Regardless of whatever plastic surgery he had, he had his skin bleached for the same reason he wore a glove on one hand. He had the disease VITILIGO. There is no known cure. Eventually your only choice is to live with it, wear makeup all the time, or have your skin bleached. He chose the latter. It's not at all uncommon.
Yea, right. He could have also worn a long lasting pigment like the tan-in-a-bottle tan stuff. Face it. He was an effeminate black man who wanted to look like a white woman.
Vitiligo shows up in patches, giving the appearance of paint peeling. Michael Jackson gradually faded from black to white. That’s not vitiligo; that’s vanity skin bleaching.