Michael Jackson: Vitiligo

Vitiligo @ wiki
wiki上的圖剛好就是手部，MJ單手帶起手套那時，手套下可能也是這個情況吧！

白斑(Vitiligo) 臺灣皮膚科醫學會提供

Vitiligo: eMedicine Dermatology

殞落後謎底揭曉！麥可白皮膚　是因為患有白斑病
2009年07月10日 壹蘋果
麥可傑克遜生前的風風雨雨，隨著他的殞落謎底一個一個揭曉！日前除了孌童案主角坦承為錢誣告麥可外，他的醫生也出面表示，麥可是因為罹患白斑病，在治療中必須服用藥物，才會讓自己越來越白，醫生說「大家都誤會他了！」

和麥可傑克森私交甚篤的女星西西莉泰森透露，麥可罹患白斑病時，一開始症狀出現在手部，麥可因為不想被人發現，開始戴起白色手套，又因為要搭配舞台需要，手套加上亮片，沒想到成了他的招牌。麥可的皮膚科醫師克萊恩也表示，麥可病情複雜，不但有白斑病還有紅斑性狼瘡，皮膚因此出現斑點。為了治療，克萊恩開了藥讓膚色變均勻，但也因為這樣讓麥可膚色越來越白。對於外傳麥可想變白人一說，克萊恩駁斥，強調麥可是黑人，而且他一直引以為傲，大家都誤會他了。


麥可傑克森的白手套是為了遮蓋皮膚病
中廣 更新日期:"2009/07/10 09:35"

麥可傑克森的註冊商標，他在舞臺表演時經常戴著一付白手套，據了解，最初的目的是要遮蓋皮膚病；而他皮膚逐漸變白是治療皮膚病所產生的後遺症，醫生說：大家都誤會他了。（夏明珠報導）

和麥可傑克森私交甚篤的女星（西西莉泰森）在1980年代，和麥可使用同一個造型師，她透露，當時麥可罹患皮膚白斑病，症狀最早出現在手部。這就是麥可開始戴手套的原因，為了配合舞台表演，麥可要求造型師替他的手套作點特別的設計，沒想到，閃亮的白手套最後會超越黑帽子、白襪子以及便鞋和紅色皮夾克，成為他的招牌，甚至引領流行。

麥可傑克森在1984年巡迴演唱中，戴的亮片手套，已經成為拍賣市場的搶手貨。

麥可傑克森的皮膚醫生說，麥可不只有白斑病，他還有紅斑性狼瘡，他全身皮膚佈滿斑點，臉部和手部治療難度又特別高。

麥可傑克森在十幾、二十年前，皮膚逐漸變白，他去漂白皮膚的謠言甚囂塵上，不過，罹患白斑病的湯瑪斯，以親身經歷說大家都誤會麥可了。湯瑪斯也是黑人，他在底特律當記者，他說，他開始發病的時候，手上出現白斑，可是因為工作，他每天都要用手拿麥克風伸到別人面前，為了遮醜，他開始戴手套。

皮膚科醫生完全可以理解麥可傑克森戴手套、擦口紅、塗厚粉的行徑，因為白斑病的斑點最常從手、臉和嘴唇開始出現。替麥可治療皮膚病的克萊恩醫生說，為了淡化斑點，讓膚色變均勻，他開給麥可一種可以讓黑皮膚變白的藥膏，這完全是基於治療的需要，外界有關麥可蓄意漂白，想變白人的謠言，都是誤會，克萊恩醫生說，麥可是黑人，他也以此為傲。


Actress: Michael Jackson's glove was to hide skin problem
updated 2:38 p.m. EDT, Thu July 9, 2009
By Doug Gross
(CNN) -- Michael Jackson's single white glove was his trademark -- an iconic image for a performer whose career constantly set, then redefined, pop culture trends.
Michael Jackson's single glove, a trademark image, started as a way to hide his skin condition, friends say

Michael Jackson's single glove, a trademark image, started as a way to hide his skin condition, friends say

But it also was an early effort to mask a skin condition that he would struggle with for the rest of his life, say some who were close to him.

Actress Cicely Tyson, a friend of Jackson's, said the two shared a fashion designer in the 1980s.

"All of a sudden, he said, 'I'm doing this glove for Michael,' " she said. "Michael was beginning to develop the vitiligo and it started on his hand.

"The glove was to cover the vitiligo; that's how that glove came into being."

The glove design and reason for it were not just hearsay for Tyson, she said.

"I was there when he was creating it," she told CNN's Don Lemon.

More than the black fedora, the white socks and loafers or the red leather jacket, the solitary glove -- made famous in the music video for "Billie Jean" -- became a Jackson trademark. He was dubbed "The Gloved One," by media and a sequined glove he wore during his 1984 Victory tour was expected to fetch more than $60,000 in an upcoming auction, even before his death.

Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. Arnie Klein, told CNN that Jackson suffered from vitiligo, a disease that causes blotches of lightening skin, as well as a form of lupus that led to rashes and flaking of skin on his scalp. Video Watch Jackson doctor talk with Larry King »

"His was bad because he began to get a speckled look over his body," Klein said. "All over his body -- but on his face and hands, which is hard to treat."


It's a report that rings true to others with the disease.

"I have to wear sleeves and carry an umbrella," said Lee Thomas, who wrote a memoir called "Turning White," which discusses his physical and mental struggles as an African-American man whose skin changes because of vitiligo. "It totally makes sense to me."

Thomas, an Emmy-winning television journalist in Detroit, Michigan, told CNN that he shares a habit with Jackson.

"I got [white spots] on one of my hands, so I used to wear a glove to hold a microphone," he said.

Dr. James Norlund, a dermatologist, never treated Jackson, but said the singer's use of the gloves and lipstick was consistent with the patterns of vitiligo, since the spots frequently first appear on the hands and face, including the lips.

Klein said he treated Jackson's vitiligo with a cream that eventually bleached Jackson's darker pigmentation to even out his skin color. He said it was that treatment -- not a once-rumored desire by Jackson to be white -- that lightened his skin over the years.

"Michael was black," Klein said. "He was very proud of his black heritage."

Regardless of its origins, the glove was never viewed as anything other than fashion by Jackson's fans, some of whom donned gloves to impersonate him.

At Jackson's memorial service Tuesday, actress Brooke Shields, a close friend of Jackson's, remembered the glove in a light moment during an otherwise emotional eulogy.
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"When he started wearing the glove, I was like, 'What's up with the glove?' " she said, drawing laughter from the crowd. "I was like, 'If you're going to hold my hand, it better be the nonglove one because sequins really hurt me.' It would dig in.

"He'd just shake his head and he would just smile."