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American musician Michael Jackson is said is to have had extensive plastic surgery to change his appearance. Along with his skin conditions, Michael Jackson's plastic surgery has blurred the traditional and convential barriers surrounding gender and race in society.

Skin color

Although Jackson's skin color was a medium-brown color for the entire duration of his youth, his skin has lightened gradually since 1982, and is today a pale cream color. Jackson has attributed his changing skin color to vitiligo, a skin disease in which the body develops antibodies against its own melanin, a body pigment, resulting in light patches and an eventual loss of all pigment. The public finally became aware of Jackson's condition when he first revealed it in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993. During court depositions in 1994, both Jackson's dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein and his nurse (Deborah Rowe, who Jackson later married) revealed that following a biopsy of his scalp in 1984, Jackson was diagnosed with lupus and vitiligo. As a result of this disorder, Jackson is said to use make-up to cover-up the imperfections in his skin and has denied numerous reports that he bleaches his skin. He has also been told by his dermatologist to avoid any exposure to the sun. Ever since then, Jackson has regularly worn long-sleeved shirts and pants under an umbrella while in public to hide from the sun.

Plastic surgery

Jackson has had multiple plastic surgery procedures to modify his appearance. He claims to have had three operations: two rhinoplastic surgeries and the surgical creation of a cleft in his chin. When listing his cosmetic surgery, Jackson often omits mentioning the cleft; however, he confirmed this surgery in his 1988 autobiography, Moon Walk
.

In the 2003 documentary Living with Michael Jackson
, Jackson stated that he had had only two operations to his nose. He justified these operations by stating that they were to "help breathe better and to hit higher notes". Jackson also agreed with Martin Bashir, interviewer for the documentary, that the reason for the surgery was mainly that the singer was called "ugly" and either way mocked and ridiculed by his relatives for having such a big nose in his youth.

Jackson's use of plastic surgery has caused increased concerns of a possible cartilage and nose collapse. However, his surgeons claim Jackson's nose is fully functional and at no risk of collapsing.

It is not sure when Jackson had his first nose job, but it was sometime after Off the Wall and between Thriller, Jackson's nose is clearly smaller on the cover of Thriller. For some reason between 1982 and 1985, the shape of his face had changed. For example in 1985's short film Captain Eo, Jackson's skin color had obviously been lightened somewhat.

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