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[Sharon007]

Here is a photo I found the other day on the net. It was taken during the Dangerous era its a great photo but if you look closely at Michaels hand near the sleeve you can see the Vitiligo on it. I notice botches and spots on it.

[magic]

Yes, there are many pics where you can see Vitiligo...

[athinamj]

There are hundreds of pictures....so devastating!

[alatariel4_mj]

I know they are all sad! I feel so bad for him, being so famous and having to go through that

[MJRocksSox]

Poor him. He gets people saying that he didn't want to be black so he changed his skin. If only they knew th real reason. And, does anyone know why he wears plasters over his fingers?

[magic]

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Poor him. He gets people saying that he didn't want to be black so he changed his skin. If only they knew th real reason.

I think most of ppl know about Vitiligo, or have heard about it but doesn't believe cause they like to think he's weird and would like to be so stupid to believe there is actually skin bleacj skin that turns black into white

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And, does anyone know why he wears plasters over his fingers?

I think in Moonwalker he wrote as long as children in the world will suffer he will wear them. And if we think he still had plasters during 3 world tours - Bad, Dangerous and HIStory.

[MJRocksSox]

Thanks But its weird. I get confused with many people saying he bleached his skin because you can't bleach skin

[magic]

MJRocksSox, on Jun 17 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

Thanks But its weird. I get confused with many people saying he bleached his skin because you can't bleach skin

This is what Latvian fans talk in discussion group as well. Some ppl like to think Michael is weird. They don't want to believe he's normal guy

[MJRocksSox]

Its kinda like, no one cares about his music anymore, its his personal life they want to know about. But it confuses me. Why can't people just like his music and not care about his life? He was found innocent 3 years ago. Proved innocent actually. So hwy can't people understand that and move on. They say he is guilty but if he was, he would have gone to jail!

[Sharon007]

I thin that they know his music is good and they never really say anything bad about it because he has produced masterpieces that will never become old hat they will always remin in society in pop culture . But they are jealous becuase they will never be able to achieve what Michael has so they try to destroy him by discussing his private life. They are so mean in the end the music will always speak for itself.

[MissDangerous]

MJRocksSox, on Jun 17 2008, 07:38 PM, said:

Thanks But its weird. I get confused with many people saying he bleached his skin because you can't bleach skin

Well, that's not really true. You CAN actually bleach your skin.

"Some people who have very large areas of vitiligo sometimes prefer to bleach the pigment out of the unaffected skin to achieve an even color. Bleaching is done with repeated applications of hydroquinone cream to the skin for weeks to years. The effects of bleaching are irreversible."

Source: http://www.merck.com...208/ch208c.html

So, actually it is possible - and I guess that is the reason why people actually came up with the whole bleaching story. It is part of the treatment. There are different kinds of treatments, this is just one. Should therefore Michael have very large areas of vitiligo on his body he might have really chosen this form of treatment to even out the skin. It's logical to me to have your skin become whiter when most of your body has been affected so much by vitiligo so that the most part is white and not black. Sounds easier to me then to always even it out by using dark makeup. So, yes, if Michael chose this kind of treatment he IS bleaching his skin. The difference is just the it is TREATMENT of his skin disease - for the press it's of course because he just felt in the mood to become whiter one day....

[athinamj]

Why do you talk about Michael's health it's not so proper....

[magic]

MJRocksSox, on Jun 23 2008, 09:12 PM, said:

Its kinda like, no one cares about his music anymore, its his personal life they want to know about. But it confuses me. Why can't people just like his music and not care about his life? He was found innocent 3 years ago. Proved innocent actually. So hwy can't people understand that and move on. They say he is guilty but if he was, he would have gone to jail!

I say cause they don't have anything else to talk about. Michael doesn't release new music and old one is already..... old. Ok, not old lol but heard so much that it's not worth of talking about anymore.

MissDangerous, on Jun 25 2008, 08:53 PM, said:

Well, that's not really true. You CAN actually bleach your skin.

"Some people who have very large areas of vitiligo sometimes prefer to bleach the pigment out of the unaffected skin to achieve an even color. Bleaching is done with repeated applications of hydroquinone cream to the skin for weeks to years. The effects of bleaching are irreversible."

Source: http://www.merck.com...208/ch208c.html

Ok, there is this kind of cream or whatever it is. But then the question is if this cream is so strong that it actually make skin white or lighter? I stick to the lighter. The same as sunbath creams that makes your skin darker but not black.

Athina as long as discussion stays respectful it's ok And this is not just about Michael, discussion turns itno Vitiligo and ppl's attitde, many ppl suffers from it and many ppl doesn't believe in it.

[Sharon007]

I remember in a documentary about this guy who had stuff beloning to Michael and his family in his warehouse that he found a tube of skin bleaching cream in amongst everything. I wonder who was using that? Also LaToya is very much light skinned as well. I often wonder if she used this cream???? I noticed this cream on sale in the USA when I went into a beauty shop and I seen it advertised in Ebony and those type of magazines.

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