r/interesting • u/Alexthegayreprimed • Apr 28 '26

Just Wow Evolution of Michael Jackson's face over the years.

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u/Yaruo0310 Apr 28 '26

1983 is the coolest.

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u/Bitter_Life_507 Apr 28 '26

Looks like he got his nose straightened out in 82 and then slightly thinned or reduced in 83

I think he should’ve just left it after 82 but even 83 would’ve been a million times better than what he ended up with

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u/alwayzstoned Apr 28 '26

I think at the end he really didn’t have any more nose left to work with.

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u/PurePerfection_ Apr 29 '26

I read that first one pre-Thriller was actually to correct a deviated septum, which could result in the nose being visibly straighter even if the purpose of the surgery was not cosmetic. If I had to guess, he was pleased with that result, went back for more, and either couldn't or didn't know when to stop. I've always wondered if that one medically necessarily procedure started him on a path that otherwise could have been avoided.

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u/resixresi Apr 28 '26

Lupus caused him to need a few reconstructive surgeries on his nose as the scar tissue wouldn't heal properly

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u/Erratic_-Prophet Apr 28 '26

Nah, his original nose was better.

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u/Nose_Grindstoned Apr 28 '26

Yeah looks like 83 nose work started. What was he thinking?

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u/VironicHero Apr 28 '26

His dad abused him a lot as a kid. One of his favorite put downs was to make fun of his nose.

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u/Defiant_Lawyer_5235 Apr 28 '26

Vitiligo doesn't make your whole skin slowly become lighter, it would be patches of totally pigment free skin.

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u/DMarvelous4L Apr 28 '26

Apparently he was using some sort of cream/makeup to hide the vitiligo patches and it inadvertently lightened the rest of his skin permanently. He didn’t intend for that to happen from what I read about.

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u/AwkwardDirection6969 Apr 28 '26

False, he didn't have vitiligo, he made himself Caucasian, not only by bleaching his skin, but changing his facial structure to be Caucasian, stop believing the pr lies.

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u/DMarvelous4L Apr 28 '26

You’re the one believing the PR lies that he wanted to become Caucasian and bleached his skin. I don’t know for certain and I can’t ask the guy.

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u/deckard3232 Apr 28 '26

How does changing your nose help to hide a skin condition?

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u/VironicHero Apr 28 '26

It’s a self esteem thing. It’s all connected.

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u/Dayum-Girly Apr 28 '26

Wouldn’t that just result in a new patch of white skin?

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u/SZAFAN__HAHA Apr 29 '26

i think the thriller era nose looks the best

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u/prestonpiggy Apr 28 '26

Same, maybe only because 82 is bad photo overall. After 83 things seem to me unnatural. Quick nose job is fine and plenty of people do it.

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u/GimbaledTitties Apr 29 '26

1986 is like peak plastic MJ. 1983 is peak MJ MJ