Evolution of Michael Jackson Skin | 1958 - 2009

Michael Jackson was a legend who still lives in all of our hearts. He is remembered by many as a child of god. Throughout his life and career, his physical appearance had a drastical ongoing transformation. He underwent changes so drastically in his whole face detail and even changing his skin tone, which he later blamed on skin condition called vitiligo. Subscribe for countless more evolution videos:    / evolutioneof   Let's get right into the evolution of Michael Jackson . March 1971 At left, Michael Jackson poses for a studio portrait in March 1971. Here is Michael posing for a portrait in 1971. His doe eyes, cherubic face, and sweet voice made him the object of many an adolescent crush. 1973 By the time this photo was taken in 1973, He had already released a couple solo albums and his major hit Ben. At this time, puberty began to naturally transform Michaels face, taking away all he baby fats and revealing a masculine look 1975 Jackson biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli suspects that the inevitable changes of puberty were deeply traumatic for the child star. "When he started to change physically as all guys do, when they go through adolescence and puberty, this was really difficult for him," he told Cynthia McFadden of ABC News in 2003. 1977 By the age of 18, Jackson's game had well surpassed that of his brothers. Yet despite all the game, he was becoming increasingly insecure about his looks. In particular, Mike disliked his skin and his nose. It didn't help that his brothers called him ‘big nose’ 1979 In 1979, the same year Michael Jackson released his fifth solo album, Off the Wall, it is believed he took another big step: his first foray into plastic surgery. 1981 Here is Michael Jackson posing in 1981, during the hiatus between Off the Wall and his mega-hit Thriller. By this point, he had ditched his seventies Afro in favor of what would become his signature curly hair, and his nose is noticeably different from from what it had been just a few years earlier. 1983 By 1983, Jackson was at the zenith of his career with Thriller well on its way to becoming the best-selling album of all time. Some argue that Michael also looked his best at this time. 1985 This photograph of Jackson was taken in 1985, the same year he would write the hit song "We Are the World" with Lionel Ritchie. 1987 Here is Jackson in 1987, shortly after the release of his album, Bad. In the five years between Thriller and Bad, Jackson's face changed dramatically as his fame skyrocketed. 1989 Here Michale attends the 1989 Soul Train Awards in Los Angeles, unveiling an even thinner nose, heavily-lined eyes, and a suddenly prominent cleft chin. 1991 In 1991, Jackson released Dangerous. The album's first single was the number-one hit "Black or White"; some interpreted the lyrics as a sly reference to Jackson's ever-lightening skin tone. 1993 In a memorable 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jackson admitted that his skin color had changed, but insisted the lightening was a result of a disease called vitiligo. 1995 At a 1995 charity event, a 36-year-old Michael was almost completely unrecognizable from the person he was just a decade earlier. His appearance is noticeably wide-eyed and square-jawed, a look that's accentuated by a shorter hairstyle. 1997 In 1997, with his career on the wane, Jackson debuted yet another look: longer, straighter hair and fuller lips. 1999 Jackson waves to fans upon arrival in Seoul, South Korea, in 1999. Dr. Steven Laughlin was Jackson's surgeon until the late 1990s. In a 1999 interview with ABC News, Laughlin admitted that although Jackson was "very happy" with his face, "I think he's done more than I recommended in terms of the changes." 2001 By November 2001, Jackson's ever-higher eyebrows created a permanently startled look and suggested surgical intervention of some kind. 2003 Mike was arrested in 2003. The charges were almost as shocking as his ever-evolving appearance. The previous year, Jackson told ABC News' Martin Bashir, "I've had no plastic surgery on my face. Just my nose. It helped me breathe better so I can hit higher notes." 2005 In 2005, Michael Jackson stood trial for 14 different charges, including conspiracy, and providing alcohol to minors. On June 13, 2005, Jackson was found not guilty on all counts. After the trial, Jackson fled to the island country of Bahrain, far from the public eye. 2007 In the later years of his life, Jackson was rarely seen in public without a surgical mask covering his face. This photo from Jesse Jackson's 66th birthday party in 2007 is a rare exception. Here in this photo, you can see his prominent white skin and cheekbones, chin and nose, and who knows what more surgeries he had until this point. 2009: Michael Jackson's Last Days Here is probably one the last flicks of Michael Jackson when later he died on 25th June, 2009 at Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California.