Michael Jackson was much more than the King of Pop Jun 26, 2009
His multiple plastic surgeries and his vitiligo illness, which saw him transform from a masculine looking black man to a wispy, pale-faced, almost noseless figure, was held up as the standard for bad plastic surgery, a freakish-looking character ... His skin, once a dark brown, became the color of paste, a transition he blamed on the skin disease vitiligo, though some believed he simply bleached his skin in order to appear more Caucasian. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
MYSTERY: WHAT KILLED MICHAEL JACKSON? Jun 26, 2009
Over the ensuing years, his skin began to appear lighter - later blamed on a the skin disease vitiligo - and he had multiple plastic surgeries, most notably to his nose. Sexual abuse allegations first surfaced in 1993, concerning a child named Jordan Chandler who Jackson had befriended. (The Drudge Report)
Jackson reshaped musical landscape Jun 26, 2009
Meanwhile, Jackson's brown skin grew progressively lighter, rumored to be the result of skin bleaching, but later diagnosed as vitiligo ... Not long after the Super Bowl, he talked his troubled childhood, his vitiligo and other tabloid issues in a wrenching 90-minute televised interview with Oprah Winfrey. (Honolulu Advertiser)
A career of triumphs and turbulence Jun 26, 2009
His rapidly changing appearance, brought on by plastic surgery and claims of the skin disorder vitiligo, add fuel to rumors surrounding his personal life. 1991 - Jackson s Dangerous album hits number one. (Boston Globe)
A life of celebrity and scandal ends at 50 Jun 26, 2009
1993: In his first TV interview in 14 years, Jackson tells Oprah Winfrey that the change in his skin complexion is from a disorder called vitiligo. A lawsuit claims that Jackson seduced and abused a 13-year-old boy. (News & Observer)
King of Pop Michael Jackson dies, aged 50 Jun 26, 2009
As Jackson grew older he appeared to lighten his skin to a pale white -- which he said was caused by the skin pigmentation condition vitiligo. Last year he was photographed in Las Vegas in a wheelchair for reasons that were never explained. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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Archive: Michael in the mirror Jun 26, 2009
Vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder characterized by loss of skin pigment, has left much of his face and hands pale. His tiny nose is bandaged. (USA Today -- Life)
New State of the Art Dermatology Center in Plano TX Jun 17, 2009
Advanced and effective treatments for psoriasis and vitiligo such as the XTRAC laser and Narrow Band UVB full body machine will be offered. While the Dermatology Center of Plano did not have Electronic Medical Records, the new center will offer this advanced patient care system which will allow for increased efficiency in all aspects of patient care. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Well: Unlocking the secrets of gray hair Mar 12, 2009
They had been studying a genetic defect called vitiligo, which results in patches of skin that have no pigment. People with vitiligo (vit-uh-LYE-go) have low activity of catalase, an enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide, resulting in elevated levels of hydrogen peroxide in the skin. (International Herald Tribune)
Going gray? Scientists uncover theroot cause Mar 3, 2009
Scientists suspect the same mechanism also may be responsible for a condition known as vitiligo, where white spots appear in the skin. "It gives you insight into how we age in general," Gerald Weissmann, professor of medicine at New York University, told Discovery News. (MSNBC -- Health)
Why Hair Turns Gray: Hair Bleaches Itself Feb 24, 2009
The researchers speculate that a similar breakdown in the skin could be the root cause of vitiligo. "As any blue-haired lady will attest, sometimes hair dyes don't quite work as anticipated," Weissmann added. (Science Daily)
MORE THAN ONE TREATMENT FOR SKIN'S WHITE PATCHES (1) Feb 17, 2009
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: A dermatologist has diagnosed me with vitiligo ... In vitiligo, the immune system turns its destructive forces on melanocytes, skin cells that make melanin, which is the pigment that colors skin ... Around 1 percent of the population of Canada and the United States suffers from vitiligo. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Seeing Beyond Changing Skin Color Mar 29, 2008
Teenager With Vitiligo Says When She Looks in the Mirror, 'I Just See Me. Desiree Simmons suffers from vitiligo, which caused her skin to lighten ... It wasn't until the spot grew that she started asking around and a friend told her it might be vitiligo. (ABC News)
Black pepper could cure skin condition Feb 17, 2008
A key component of black pepper could offer hope to people suffering vitiligo, a condition that causes pale patches to develop on the skin. Vitiligo affects around one in 100 people in the UK ... Vitiligo is a fairly common condition that affects around one in 100 people in the UK.. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Pepper 'to treat pigment disease' Feb 16, 2008
Vitiligo is relatively common. Black pepper could provide a new treatment for the skin disease vitiligo, research suggests ... Vitiligo is a condition in which areas of skin lose their normal pigment and become white. (BBC News -- Health)
Black pepper 'could cure skin condition' Feb 16, 2008
London (PTI): Black pepper may be hot for your pot but it could cure skin disease vitiligo -- a condition in which areas of skin lose their normal pigment and turn white. Researchers at the King's College in London have carried out a study and found that piperine -- a compound that gives black pepper its spicy, pungent flavour -- can stimulate the skin to produce pigment. (Hindu)
Pepper may help disfiguring skin condition Feb 15, 2008
Finding could lead to better treatments for vitiligo ... A team at Kings College London showed in a study of mice that piperine the compound that gives black pepper its spicy, pungent flavor and its synthetic derivatives helped stimulate pigmentation in the skin of people with vitiligo ... This provides support for the future clinical evaluation of piperine and its derivatives as novel treatments for vitiligo. (MSNBC -- Health)
Black Pepper May Help Vitiligo Feb 14, 2008
A team at King's College London showed in a study of mice that piperine -- the compound that gives black pepper its spicy, pungent flavor -- and its synthetic derivatives helped stimulate pigmentation in the skin of people with vitiligo ... "This provides support for the future clinical evaluation of piperine and its derivatives as novel treatments for vitiligo." ... Vitiligo is of particular concern in people with darker skins, the researchers said. (Newsmax)
Literary gamble Feb 4, 2008
Her creative nonfiction piece "It Was Nothing," about her struggle with vitiligo, a disease that causes skin to lose its pigmentation, was published in the 2007 spring/summer issue of AQR. It has since been selected for the upcoming edition of "Best Creative Nonfiction.". "First time out, right to the top," Spatz said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Changing color: Black TV reporter refuses to give in to disorder turning him white Dec 30, 2007
Detroit TV personality Lee Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed ... Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed ... Few people, outside medical professionals and those with the disease, had heard the term "vitiligo" until Michael Jackson revealed in the early 1990s that the disorder was behind his skin turning from brown to white. (North County Times)
New surgical method for patients with Vitiligo Dec 27, 2007
SINGAPORE : Help is on the way for patients of Vitiligo, a disease that causes loss in pigmentation, resulting in pale patches on the skin ... Vitiligo affects about one percent of the people in Singapore ... So the National Skin Centre's new treatment method came as good news to Vitiligo sufferers like 'Borra. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Black TV anchor turning white on air Dec 18, 2007
Few people, outside medical professionals and those with the disease, had heard the term vitiligo until Michael Jackson revealed in the early 1990s that the disorder was behind his skin turning brown to white ... Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed ... Few people, outside medical professionals and those with the disease, had heard the term "vitiligo" until Michael Jackson revealed in the early 1990s that the disorder was behind his skin turning brown to... (Sydney Morning Herald)
FOX Reporter Refuses to Give In to Skin Disorder Dec 17, 2007
Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed ... Few people, outside medical professionals and those with the disease, had heard the term "vitiligo" until Michael Jackson revealed in the early 1990s that the disorder was behind his skin turning brown to white ... It's not fatal, but experts say vitiligo robs people of self-confidence, evokes ridicule and unpleasant stares, and pushes some into unforced seclusion. (Fox News)
A war cry from the battlefield Oct 27, 2007
" There is a durability to Joseph. Though he is 54, he has few worry lines and his hair, which has almost no grey, stands up in soft bristles. One sign of physical wear and tear is around Joseph's fingertips, where the pinkest of skin is exposed as though the tanned top layer has been leached of its colour. It is vitiligo, a loss of pigment in the skin inherited from his mother, he says. "It comes out when you're stressed and it's been getting worse for a couple of years. " His wife, a nurse, is... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Two Genes Linked To Disabling Arthritis Identified Oct 23, 2007
11, 2007) Scientists have discovered a connection between a specific gene and the inflammatory skin condition vitiligo, as well as a possible host of autoimmune. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Skin As A Living Coloring Book Sep 14, 2007
Her research may eventually be relevant to disorders such as vitiligo -- in which pigment disappears from patches of skin -- age spots, the greying of hair and even the deadly melanocyte-based skin cancer melanoma. The report appears in the Sept. 7 issue of Cell. (Science Daily)
Scientists discover important beauty secret for balanced skin color and tone Aug 23, 2007
In addition, the studys senior researcher, Raymond Boissy, says this study also could help the quality of life for people with pigment diseases such as vitiligo, melasma and age spotting by making their skin more healthy looking. . (EurekAlert!)
GammaCan to Present its Anti-Melanoma Technology at the 2007 ILSI BioMed Conference Jun 6, 2007
VitiGam is an IgG-based product manufactured from the plasma of donors with Vitiligo, a benign skin condition affecting up to 2% of the general population. Studies have shown that this "enriched" IgG formulation contains potent anti-melanoma activity. (BusinessWire)
Alpena sweeps science, engineering trophies Apr 21, 2007
Ashley Smith, 3rd place, Arkansas Junior Academy of Science The daughter of Kevin and Tammy Smith s Vitiligo: A Study of Vitamins on Chickens project added three times the vitamins to chicken feed to see if it decreased the severity of vitiligo, a pigmentation disorder. The 10th grader felt honored to win such an outstanding award. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Scientists Implicate Gene In Vitiligo And Other Autoimmune Diseases Apr 12, 2007
In a study appearing in the March 22 New England Journal of Medicine, scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) have discovered a connection between a specific gene and the inflammatory skin condition vitiligo, as well as a possible host of autoimmune diseases. Vitiligo is a chronic condition in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin are destroyed ... The hair that grows on areas... (Science Daily)
Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome Apr 11, 2007
Type 3 MAS groups together autoimmune thyroid disease, myasthenia gravis and/or thymoma, Sjogren s syndrome, , idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), , insulin dependent diabetes, vitiligo,, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and dermatitis herpetiformis. For this group, the immune system marker HLA-B8 and/or DR3 or DR5 seems to be an important factor. (Suite101.com)
Gene Connected To A Chronic Skin Condition And Other Autoimmune Diseases Identified Mar 25, 2007
Scientists have discovered a connection between a gene and the chronic skin condition vitiligo, as well as a possible link to an array of other autoimmune diseases ... Samples were obtained from a total of 656 Caucasian individuals from 114 extended families with vitiligo and other epidemiologically associated autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases from the United States and the United Kingdom ... The researchers began with a study of vitiligo, a condition causing loss of pigment resulting in... (Science Daily)
Scientists Pinpoint Gene Behind Autoimmune Diseases Mar 23, 2007
Spritz added, "That's not going to help people with childhood diabetes, where the damage is already complete. But, for a number of chronic autoimmune disorders, like lupus and vitiligo, if you turn off the autoimmune process, the body could repair itself." ... Spritz and his colleagues have long focused on patients with vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment cells are destroyed, resulting in white patches on the skin and sometimes the hair ... Individuals with vitiligo tend also to have other... (MEDLINEplus)
Implication of NALP1 in Autoimmune Disease Mar 22, 2007
NEJM -- NALP1 in Vitiligo-Associated Multiple Autoimmune Disease ... NALP1 in Vitiligo-Associated Multiple Autoimmune Disease ... The group includes various combinations of generalized vitiligo, autoimmune thyroid disease, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, pernicious anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Addison's disease. (New England Journal of Medicine)
More than a makeover, it's a new lease of life Mar 11, 2007
Like the young man who, because of a medical disorder, has no eyelashes or eyebrows; or the girl who has a surgical incision scar around her head; or the African-American woman with vitiligo, a skin disorder characterized by whitish patches. Using specially formulated cosmetics, Richardson helps these and other clients feel better about the way they look. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Taking care of brown skin Feb 27, 2007
Vitiligo - loss of skin pigmentation resulting in white patches. Xerosis - extremely itchy, dry skin which has an ashen appearance. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Does your skin need a shrink? Feb 13, 2007
Hypnosis for hivesPsychodermatology can cover everything from a ring finger rash suffered by a someone in an unhappy marriage to psychiatric disorders that result in self-inflicted skin damage to the isolation felt by those living with highly visible skin disorders such as psoriasis, alopecia or vitiligo (patches of de-pigmented skin). MSNBC.COM SPECIAL REPORT. (MSNBC -- International)
The Search for Beautiful Jan 22, 2007
His repeated nose jobs and lightened skin color (he has maintained he is not bleaching but is using makeup to cover up the signs of vitiligo, a skin condition) were perceived by minorities especially African-Americans as an attempt to look white. Doctors say that Don t make me look like Michael Jackson is a popular refrain among patients. (Boston Globe)
Made in the shades Jan 15, 2007
There's also ashy dermatosis grayish blotches on the limbs and trunk and vitiligo, a disease of pale patches of skin. Such pigmentary disorders can be so severe that they ruin some women's lives, Dover said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
