Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. The 51-year-old musician's cause of death was numerous plastic surgeries and a large number of medications that he took over several decades. The controversy about why the American king of pop so often resorted to the help of doctors continues to this day.
Diseases
Michael Jackson inherited dark complexions and facial features from African American parents. However, in 1979, the first changes became noticeable: the shade of the epithelium became lighter than before. It was rumored that the 21-year-old and already very popular musician was specifically bleaching his skin. Over the next few years, it became noticeable that Michael's facial features also underwent changes. Journalists were actively promoting Jackson's version of deliberately changing his appearance. They were convinced that the performer wants to become as similar as possible to the representative of the Caucasian, and not the Negroid race.
In 1986, doctors gave Michael Jackson two terrible diagnoses at once: vitiligo and systemic lupus erythematosus. Vitiligo is a genetic disorder that causes pigmentation on the skin. Sunlight makes the color of the epithelium uneven. In the first years, the singer hid skin defects on his face with complex makeup, and on his hands with gloves. Because of lupus, Jackson's body developed a rash, the foci of which were shaped like a butterfly. Doctors say that in the 80s, the pop idol's lupus was in remission, but sunlight, constant physical and psychological stress, vitiligo and a number of other factors caused its exacerbation. Michael Jackson's health was seriously compromised by the intake of a large number of potent drugs: solahin, benoquine, tretinoin and hydroxychloroquine.
Michael Jackson adhered to a strict diet, which, with serious physical exertion and constant stress associated with concert activities, made his body thin, and his character almost unbearable.
Surgical intervention
Plastic surgeons who analyzed the photographs of Michael Jackson claim that the singer underwent several dozen operations. Biographer Randy Taraborelli in a book about Jackson writes that Michael first went under a scalpel in 1979. The musician needed rhinoplasty to correct the shape of the nose, which was broken during the dance. To correct the consequences of this operation, Jackson in 1980 goes to a second rhinoplasty, but to a different doctor. Jackson himself claimed that in the early 80s he also deliberately made a dimple on his chin, but did not agree to plastic surgery anymore. Since 1986, Michael Jackson has regularly visited Arnold Klein for non-surgical cosmetic procedures and subcutaneous injections.
Michael Jackson's relatives claim that he has performed at least 20 different plastic surgeries. From the wide nose, characteristic of the representatives of the Negroid race, the doctors made him a narrow triangular nose with practically no wings. Over time, the skin atrophied, the implant disappeared (according to various sources: fell out, absorbed, was specially removed). In September 2004, German surgeon Werner Mang performed a complex reconstruction of Jackson's nose, using cartilage from the singer's ear. In addition, Jackson has repeatedly changed the shape of his chin (usually due to an inserted implant), cheekbones, and lips. The singer received braces and corrected the shape of the eyes.
