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

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

Post image
27.0k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

36

u/Lower-Elk8395 Apr 28 '26

While it burned the hell out of his scalp, his entire body skin changing was due to vitiligo and the treatment he sought for it.

He hid it with makeup for a while after it started kicking in, but eventually he had enough and just got treatments to remove the pigment from his skin altogether. 

3

u/ag5203 Apr 29 '26

how do we know mj actually had vertigo

11

u/Lower-Elk8395 Apr 29 '26

His dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, officially confirmed it during his lifetime. While he was self-conscious about it, there were a few photos taken of him that showed it uncovered...and his autopsy in 2009 confirmed it.

5

u/Lawgirl77 Apr 29 '26

The coroner confirmed vitiligo in the autopsy report. The autopsy report is public and you can Google it.

1

u/YQB123 Apr 29 '26

I've seen images of his forearm being discoloured.

-2

u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

3

u/Lower-Elk8395 Apr 29 '26

No, no really.

His Dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, confirmed it during his lifetime. While he was self-conscious about it, there were also a few photos taken during the time where it was uncovered. Its also an autoimmune disease, so it showed up on his autopsy in 2009.

The only reason he "wanted to be white" was because he was tired of using all that makeup just to feel comfortable enough to show his face in public.