[husssh]

This isn't trying to be rude or funny.
I've always thought of how he went from brown skin to white skin.
I never even knew this was possible until he did it. What was the process he went through to become so white?
Is it possible for.. us to do it? Was it a chemical he took.. or like.. get his skin peeled? O.o
Sorry if it seems like such a stupid question.

I knew of a case where a white man took this chemical to get brown skin for
an experiment with racism. But it only lasts for a couple of weeks.

Wiki said

Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1993, Jackson struck back against the rumors, claiming that the change in his skin color was due to the disease vitiligo

But others said he bleached his skin. _-_ How do you bleach your skin like that?

And it was seen that Michael gradually got pale.. not "patchy" pale. Usually vitiligo overtakes the skin in spots and patches.. not the whole body gradually. (?)

[IaMsEo]

O_o He has a skin disease called vitiligo.

[ugly]

His explanation: He had vitiligo. He said there was patchy white spots (as with vitiligo), but during that phase, he covered the light spots with dark makeup. And then when he was more light than dark, he covered the dark spots with light makeup until he was completely white.

[addickshun]

i never researched on him so i heard what most heard: bleaching skin.

[angel_cutie]

when i was in english cass adn our teacher stopped us in the middle when he was reading to the class somehow the topic got to micheal jackson xDD i forgot how but some people ask that too and our teacher said either from pills or bleach..donno how you bleach your skin...other than that..what people said before^^^..the skin disease?

[xflyhigher]

I'm sorry, but this could have easily been googled.
Michael Jackson wasn't lying, it was a disease that changed his skin color.
I HAVE heard of people chemically lightening their skin,
but it doesn't sound good for you. If you want to be lighter,
You should wear lighter makeup or use soap that lightens skin.

[understanding_fiction]

MJ DID CHEMICALLY CHANGE THE COLOUR OF HIS SKIN

he did have vitiligo - i have it too

luckily, i only have a few spots on my legs and his was more severe

but vitiligo only creates spots, not the whole body

[desertseatingoceans]

I have a relative that has this disease. She was given the choice to change the colour of the skin pigments to go with her skin but chose not to which is probably what MJ decided to do. This skin disease tends to come in patches and often spreads [from those patches]. Sun exposure does help either which is why he's often seen under umbrellas.



vyvy94, the reason why he looks scary is because he had plastic surgery done to his face.

[CitrusFlower]

but how can he look so scary just by changing his skin color?like everyone freak out when they see him

[aiyashisuey]

i believe vitiligo. i think it's ignorant not to believe it's a disease. different people have different degrees of vitiligo. in his case it was really serious

[C4Y [[Crazy 4 YeongSaeng]]]

He had vitiligo like everyone said.
and it creates patches, not the whole body.
so because of the patches, he bleached his skin.

[sushi_junkee]

he deff. had vitiligo
i was watching larry king the other night
& a local news anchor in michigan
had it also, he was interviewed & stuff
he said mj had it too,
and he was surprised that alot of people didn't know of this disease

[stjapo46]

I thought that he bleached his skin, didn't know that he had vitiligo

[understanding_fiction]

I thought that he bleached his skin, didn't know that he had vitiligo

he did bleach his skin

-.- he had vitiligo, which means that he basically had white splotches on his body

he probably chose to change his whole body colour instead of just having random white patches all over his body

i have vitiligo too, and if it was severe, i'd have done the same thing

luckily mine's not as severe as MJ's, so i'm just going to go through surgery where they basically get skin from other parts of my body and put it on the white spots

[Gofishus]

My brother has noticeable vitiligo...mine is not so noticeable, but its a like a genetic disease, no cure.

To threadstarter: You can have chemical depigmentation of your skin, which will be permanent, but you must really want albino skin for that.

[greenti]

he did have vitiligo, so he bleached it ..

simple.

[tempuraicecream]

he has sickle-cell anemia... its something to do with a malfunction in ur chromosomes or something

its okay, i didnt know at first as well

or maybe its that vitilgo...

okay now im confused too >_<

[Siv]

You're right Michael has a skin disease that causes his skin to lose pigmentation called vitiligo.

He had vitiligo like everyone said.
and it creates patches, not the whole body.
so because of the patches, he bleached his skin.

I would agree with this statement. I mean it makes sense right?

[cowsie]

Wow I didn't know that Michael Jackson bleached his skin color was because of this disease. I thought he wanted to have a skin color change just because he wanted it.

[Xingda]

highly doubt it was just b/c of a disease cuz he changed his nose too...to be more caucasian looking
whatever he did to his skin dont do it b/c he has to walk under an umbrella all the time