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I have a friend that smokes meth in a pipe once a week, She constantly picks at her skin she says its glass coming out of her skin from a serve wreck that happemn 10 years ago. I have taken a sterizedd needle and took ot what i thought was glass this picking seems to get worse whe her nerves are bad are people call attention to her picking. how do i heip her
Mon, 30 Apr 2018
General & Family Physician, Dr. Varinder's Response
Hello,
It is a drug effect called sand under the skin. People get feeling that insects are crawling on their skin and they keep picking them.
He needs drug de-addiction center admission. Please, take him there, this is the only way, you can help him.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards, Dr. Varinder Joshi
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Hello, It is a drug effect called sand under the skin. People get feeling that insects are crawling on their skin and they keep picking them. He needs drug de-addiction center admission. Please, take him there, this is the only way, you can help him. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Varinder Joshi