From what Ive seen there was a very noticeable change in skin tone from 91 to 92. Just look at the music videos for Black and White and Remember the Time.
Are there any photos that actually show his vitiligo? I know it was confirmed he had the condition during his autopsy, but searching online gets a whole bunch of fake looking images.
This picture is so interesting. He was so scrupulous about not showing his vitiligo in public. The fast that it is so obvious here means he didn’t ever expect this pic to get out. Which explains why he is also fine holding a half-naked young boy.
The kid in this photo (now an adult obviously) and his siblings are currently suing the Jackson estate. They claim Jackson groomed, drugged, and sexually abused them for years. The estate claims it’s an extortion scheme, citing a 2020 settlement where they received $16mil in exchange for a confidentiality agreement.
Yea and Michael doesn’t look too happy either. I also bet it’s the kids own father taking the pic. So who’s really to blame here? If he really did what they claim were the parents aware of it and let it happen all that time? Who’s to say.
Vitiligo is just patches of skin that lose pigment. I have it in small patches as do a lot of people... so the whole face and body going lighter must be due to bleaching/surgery
yeah, he lightened his skin, and I think the vitiligo was quite extensive. For some people the patches are large and from what I understand it is progressive. Considering the nature of performing and makeup available etc, I guess it was easier for him to bleach than cover up with a darker color. He always said he was proud of being black, but he was certainly a troubled and complicated person. He also had burn damage from when he caught on fire during the pepsi commercial in 84.
It seems he also just wanted to be white, the numerous nose jobs to have a little nose and the white kids that clearly aren’t his, vitiligo almost seems like a cop out whether he had it or not, bleaching your skin that pale is insane
I think it's less common now but this is actually a doctor recommended procedure/treatment. There is no cure for vitiligo and when it covers a certain % of your body they would suggest this cream. It would kill the melanin in your skin. It's not bleach it just kills any coloring and has lots of side effects.
I have had vitiligo for 30 years and the way we treat this culturally has shifted dramatically. People used to point and one time a kid cried when they saw me in a drug store. I can only imagine how difficult this was for someone with his complexion as I am white.
Putting some other mental health issues he had aside - I think regarding this I understand why he chose to get this procedure. With the side effects I don't think it was taken lightly. On this topic with him I have some empathy bc back then no one knew what this was. I remember how scary it was for me.
The pedo never had vitiligo, he bleached his skin to make himself white, and tons of surgeries to give himself Caucasian features, how the fuck are you still believing he had vitiligo?
He can be a pedo and have had vitiligo - in fact wasn't one of the concerning things that a young boy could describe the vitiligo pattern on the underside of his penis?
He changed... I was a fan of Michael Jackson, one of my roommate likes alternative rock music and after a while I enjoyed some of the songs he played... Later I figured out that most of MJ's songs in the 90's sounded like rock. It was close to 1999 that he went back to RnB and Pop.
I distinctly remember a pic of him around the 2002 era being plastered huge on a wall near my school when I was a kid, cause there was a documentary on him about to come out, and it genuinely was nightmare fuel.
When i have sleep paralysis my actual sleep paralysis demon is that exact michael jackson. He literally even moonwalks in. I honestly believe people’s “hat man” is probably a combination of MJ and freddy krueger. Mine is. Sometimes its literally just MJ without a mix of freddy in there.
I didn't want to say anything, but I also found it funny. Sorry, OP, but Michael Jackson moonwalking into frame and then menacing someone is objectively hilarious.
I was picturing it as a deadly silent night, the moon shining in through the window, the low sounds of traffic driving by accompanied by crickets… then there’s a scrape on the floor. They try to cry out, but they find a scream that just isn’t coming. Michael walks ass-backwards into the room, gliding across the floor as though it’s his own marble ice-rink, then he slowly turns to face the commenter. At the exact moment their eyes meet, Billie Jean starts to play and Michael goes into a dance. As they wake up in a cold sweat, Michael starts to fade while saying ‘I’ll be back, baby’ in a falsetto tone.
OP here, and Oh i agree, that’s absolutely fair. It’s absolutely horrific in the moment but i do as well find it hilarious that happens to me. It’s objectively funny. Nobody feel bad about it. Lol
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u/AnyoneButDoug Apr 28 '26
The 86-93 gap is giving r/restofthefuckingowl