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Vitiligo
2:31 AM on Jan. 7, 2008

Today, I learned of an illness that I was unaware of.  It was brought to light from a dear friend of mine who is a director for Foxx TV.  There is a tv personality in Detroit who suffers from this illness.  Vitiligo is an illness that affects the pigment of one's skin.  It can be herditary in nature.  I remember growing up during the time when people were saying that Michael Jackson was making himself to become white.  I heard all of the stories from him bleaching his skin to taking shots.  None of these rumors are true.  He has a skin disease called Vitiligo.  He use to wear that one glove on his hand to hide his changes in his skin and makeup to cover up his imperfections.  Below are some links so you can learn more too.  I felt so very bad for him.  People are so cruel to those who are different.  Take a moment to learn about others so you can not be one of the ignorant people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TSEKXXIvI

there are many links on this page for you to check out.


Comments (4)
Fardreamer - 12:29 PM on Jan. 21, 2008  [ message ]
Personally, being disabled myself, I have never doubted that MJ has a skin condition or made fun of him because of his illness. If I have any issues about the guy, it's more about his messy personal life and weird eccentricities.
leighdu - 7:32 PM on Jan. 17, 2008  [ message ]
Yeah, I heard of this illness years ago back in high school. This girl named Deena had it and surprisingly she was really made fun of (and I am glad). She was really cool about and kept an open mind and accepted that it was something that she could not change.
cirereyes - 5:07 PM on Jan. 7, 2008  [ message ]
Thanks for that information; this is my first time also to know the name of that illness. I've seen a lot of people with the same skin problems but I didn't know it was a disease, I thought they had an accident that made their skin look like that. All this time I believed the rumors about Michael Jackson, now I know the truth.
ybpublishing - 11:43 AM on Jan. 7, 2008  [ message ]
I forgot to post the link for the tv personality from Foxx TV in Detroit when I posted the original posting. He had a tv interview the past week with 20/20. Here is the link: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4075652&page=1