Michael Jackson?

[Laurel]

I liked him better when he was black.

No kidding. Notice that the longer he hangs out with Elizabeth Taylor, the more he starts to resemble her. I think they even use the same lipstick.

 

[Laurel]

You may be right about that, but I still find myself wondering how this creature came into being. I know one of the first things people reacted to was his sudden appearance with light skin. There were rumors he was bleaching himself somehow. I've never seriously pursued treatment for vitaligo, so I don't know whether his attention to his appearance arose initially as an attempt to deal with a very real problem.

I have vitiligo. I'm lucky enough to have it on nearly all of my body, and I was fair skinned to start with, so I have no blotching or weird spots anymore. However, in the early days of the disease I did have spots on my hands & face that would tan while the surrounding skin would not - they looked like liver spots. I asked my dermatologist about 'bleaching' the spots, and it's an expensive and time-consuming process that's hard on the skin. I left it alone. Eventually the disease spread rapidly (as it does) so now I'm creamy white from head to toe. Some of my follicles are even affected, so that the hairs that grow out of them are white.

It's not a problem for me - I just stay out of the sun as much as I can and wear lots of sunscreen. But for someone with a dark complexion - especially someone in show biz - it's got to be a blow. If his skin tone is the result of bleaching, I can't help but think that he should've lived with the blotches.

 

[WriterDom]

He'll reinvent himself as a rap singer. Then Laurel will get upset when we make fun of him.

...and WriterDom will tell us how he's responsible for all the evils in the world.

I never said he was evil... But lets just say I'm glad the boy scouts are a private organization

 

[Laurel]

I never said he was evil... But lets just say I'm glad the boy scouts are a private organization

LOL! What's funny is that since MJ is considered a straight man (as the majority of child molesters are), he could actually have been a Scout Leader before his legal troubles.

 

[genderbender]

I have vitiligo...

There's also a treatment you may have heard about that involves taking drugs to sensitive your skin to the sun and then expose yourself for limited periods of time. I guess they expect the treatment will jump start melanin so that it can again take color. The problem is the treatment requires that you avoid sun as completely as possible at all times except during the limited exposure. And the risk of skin cancer is elevated. I said no way, especially when I learned the treatment would expend for up to a year. I was first aware of the problem in my late teens. As the years have passed I've noticed others. At one social event I found myself talking with two other people with the disease. More recently I worked with two women who have it. One was attempting to treat the disorder by taking a tea made from some exotic mushroom that is marinated over an extended period of time. I tasted the stuff and decided I'd live with the disease. Thanks for mentioning your experience.

 

[WriterDom]

I never said he was evil... But lets just say I'm glad the boy scouts are a private organization

LOL! What's funny is that since MJ is considered a straight man (as the majority of child molesters are

you need to tune up your GayDar

 

[Laurel]

There's also a treatment you may have heard about that involves taking drugs to sensitive your skin to the sun and then expose yourself for limited periods of time. I guess they expect the treatment will jump start melanin so that it can again take color. The problem is the treatment requires that you avoid sun as completely as possible at all times except during the limited exposure. And the risk of skin cancer is elevated. I said no way, especially when I learned the treatment would expend for up to a year. I was first aware of the problem in my late teens. As the years have passed I've noticed others. At one social event I found myself talking with two other people with the disease. More recently I worked with two women who have it. One was attempting to treat the disorder by taking a tea made from some exotic mushroom that is marinated over an extended period of time. I tasted the stuff and decided I'd live with the disease.

Wow, I hadn't heard of those treatments, but then again I haven't spent much time lately looking for them. I too first became 'afflicted' with the disease in my teens (I was 15), & back then it bothered me a lot. Nowadays, I've pretty much adapted to it - it's part of who I am. I have light hair and light eyes, so it works. Manu likes my fair skin, and he's the one who has to look at it. Plus, beyond the fact that there's no melanoma to protect against sun exposure, the disease really doesn't affect your health. Sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, and common sense.

How long have you had it? How much of your body does it cover? Do you find that it's still spreading? Mine's pretty much stopped - I have a dime-size circle on my right arm that's still tannish, but that's the only piece of unaffected skin I own. Oh, and a couple freckle-size bits on my hands that are hardly noticeable.

 

[Laurel]

you need to tune up your GayDar

Ah, so you have, um, personal knowledge of his sexual preferences?

 

[genderbender]

How long have you had it? How much of your body does it cover? Do you find that it's still spreading? Mine's pretty much stopped - I have a dime-size circle on my right arm that's still tannish, but that's the only piece of unaffected skin I own. Oh, and a couple freckle-size bits on my hands that are hardly noticeable.

During the first years I only had small spots on the back of my hands and a slightly larger one on my chest. It was pretty painful at times, even blistering on a couple of occasions when I didn't take care. Gradually it spread, to the inside of my elbow, behind my knees, later to my neck and around my eyes Now, most of my hands and neck and a good part of my chest are white, as are my legs and forehead. It still isn't really that noticeable unless I've been in the sun without sunblock. Then the white areas turn quite red. Looking at my hands as I type I still have areas with color. I wear long sleeved white shirts even during the summer and suffer with occasional burn on my legs because I like to wear shorts. I have to wear socks though because the tops of my feet get really burned and hurt. It's always seemed more like a nuisance than a serious problem. Friends and lovers haven't been put off, even though my thang is definitely pinto colored.

 

[WriterDom]

you need to tune up your GayDar

Ah, so you have, um, personal knowledge of his sexual preferences?

No Ma'am I don't.. but I did hear MJ is making a cameo appearance in the next Kid Rock/Dillinger story.

 

[Laurel]

No Ma'am I don't.. but I did hear MJ is making a cameo appearance in the next Kid Rock/Dillinger story.

Eww! That's a mental image that'll haunt my nightmares for years.

 

[jcgirl]

That man has always frightened me.........still frightens me, and probably will always frighten me

 

[Handy-Andy]

Wacko has been in the U.K this week talking at Oxford University and promoting his new charity for under privilleged children , I carn't remember the name of the charity .

 

[OUTSIDER]

I think it's called something like "heal the children"..?
it should really be called "heal the children of their nightmares after seeing MJ", I think every parent should have a copy of his picture and show it to their children and tell them this is what happens when you have a lot of money go mental and have way to much plastic surgery.
I bet the thought of even remotely looking like that guy has put more people off plastic surgery than anything else in history.

 

[Hardwood]

Sorry friends. That man is deeply emotionaly screwed up. Maybe he always was, or maybe it developed over time. Forget the skin problems his trouble goes far deeper. The tragedy is, if he was poor, or with moderate income, his friends would have gotten him into see a head doctor many years ago. The fact that he has gotten to this point tells me how many real friends he has. None. Just people leeching off of a Pop Icon. Thats the real pity.

 

[Hardwood]

<----Oh look!! I'm not a virgin anymore! Gee it did'nt hurt at all. Don't I get a kiss or something?