# What does Michael Jackson look like nude? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749 "2005-10-11T13:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/21 "2005-10-12T00:12:36Z")
Isn’t 13 the minimum age for joining the SDMB? In view of that, it’s not likely we’ll get any first-hand witnesses to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/22 "2005-10-12T00:20:50Z")
Paul, let me just say that your thread title was probably the most revolting thing I’ve ever read on the SDMB. And that’s coming from someone who’s contributed to the Great Pimple Thread and ranted about pictures of non-healing abdominal wounds I encountered at work. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/23 "2005-10-12T02:02:59Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Further, is he that color all over? Did they whiten only the parts that show when he is clothed? I’m thinkin’ Krusty the Clown. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/24 "2005-10-12T02:34:41Z")
GQ is for **"factual questions** , but the answer to your query surely lies in the realm of science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/25 "2005-10-12T04:04:00Z")
Lord knows I’m no Michael Jackson apologist, nor do I (thank God) any first- or even second-hand knowledge of what he looks like nude. I do, however, have vitiligo, and as the disease (condition?) progressed, my skin went from normal to splotchy to almost uniformly white. And if I were so inclined, even before it went completely white, I could have evened it out with cosmetics. To me, Jackson looks like he resorts to liberal use of pancake makeup. I doubt that there’s any reliable treatment to permanently lighten the skin, no matter how much money you have to spend. When I was looking for something to make my skin look less like that of a burn victim (during the aggressively splotchy phase), the dermatologist had nothing to offer me. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/26 "2005-10-12T04:33:54Z")
Thank you Legend for your super post. I will take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/27 "2005-10-12T11:12:44Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > So I was reading about Michael Jackson’s [plastic](http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html) surgery. OK, so he had his skin lightened, that we can agree on. > > How the heck do you do that? The skin is a gland, it is not just for decoration. So how would you mess with its color without killing the patient? > > Further, is he that color all over? Did they whiten only the parts that show when he is clothed? > > Sorry for the mental image folks. Sorry for this guys. Like most older men, he’s starting to fall apart. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/28 "2005-10-12T11:19:44Z")
I always figured that he probably looked like a generic Ken doll. ::shrugs:: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/29 "2005-10-12T12:33:13Z")
Based on this thread, possibly a giant scorpion: > **[Does anyone recall the "Invaders," starring Roy Thinnes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339169)** > > I guess it first came out in 1967, but I saw some of the reruns around '83 or so. It was a cool program about a guy running around in the desert southwest trying to get someone to believe him about alien invaders with weird pinky fingers living... Might explain why he wore that damned glove. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/30 "2005-10-12T13:41:41Z")
I check out Daryl Cagle’s website for his collected political cartoons. During the Jackson trial, Cagle drew a cartoon that showed a young boy picking Jackson out of a lineup that consisted of Jackson, a barbershop pole, and a giant candy cane. After he received a bunch of “WTF?” e-mails, Cagle explained on his blog that during the public testimony, the accuser stated that Jackson’s penis was ‘striped’- possibly due to all of the chemical whitening and bleaching Jackson had done to his skin (speculation Cagle’s, not the child’s.) \>\>shudder\<\< ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/31 "2005-10-12T14:27:31Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > (I must shamefully admit I had already clicked on the first Google ad.) Stop that! It only encourages them! ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/32 "2005-10-13T04:47:54Z")
Contrary to **InternetLegend** , the last time I went to my dermatologist she offered me a wide array of skin-lightening products, of varying effectiveness and aggressiveness, to bleach out my lupus spots. Can’t remember what they were, since I don’t care enough to use them, but they were designed to work over large patches of skin. I imagine MJ could use them, too. Perhaps **InternetLegend** was looking for something to relieve the redness of burn tissue, rather than hyperpigmentation? mischievous ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/33 "2005-10-13T04:53:27Z")
On re-reading, I see that I had a complete brain fart and thought that **InternetLegend** was concerned about burns rather than vitiligo. Sorry. I’m at a loss as to the discrepancy between our dermatologists. How long ago were you looking for treatment? mischievous ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/34 "2005-10-13T05:19:07Z")
Every article I’ve ever read regarding skin has declared that it is the largest **organ** , not a gland. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/35 "2005-10-13T05:47:23Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Every article I’ve ever read regarding skin has declared that it is the largest **organ** , not a gland. Maybe it is _your_ largest (ahem) organ. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/36 "2005-10-13T05:49:16Z")
:mad: ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749/37 "2005-10-13T10:05:08Z")
Michael Jackson’s famous ‘single white glove’ phase was brought on by him wanting to cover up parts of his body that were being affected by his vitiligo. You can see a progression of different ways he would cover himself up, up until he revealed on the big Oprah Winfrey interview (or whoever it was) that he had the disease. And now he covers himself up and shades himself from the sun a lot more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-michael-jackson-look-like-nude/325749.md?page=1)