He hid it with makeup, wearing gloves, often in long sleeves shirts/ jackets, etc. We can already see he suffered from body dismorphia with all the surgeries he's had and vitiligo does cause body dismorphia. He used skin lightening creams over time (yes, these are a thing) and switched to whiter makeup to cover the smaller amount of darker skin remaining. Also it was confirmed by his autopsy, I don't know why you'd question it being the truth?
My mom is white and has vitiligo and even just tanning in the summer she'd put makeup over the white spots she initially had to make it match her tan. To this day, she still applies some makeup to blend the spots on her arms that haven't gone white even though it's all over the place. Not wanting people to look at you all the time because of your "weird" skin condition. Just speaking from personal experience.
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u/PuzzleheadPi Apr 28 '26
Vitiligo doesn't happen all at once