Why did Michael Jackson's skin change colour?

Could you please tell me the reason why Michael Jackson's skin changed? I read in Wikipedia that Jackson began publically claiming that his changing skin color was due to the skin disorder vitiligo. Is it true?

Why did Michael Jackson's skin change colour?
He said that on Oprah too but I don't believe it. I think he just bleached his skin
Reply:Hey...come on guys...Michael Jackson did not do any surgeries or any other stuffs like that.he seriously has the skin problem called vitilgo...so can you guys stop attacking and just quell all these fruitless topics on the King...thanks...peace out Report It

Reply:its magic
Reply:He supposedly had a skin condition. Soo I guess it's true.
Reply:he had a skin disorder, but i thought it was impedimentsomething, i can't remember.
Reply:we can only go by what he claims, but there is a common thought that he has been bleaching his skin to go whiter, and this could be true as people who have vitiligo will tend to go paler in patches, before and not always will, join to take over all skin
Reply:his dream is to be a white man
Reply:well mostly his skin started to um look bad and started to fade so he turned it white
Reply:because he's mentally unstable but ofc he's too famous and protected to be locked up like any of the "lowly" people like you and me. He needs therapy and hides behind a million dollars worth of plastic surgery and skin bleaching. Probably all cos his dad touched his tail as a kid.
Reply:I think they said it was some disease...but i think he had some kind of sick obsessiveness with being white and he tried to bleach his skin and it went wrong!.......Oh Wacko Jacko!
Reply:doubt that it was a skin disorder. the guy put on lipstick for his trial, id say the skin color changing is one of the mysteries in his sick mind.
Reply:In Neverland all your dreams of being white are possible.
Reply:Because he bleached it. He goes on about his skin condition but I don't see how that accounts for the massive amount of "plastic" that makes up his face now. It's a sad thing to see someone so insecure destroying their natural looks by over-use of plastic surgery. ;-(
Reply:No, he got a fright
Reply:That was his excuse anyway !!! Where most people believe it was his dream to be a white man, even tho he now looks identical to his sister Janet nearly. He was supposed to be apllying some form of bleaching cream to his body.
Reply:he has a bath in bleach the perv!!!!!!!!!
Reply:opera Winfrey is supposed to have the same skin condition i don't no what its called but her skin didn't turn white what does that tell us
Reply:I remember MIchael saying that he had a disorder as well and that he took some medications which also didn't help. But then again he also said he didn't have plastic surgery but later admitted to it. I think he is not happy with himself and never was. He had it all but yet was not happy. I think it also had something to do with his parents. I think he definately is bleaching the skin or taking something to lighten the skin. I think he believes he will be more successful if he were white. Why else would he lighten his skin, get surgery on his nose? He was a good looking man, now he looks like a freak.
Reply:Yes they said it was Vitiligo but I find this hard to believe, I've sen whit and black skinned people with it and it's very patchy and really noticeable like imagine a black arm and in the middle theres this big splosh of completely differently coloured skin on white people its pink so I think he went with all his money and had some sort of drug or treatment to inhibit the colour of his skin pigment. He's locked away in some castle here in Ireland at hte moment word is he's recording an album The guy is just so connected to off the wll stuff I cant figure him out, but his music is amazing.
Reply:His skin started to noticeably change colour not long after that Pepsi add accident in my opinion. Look at past photos of him and you'll see what I mean. After that, I believe, he was left with some scaring and has undergone skin grafts. It's old news that he has had plastic surgery but I don't think it was all just for vanities sake, though he/it is extremely vain. He/it also is a recluse and when people don't get enough sun they become very pale. A combination of the two factors is why I reckon he/it seems to have turned white.


I think the question these days is - "Has he had a sex change or what?" given that he has been seen a lot lately in womens clothing???
Reply:He apparently bleached his skin, with a special cream.
Reply:apparently he didnt like his father and wanted to be so unklike his father he wanted to be white. so he had an awful amount of sugery.


hope this helps, xxxx
Reply:Michael Jackson's skin color changed due to a skin disorder that he had suffered for a long time. That skin disorder is called Vitiligo, which caused his skin color to change drastically, and it is absolutely true.
Reply:In the late 80's I worked for a major U.S. toy company, which had landed the exclusive licensing rights to produce an "11.5" Michael Jackson Fashion Doll". Michael Jackson had made a special request to come into the company to see how toys are designed and made. This event was scheduled on a Saturday morning when the company was normally closed, so consequently company personnel were asked to work that day. Upon seeing Michael Jackson as he was guided through the premises I noted that his fingers were all radically bandaged, and he was wearing his surgical mask. But upon gazing upon his wrists and hands, his skin was extremely chapped and exfoliating severely with scaled skin. Exfoliation is not a symptom of Vitiligo, but rather surface pigment discoloration is. Instead, what I saw is a symptom of damaged flesh from a toxic pigment bleaching chemical like chlorine.
Reply:Who cares?All that really matters is that he's a child molesting skin bleaching weirdo.
Reply:Skin Bleaching
Reply:He has the genetic skin disease called Vitiligo!!





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Reply:I thought he had just had some plastic surgery!
Reply:Many people think that he had plastic surgery,but he didn't. He had the skin disorder known as vitiligo. He was going to be all covered in brown spots,so he decided to remove them, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Also he has lopus; which is another skin disorder,but this skin disorder makes you develope a pink-purple rash all over your face. That is another reason why Michael is having so many surgeries. Lopus doesn't have a cure and you can't get rid of it permanently. Poor Michael. But still many people including myself still and always will support Michael!
Reply:He did claim that it was due to the skin disorder vitiligo but claiming something doesn't make it true. I know someone with the disorder and have seen programmes on it and basically the pigment cells in your skin die in small patches that gradually spread over many years eventually joining up. These patches are totally white and burn if exposed to the sun, they cannot tan.





MJ went gradually lighter in skin tone all over which wouldn't happen so I personnally believe it was cosmetic surgery
Reply:Well I now people who have like him vitiligo and it gets really white but Michael is defenetiv somehow useing thing to make it completely over all his body. I guess he is bleaching it, because he doesn't like the way how it looks without it. And trust me Vitiligo is not a good looking thing. And depence on the persons personality and strongeness not to bleach it, and Michael is not one of the those persons.
Reply:no... he had it bleached

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