# Could Michael Jackson's face be saved? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062 "2003-11-24T23:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/41 "2003-11-26T12:56:36Z")
Wow, Jackson’s 5’11" and only 120 lbs?! I’m 5’11" and over 200 lbs, and most people would not describe me as fat. Granted, Jackson has a skinnier build than me, but a body weight that low cannot possibly be healthy. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/42 "2003-11-26T12:59:44Z")
Hey, he’s eating as fast as he can! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/43 "2003-11-26T13:07:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Greywolf73 \* > \*\*I’m surprised he’s even able to go out into daylight without bursting into flames. \*\* Isn’t that why he carries an umbrella all the time? No, really. I thought that the vitiligo lcan leave your skin really sensitive to UV and since he evened it all out by getting rid of pigmentation, doesn’t he get crispy in the sun? Maybe he’s ultra-thin because he has no taste for food. What with the sense of smell and taste being so related… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/44 "2003-11-26T14:38:45Z")
**Cervaise** , I think Michael may be the first non-biodegradable human. That face may last for 100 million years. When cockroaches evolve enough to have anthropologists, they may think that’s what we looked like. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/45 "2003-11-26T14:50:29Z")
Not that I know much about plastic surgery, but I’m pretty sure you can’t just reverse all the stuff Michael had done. Faces aren’t supposed to have that much crap done to them in the first place. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/46 "2003-11-26T16:58:13Z")
Why in the heck hasn’t he sued the butchers that did this to him? I mean he lives in America after all. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/47 "2003-11-26T17:08:24Z")
Maybe because he doesn’t realize it looks so oogy. Maybe he’s happy with it. I don’t know why he would be, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/48 "2003-11-26T17:26:23Z")
Wait a sec, I’m going to call someone… [dialtone] [Touch tone beeps] [one ringy-dingy] [two ringy dingy] “Moshi-moshi” “Hi this is heresiarch from the SDMB. Is this Japan?” “Hai.” “I have a question - Could Michael Jackson’s face be saved?” “Mikeru Jackson? Save face? … Bwahahahahaha!!!” “hehe. OK, I didn’t think so either. Domo Origato.” “_snerk_ Sayonara. Tell **Opal** Japan says 'Hi”." [click] So there you go. Japan says no. And Hi, **Opalcat**. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/49 "2003-11-26T17:57:48Z")
> [@](#): > > I posted here yesterday, but it’s gone. I suspect the staff is deleting my posts. [Is this the “deleted” post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4269881#post4269881) of which you speak? You want we should change your name to Zenster, or sumthin’? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/50 "2003-11-26T18:18:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Why in the heck hasn’t he sued the butchers that did this to him? > > I mean he lives in America after all. Because he paid them to do it? ---
**Author:** ![GraphicsGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GraphicsGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraphicsGal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/51 "2003-11-26T18:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanguineSpider \* > \*\*WHAT nose??? He scares me… in the deepest parts of my psyche, he scares me. He is almost as bad as the scary “cat” woman… > [http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000351.html](http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000351.html) \*\* She should talk to this guy [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm\_365440.html](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_365440.html) who was featured in a Discovery Channel show about obsessive behavior. When I look at MJ, I think of those poor souls who weigh almost nothing and are in danger of dying from complications of anorexia…and they see themselves as still fat. Something like this has to be going on with MJ. Why else would he keep mutilating himself? ---
**Author:** ![GraphicsGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GraphicsGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraphicsGal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/52 "2003-11-26T18:42:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanguineSpider \* > \*\*WHAT nose??? He scares me… in the deepest parts of my psyche, he scares me. He is almost as bad as the scary “cat” woman… > [http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000351.html](http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000351.html) \*\* She should talk to this guy: [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm\_365440.html](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_365440.html) He was featured in a Discovery Channel show about obsessive behavior. Every time i see MJ, I think of folks who are in danger of dying from compliations of anorexia, but still see themselves as fat. Something like this has to be going on with MJ, or why would he continue to mutilate himself? ---
**Author:** ![GraphicsGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GraphicsGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraphicsGal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/53 "2003-11-26T19:18:48Z")
Sorry about the double posting…I got a time out error twice when trying to post my response. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062.md?page=2)