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What's Eating Amy?

Posted Mar 18th 2008 5:35PM by TMZ Staff

Is Amy Winehouse really suffering from impetigo? We talked to several board-certified dermatologists for the lowdown.

One doctor said Winehouse might be suffering from MRSA, a dangerous staph bacteria that's resistant to antibiotics.

Another doctor said the problem in figuring it out from the picture is that Amy has so much makeup on, it's hard to see the exact nature of the skin condition.

And still another doc said he didn't think the condition is caused from drug use (not that Amy uses drugs), because the lesions were not oval-shaped, which is a marker. But the plot thickens ... yet another doc said if she picked at the sores, that could change their shape. Dinner, anyone?

BTW, one of the docs -- famed Bev Hills skin doc Arnie Klein -- said, "Amy Winehouse should not be coming into close contact with other people while she has open sores." You'd have to be crazy to do that. Then again, Amy's friends are ...

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76. I think her face looks like that of someone who does crack. I live in a neighborhood where there use to be a lot of hookers who used crack and her face looks a lot like theirs.

Posted at 6:53PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Tre

77. This just shows how unhealthy she is. Your skin usually has a fair number of bacteia/fungus but your immunes system keeps things at bay. She must be terribly unhealthy.

Posted at 6:53PM on Mar 18th 2008 by gerbil

78. COME ON GUYS GIVE A GIRL A BREAK...SHE HAS A DIEASE CALLED ADDICTION..WOULD PEOPLE BE TRASHING HER IF SHE WAS GOING THROUGH CHEMO AND LOST HER HAIR? WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE ADDICTS NOT JUDGE OR MAKE FUN OF THEM..TRUST ME I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE..I AM A STRUGGLING ADDICT MYSELF JUST LOOKING FOR SOME HELP..IT IS NOT AS EASY AS EVERYONE SEEMS...

Posted at 6:56PM on Mar 18th 2008 by GINA

79. Awww, she's got pretty skin..........................................................................................just under her right eye there.

Posted at 6:58PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Ice head, ice head, lolly.lolly, ice head

80. AAAAHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted at 7:00PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Me Scared

81. OMG, Amy is going down like a lead ballon. Will the Queen please save Amy?

Posted at 7:24PM on Mar 18th 2008 by P.R.R

82. Her husband must be so angry he's not there to make sweet love to all that.

Posted at 7:02PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Threw up in my mouth a bit

83. She's probably doing meth.

Posted at 3:12PM on Mar 19th 2008 by Abby

84. 78. COME ON GUYS GIVE A GIRL A BREAK...SHE HAS A DIEASE CALLED ADDICTION..WOULD PEOPLE BE TRASHING HER IF SHE WAS GOING THROUGH CHEMO AND LOST HER HAIR? WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE ADDICTS NOT JUDGE OR MAKE FUN OF THEM..TRUST ME I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE..I AM A STRUGGLING ADDICT MYSELF JUST LOOKING FOR SOME HELP..IT IS NOT AS EASY AS EVERYONE SEEMS...

Posted at 6:56PM on Mar 18th 2008 by GINA

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I'm all for supporting addicts, as long as they want help. She obviously doesn't want help or doesn't have the support system to encourage her to straighten out. Until then, she's just counting down the days until her heart explodes. It's a sad reality.

Posted at 7:05PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Leaving Re-hab, not so good Amy

85. Definitely a MRSA outbreak! Everyone STAY AWAY!!!!

Posted at 12:57AM on Mar 19th 2008 by OMG MRSA

86. I have a new diagnosis: Those marks on her face are from people touching her with 10 foot poles.

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Damon

87. that's that crack or maybe her boyfriend beat her a$$ or maybe she was so high she hit her face when she fail off the stage lol lol???????????

you never know?

Posted at 7:19PM on Mar 18th 2008 by QUEEN ALLAH

88. It's always the super-talented that turn out druggy messes. Look at some of our greatest lady blues singers on the first half of last century. It's a shame but not a surprise.

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Geez

89. THATS EXACTLY RIGHT LEAVING REHAB...SOME OF US ARENT BLESSED WITH THE SUPPORT WE NEED OR WE HAVE ALREADY DRIVEN THE SUPPORT AWAY...GOOD FOR YOU

Posted at 7:12PM on Mar 18th 2008 by GINA

90. Man she is a tweaker, it's from Meth! I have known several crackheads and this is the result. It's really sad that she's addicted. That is a hard habit to break. My prayers are with her and her family for inner strength, she's fighting a major addiction.

Posted at 9:00PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Marcie

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