Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Michael Jackson was accused of trying to lighten his skin. He said it was a skin "condition". But is there a way to lighten dark skin?
Well if you only marry white the children will be whiter with each generation. Right? Maybe one day someone somewhere will invent a skin lightener that won't damage skin. A reverse tanning salon. I'm gonna ask. Thank you for your reply Durdle and Happy Thursday! :)
Yes, inter-racial marriages will do that, but the only way for an individual to change his or her skin colour would involve killing or permanently disabling the deeper skin-cells that produce the pigment - in other words, by damaging the skin.
One effect would be to destroy the skin's own protection against solar radiation, so greatly raise the risk of sunburn and skin cancer.
I have no idea what else it could lead to, but even if it had no other side-effects it would still be deliberate, dangerous harm.
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I do not know if Jackson really did try to lighten his skin colour, and you admit it's an allegation so not proven; but he did seem to have been badly damaged emotionally and mentally by his upbringing and career.
MJ never had a skin "condition" until the Pepsi-cola advertisement accident. It left him with lighter-coloured scars along his hairline and exposed nerves which gave him constant pain (resulting in an addiction to prescription opioids. Been there, I sympathize.) He was obsessed with the idea that the fire had permanently disfigured him, hence the bleaching and constant lifts, to make those scars less visible.
Durdle 