[TNdandelion]

My mother and aunt through marriage both have that vit-whatever skin situation and neither look like MJ. If he wasn’t bleaching, then he’s got one of the most severe and conveniently “consistent” case I’ve ever seen. I’m no expert, though.

[incindiary]

Do they just leave it as it is, or try to even out the patches? Because what I've heard is Michael evened out the patches...maybe with light makeup, or some other way, I don't know. Being in the public eye, it's understandable he would want to even it out instead of having people see that condition. Personally I think he should've gone dark instead of light, but his dermatologist said that the white patches were so big that it was easier to go light.

[alnick]

The following website shows pictues of a little girl with vitiligo, with before, during, and after photos. Before her skin was consistently brown. during the disease, her face was mostly white with brown patches. After treatment to even out her skin tone, her skin is consistenly white, even on her neck and ears.

From the site: “Depigmentation is a treatment that involves fading the rest of the skin to match the white areas. This may be the best treatment for people who have Vitiligo Skin Disease over 50 percent of their body.”

http://effectivevitiligotreatment.blogspot.com/2008/05/vitiligo-skin-disease.html