6 cosmetic surgeries that transformed Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s talent is unmatched, with 13 Grammy Awards and 26 American Music Awards, he remains the reigning ‘King of Pop’. As much as he is loved for his music and dance, he was highly criticised for his drastic body transformation. At a time, he was also touted as a lousy role model for coloured youth with his obsession to change his looks and skin colour!

Nose jobs: Michael Jackson underwent four rhinoplasties in his lifetime, However, in his autobiography Moonwalk; he mentions going under the knife for a nose job twice. He has also said that he underwent his first rhinoplasty after he broke his nose while rehearsing a complex dance move and the second one because he found it difficult to breathe after the first one. You may like to know about rhinoplasty in detail.

Dimpled chin: Jackson underwent a surgery and had a dimple created in his chin. Along with his first two rhinoplasties, his chin dimple is the only other facial reconstruction surgery mentioned in his autobiography. Here are top Bollywood celeb plastic surgeries gone wrong

Skin bleaching: His obsession with changing his colour and wanting to look Caucasian had a disastrous effect on his skin. In the mid-80s, his skin also started appearing paler and whiter due to the use of over-the-counter skin bleaching creams according to some reports. He was also diagnosed with vitiligo- a skin discolouration disorder . However, there is no way to know whether the skin lightening creams caused vitiligo or not.

Eyebrow lift: ABC news in 2003 reported a popular NewYork plastic surgeon speculating that Jackson had a forehead lift or a brow lift as his eyebrows appeared higher than before. Read about the 4 weirdest cosmetic procedures

Thinner lips and hollow eyes: In the same report, the surgeon said that Jackson appeared to have thinned his lips thinned and some fat removed from around his eyes.

Cheekbone surgery: The surgeon also speculated that he must have undergone a cheekbone surgery as his cheekbones were bigger than before.

Michael Jackson, however, had always denied that he bleached his skin and blamed his fair skin on vitiligo. On the Oprah Winfrey show he had also expressed sadness over stories that claimed he didn’t want to be himself.

Originally published on www.healthsite.com