While shooting for a Pepsi commercial in , Jackson got severely burned, due to which he had to go through skin grafts and balloon implantation in his scalp. However, one also cannot overlook the fact that Jackson's relationship with his skin was also about race. Steve Knopper in his recently released book MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson , on the one hand, suggests that Jackson's relationship with his skin was more complicated than his desire to be white, on the other hand, he also examines Jackson's reaction to his father Joe's declaration that he needed "white help" to aid his negotiations with CBS after the Jackson left Motown.
Michael Jackson had reportedly said that he does not hire colour, but competence. In a famous interview with Oprah Winfrey in , he asserted that he is proud of being a black American, and that he never wanted to be played by a white actor. Delving deep into the contemporary cultural analysis of Jackson's shifting skin color, Knopper observes that the disease vitiligo had liberated him from the boundaries of black physicality.
Just as he refused to be confined to one producer or one musical style, he also chose to never stick to one look, imposed by genetics or tradition. However, other experts have claimed Michael had a lot more done than just a nose job and skin lightening. Click through the gallery to see how his face transformed over the years.
Michael got his first nose job in He claimed he got the surgery not because he wanted a smaller nose but because he broke it during a dance rehearsal and needed an operation. However, Michael wasn't satisfied with his first nose job and got it done a second time to correct it. Steven Hoefflin, Michael's plastic surgeon, said the second nose job left him with breathing difficulties and "required further work. Throughout the '90s, Michael's nose got noticeably thinner and his skin got whiter.
Michael told Oprah Winfrey at the time that his lighter skin was because of vitiligo, a skin condition. In the s, as the youngest member of the Jackson 5, Michael was the cherub-faced wunderkind no audience could resist.
But even before he began to alter his features, Jackson was wearing a mask, concealing a feeling of unbearable pressure to succeed, brother Jackie Jackson said in a interview. Margo Jefferson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and the author of "On Michael Jackson," said, "I think he longed for some kind of peace of mind. He longed for what he could never possibly have back, which was some vision of a childhood. The little Michael Jackson, you know, who grew up struggling and suffering and It was after the unprecedented success of 's "Thriller" that Jackson's metamorphosis became far more than an artistic statement.
In the video for the mega-hit, Jackson transforms from man to werewolf to man to zombie and back to man. It was as if he was using the story to preview the real-life drama of metamorphosis to come. After the release of his fifth solo album, "Off the Wall" , Jackson had an accident that would change him forever. He fell while dancing and broke his nose. It is believed that that's when he had his first plastic surgery. Diprivan , a fast-acting anesthetic. Jackson is said to have developed an affection for this drug as a sleep aid.
Jackson has a stronger chin with a deep cleft, reportedly inspired by Kirk Douglas and installed by Hoefflin, and what seems like a smaller nose, perhaps the result of steroid injections.
Jackson credits his new look to diet and lighting. The result is unsettling for many people because, as London cosmetic surgeon Jan Stanek theorized, the lower part of his face looks masculine while the eyes and nose look feminine. Jackson's skin tone here is much lighter, the result of skin-bleaching creams, pale makeup, or both.
There is no sign of the blotchy pigment caused by vitiligo, but as a friend points out, "You'll notice that Michael often wore long sleeves and military high collars to hide his neck. The tip of his nose seems narrower, more pointed, and upturned.
Here, they rehearse for an HBO special that never aired. There is a curious resemblance, though Marceau achieved the look with greasepaint. The gender confusion in Jackson's face does not end with changes to his eyes, nose, and chin.
His lips, usually berry red with permanent makeup or lipstick, complete the picture. He seems to have had a subtle reduction of both upper and lower lips, which involves removing horizontal slivers of tissue from the mucosa, the inside edges.
Ideally, the lower lip should be a third fuller and deeper than the upper. Because of the vitiligo and the regular bleaching, Jackson's skin is very sensitive to light. Hats, umbrellas, and sunglasses are his defense, though many think these are affectations.
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