He had vitiligo; a pigmentation disorder in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin are destroyed. As a result, white patches appear on the skin in different parts of the body.
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he had a skin disorder called Vitiligo it causes pathes of depigmentation in patches of skin. Soon he got his skin depigmented since he was gonna be white anyways
Michael Jackson's skin was white because he had a rare skin condition called vitiligo. Vitiligo is an inherited genetic disorder. It is a condition when you lose melanocytes (cells that give color to...