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Yellowing of skin
16/F
So saturday and sunday I smoked (like 2 cigs and 4 pulls of hooka) and drank like there was no tomorrow. Then, last night and this morning, I noticed the skin around my nails, not exactly my nails just the surrounding areas, are really yellow. I don't eat much, so it's not likely that I dug my hands into food or liquid. What little food I do eat I throw up a few minutes later. Could it be the smoking, the drinking, or the bulimia? Will it go away or should I go to the doctor? Absolutely no speeches, I just want to know if the yellowing will go away or if it's something serious. Thanks in advance.
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No lecture intended, the way you are living your life is dangerous. So you shouldn't be suprised that everything you are doing is starting to catch up with you.
It could be from smoking or it could be from your bulemia.
Your smoking could just be staining your skin. Not neccessarily life threatening, but definitely pretty nasty.
You said you didn't eat a lot, and yellowing of the skin is a symptom of anorexia. Eating disorders go hand in hand, so this could be it.
Either way, you should go to the doctor. You are obviously not a healthy kid.
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Go to a doctor. Get some help. NOW.
If you smoke that much, and are bulimic, then discolouring in your cuticles is just the very first of your problems. And yes, your diet and drug problems are causing it.
Your fingers are probably not getting enough blood, which carries the oxygen and vitamins they need to be healthy, unless you change your behaviour, they will get only worse.
Eventually, your teeth and gums with start to discolour and waste away as well (lack of nutrients coupled with constant vomiting will just eat right through them...). Then you’ll likely start to lose your hair, but that’s only if you don’t land in the hospital with more a serious condition first (cracked rip, ruptured oesophagus, ulcers).
Look, people don’t lecture you about bulimia because they are judging you, they lecture because you are killing yourself, little by little, starting with your skin, nails and teeth. They lecture about it because it looks ugly, because it’s a mental illness and because it’s suicide. Those aren’t judgements or lectures. Those are facts as much 'grass is green' is a fact. If you told someone you were going to jump off a bridge, they would tell you that you are going to SPLAT. If you tell someone you throw up your food, smoke and drink regularly, they are going to tell you that you are going to kill yourself.
You can try and hide these symptoms under polish and use other beauty products, but nothing out there will beat the rate of decay that drugs and an eating disorder will cause. Nothing short of fixing your messed up diet and drug habits are actually going to fix your circulatory problems and let your body be healthy enough to actually LOOK healthy again.
Please get some help. You aren't getting any happier, and you certainly aren't getting any healthier either.
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