Obviously you weren't bad mouthing my wife. You just really dislike MJ and are jaded by that dislike. I will offer a possible explanation for his gradual even lightening over time. When my wife was first diagnosed with it, one of the options presented to her was a complete bleaching of her skin. It wasn't cheap, so we didn't do it but it was an option presented and would explain your observations.
Link: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec18/ch208/ch208c.html "Some people who have very large areas of vitiligo sometimes prefer to bleach the pigment out of the unaffected skin to achieve an even color. Bleaching is done with repeated applications of hydroquinone cream to the skin for *weeks to years*. The effects of bleaching are irreversible." And as a side note, I think Gruss worked part time as a vitiligo splotch on MJ's right hand in the mid 80's, so you really should trust his judgement on this subject... On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > People Magazine had a photo spread last week with pictures of MJ over > the years. It was simply stunning to see how his skin uniformly got > lighter over the years. Again, not like any case of vitiligo I have > seen. I am not a dermatologist, but being in EMS or hospital settings > for almost 25 years, I saw a lot of people with the disease. > > I would not call Chris' wife vain or a coward. Celebrities are > different. Celebrities are sued to being in the spotlight and most, if > not all, enjoy it or need it. MJ had the opportunity to reach an > audience almost no other person on earth could have reached, and he > decided not to. That is what disappoints and to a degree, angers me. > To be given that kind of stage, to be able to reach that many people, > and chose not to use it for the benefit of others befuddles me. > > I will have to admit one thing I just thought of (and shame on you > guys for not finding this gaping hole in my rant). Its entirely > possible (and very likely) that his behavior was driven more by the > abuse suffered at the hand his father than anything else. I still > think he blew an opportunity to make a difference, but I feel, now, > its excusable when you factor in what years of abuse from someone who > is supposed to love you can do to a person. > > /me slithers back under rock > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Michael Grant<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would like to apologize in advance for when Scott calls your wife a > vain > > fnucking coward. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> My wife has Vitiligo. I first noticed it when she was 19, she had a > very > >> small white dot just below her lip. Over about the next 5 years, more > and > >> more patches formed and grew until they eventually ALL grew together. > She > >> now has some small patches of pigment left that look like freckles but > >> other > >> then those she is pigment free. > >> > >> When she was all blotchy with white spots she was embarrassed (she is > >> selfish that way) and always wore long pants and long sleeve shirts, > which > >> in Tampa summers was quite a burden. Now that it has taken over her > entire > >> body, aside from looking very pale, she looks normal and is comfortable > >> enough to wear short sleave shirts and shorts again. However, because > of > >> the lack of pigment, she cannot be in the sun for more then a few > minutes > >> without getting burned (much like with MJ's weird umbrella fascination). > >> > >> Based on my first hand experience witnessing my wife's progression, I > would > >> say that MJ's behaviour fits Vitiligo very well. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
