Michael Jackson's son reveals why his father really cleared up his skin
Prince Jackson approached controversy in a rare interview.
Even if he had been in the public's eyes since he was a young boy, Michael Jackson was always a mysterious figure during his adult life, thanks in part to his appearance. On the one hand, the singer's skin became significantly lighter during his lifetime. Many theories have developed on the reasons why Jackson may have deliberately changed his complexion, including some believing that he wanted to look like a white person. However, the star himself and now his son said that there was a real skin condition which had an impact on his self-image and his confidence.
In a new rare interview, Michael's 26 year old son, Prince Jackson , opened the reason why his father chose to further clarify his skin and how he fought with his diagnosis. Continue to read to find out more.
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Michael denied being ashamed of being black.
In an interview of 1993 with Oprah Winfrey ,, Michael spoke of The changing appearance of your skin.
"I have a skin disorder that destroys skin pigmentation. This is something that I can't help. When people invent stories that I don't want to be who I am, it hurts" , did he declare. Michael was also asked about a rumor that he wanted a white child to play him in a Pepsi advertisement. He denied this and said, "I am a black American. I am proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. ""
From his skin disorder, he continued: "It is a problem for me. I cannot control it ... let's go reverse it. And all millions of people who sit in the sun to become darker, to become Other than what they are "nobody says anything about it. He also said that he was not aware of such a thing than" whitening the skin ".
Michael had vitiligo.
After the interview with Winfrey, The New York Times reported that Michael's dermatologist, Dr Arnold Klein confirmed that Michael had vitiligo . "Mr. Jackson asked to make this statement," Klein told the Associated Press. "It is not contagious and is the result of the loss of cells producing skin pigments." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
According to the National Institutes of Health, " Vitiligo is a chronicle Autoimmune (durable) disorder that causes pigments or skin colors to lose. This happens when melanocytes - skin skin cells that make pigment - are attacked and destroyed, which means that the skin turns a milky white color. ""
After Michael's death, Reuters reported that his autopsy confirmed that He had trouble .
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Prince said Michael had told him about his condition.
As indicated by complex, Prince was recently invited on Mike Tyson podcast Hotboxin 'with Mike Tyson . During the show, Tyson said about Michael: "Everyone thought he was changing the skin because he wanted to be white, he changed it because he wanted to shine ... he wanted to be a light." Tyson said Michael had told him that.
Prince replied: "When I was younger, he always explained me, speaking. But it was vitiligo or a form of lupus that contributed to vitiligo."
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He said that his father was not sure about it.
Prince continued explaining that his father was aware of his appearance.
"He had a lot of insecurity around the air stained in his appearance," said Prince. "So he wanted to see if he could smooth his appearance to help his safety on his physical appearance." By referring to what Tyson had said earlier, he added: "I think the" brilliant "probably also had something to do with that because he was visionary in the way he thought, right?"
Prince did not share exactly what Michael did to lighten his skin. CNN reported in 2009 that There are different treatments for Vitiligo which have different levels of efficiency. The report noted that it is rarer to try to lighten the darkest parts of the skin than to try to restore the pigment to the affected areas.
Aesthetic dermatologist Dr Min-Wei Christine Lee said to CNN a powerful lightning medication called Benoquin: "It is important to understand that this product really eliminates pigments (not just clarification), which is more like being an albinos. Caucasian skin always has a Pigment even if it is "white" treated with with a skin treated with a skin treated with Benoquin has no pigment. "
Prince said he was still learning his father.
Prince, with whom Michael welcomed with Debbie Rowe , was 12 years old on the death of Michael. Prince has a younger sister, Paris Jackson , 25, and a younger brother, Bigi Jackson , 21.
Prince told Tyson that he discovered even more about his father today. "It was very interesting," said Prince. "Personally, I do a lot of research on him and I learn a lot about his story. And there is so much to cover."
Prince previously shared what it was be raised by the king of pop . "I think human beings are very resistant. So many people expect this answer to be very extravagant or different," he said Hello in Britain in 2021. "But that's how I was raised and that's a bit like everything I knew, so it was really normal for me."
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