " Face of addiction - The effects of crystal meth "

Any drug puts excess strain on your system, depletes it of resources.

Any type of chronic "speed" use puts your body into fast forward. It uses up your energy, and unless that energy is restored (which it seldom is - speed freaks don't like to eat,) your body uses up the fats and sugars that are normally held in reserve. Basically the body gets used up far ahead of it's time.

Compare the effects of starvation with those of speed. The "look" is very similar.

Its not just crystal meth, heroin and speed atc does it too. It speeds you right up so you are awake and not eating it ruins your appetite, so you arent getting any vitamins and your poisoning your body with chemicals, meth users and also heroin users get the sensation there are bugs crwling under their skin so continous scratching causes sores!

A combination of a few of the side affects over time can probably produce this outcome
-loss of appetite (anorexia), leading to poor nutrition and
weight loss with heavy use
-itching, welts on skin
-involuntary body movements (uncontrollable movement and/or twitches of fingers, facial & body muscles, lip-smaking, tongue protrusion, grimacing, etc.

The links below are from a brilliant website that offers loads of unbiased information on all drugs. If you look in the second link i am sure you will find reliable detailed information on anything you want to know about methamphetamines.

I hate to burst everyone's bubble here, but all that takes years of meth abuse. It doesn't happen overnight! Crystal Meth will effect people over long time chronic usage only. Yes it's a terrible drug, no it takes years to look that bad!It's all hype on the news!





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