Did Michael Jackson really have a skin condition that made him white?

Nasher · 1 Jun 2017 at 09:25

What is the condition and is it genetic? If it is, why do none of his relatives have it? Also why did we never see it during his younger days?

dowie · 1 Jun 2017 at 09:37

The Running Man said:
That's not aesthetically pleasing though.

I guess it is a bit subjective but given how she could look it sort of is relatively speaking. It is treatable these days , she's using it as a selling point as we love diversity etc...

paradigm · 1 Jun 2017 at 09:47

Ah America, the only country where a person can be born a black male and die a white woman.

snapdragon · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:07

XeNoN89 said:
Question people should be really asking is how his children are completely white with blue eyes

Hint: They aren't his biological children

Well if it's good enough for our royal family then it's good enough for the king of pop.

kinobestew123 · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:22

mrk said:
What a liar, I thought it don't matter if you're black or white

No mention in the song of black AND white though.

[FnG]magnolia · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:30

rubberduck said:
but OC forums has lots of experts, medical or otherwise

We're letting this go?

Really?

dowie · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:39

[FnG]magnolia said:
We're letting this go?

Really?

'...or otherwise'

could include armchair experts

Psycho Sonny · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:49

there is no way he had any skin condition. he was proper black when he was a kid. then magically when he hits adult age he starts to get lighter and lighter.

probably bleaching products to begin with then as he gained more wealth it was proper medical procedures. he was a compulsive liar. they aren't his kids. he never had a skin condition. and he slept with kids blaming it on his father for not giving him a childhood so he was a kid himself. load of rubbish. why did we never see him with models, etc all the time. any other singer with that kind of money has women throwing themselves at them. his sham marriage(s) were also lies for PR reasons.

just because he paid them off and was never convicted it's okay

dowie · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:51

Psycho Sonny said:
there is no way he had any skin condition

he did have a skin condition, this has been documented, though no one is claiming he didn't also engage in bleaching or that his skin condition was completely to blame for this (rather it might have been the motivation for him to try bleaching or it might have been triggered by the bleaching(?))

Nasher · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:52

Yea he seemed to loose the plot some time around the mid 80s.

Psycho Sonny · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:55

dowie said:
he did have a skin condition, this has been documented, though no one is claiming he didn't also engage in bleaching or that his skin condition was completely to blame for this (rather it might have been the motivation for him to try bleaching or it might have been triggered by the bleaching(?))

oh this magical skin condition which only appears after 20 years?

i can't see the picture above but i reckon i know who it is from comments. she has been like that since birth. jackson was completely black for his first couple of decades on the planet.

dowie · 1 Jun 2017 at 10:58

Psycho Sonny said:
oh this magical skin condition which only appears after 20 years?

i can't see the picture above but i reckon i know who it is from comments. she has been like that since birth. jackson was completely black for his first couple of decades on the planet.

it doesn't have to occur at birth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo

About half show the disorder before age 20 and most develop it before age 40.

McGray · 1 Jun 2017 at 11:02

Nasher said:
Yea he seemed to loose the plot some time around the mid 80s.

ARGHHHHHH...!

Psycho Sonny · 1 Jun 2017 at 11:06

dowie said:
it doesn't have to occur at birth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo

i don't believe he had it. it comes in patches. his whole body got whiter and whiter every time we saw him. after being black for so long.

his family or PR people probably paid the doctor off to say he had it. or the treatment he received effectively removed the pigmentation effectively making him look like he had it. false positive.

i've seen people with this and usually just random patches. he faked he had it to stop people from judging him.

dowie · 1 Jun 2017 at 11:08

his whole body got whiter and whiter because he used skin bleaching cream - that he did that doesn't mean he didn't also have this condition

McGray · 1 Jun 2017 at 11:13

dowie said:
his whole body got whiter and whiter because he used skin bleaching cream - that he did that doesn't mean he didn't also have this condition

What cream is this?

dowie · 1 Jun 2017 at 11:20

McGray said:
What cream is this?

he reportedly was using this:

when he started looked like this:

but he's also claimed he used makeup and frankly given his interest in cosmetic surgery/changing his appearance he perhaps used other things too

Nasher · 1 Jun 2017 at 11:20

I don't think skin bleaching cream would even get rid of the patches. White people get this condition too and it's still visible on them. It doesn't create an even pigment on it's own.

benjii · 1 Jun 2017 at 12:20

dowie said:
it doesn't have to occur at birth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo

Indeed. His son has it as well. I remember seeing a photo a while back of his son, he's starting lose pigmentation around his armpits.

Pipe & Slippers · 1 Jun 2017 at 12:43

In amongst killing Queen Wasps for a living, my dad actually has vitiligo. It started in his early 50's and affected his hands and about halfway up his lower arms
Despite the fact that I'd classify him as white (although we have not too distant Mediterranean heritage so are a bit brown), it looks pretty horrible when he begins to tan
If MJ did have this, I wouldn't blame him for either trying to cover it up and/or using it as an excuse to whiten up a bit, if he so desired
Interesting there could be a genetic component...I can't wait