These Photographs Showing The Transformation Of Michael Jackson's Face Are Unbelievable

The Thriller, the Gloved One, The King of Pop, MJ, the one the only: Michael Jackson was constantly re-inventing his music and the entire music industry. 

I mean he was ahead of the curve on musical trends and he'd explore different aspects of himself through albums like Off the Wall, to Thriller, to Bad, HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I.

Initially, he said that he bleached his skin to blend it with growing vitiligo — a skin disorder that causes sufferers to lose pigment. But according to some, Jackson  became obsessed with plastic surgery. Here is his transformation over his incredible career.

This is teenage MJ.

This is Thriller Micheal Jackson.

Michael Jackson backstage at the 26th annual Grammy Awards in L.A. in 1984.

MJ at the American Cinema Award gala in 1987. You can already see his nose pinched and his jaw more defined.

The changes to his face really take on a life of their own right after...

In 1991, Michael swapped his Jheri curls for more flowy hair.

Here's the Gloved One during the announcement of nominations for the 1995 MTV Video Awards. His lips were noticeably more red and his skin significantly more bleached.

By 1998, Jackson's hair had switched to a wet-flowy look, nose and cheeks more defined. His cheeks also became significantly hollowed out.

MJ's nose looked as if it had been pressed down and his skin was pale white by 2000.

During the last stretch of Michael Jackson's life, he settled on this set of looks.

When he arrived at the Santa Barbara County courthouse in Santa Monica, California in 2005, his chin had a dimple that wasn't there before.

In 2009, during his press conference in London, Jackson had settled on the blowout, large hair. This was the same year the world lost the legend.

This what Micheal might have looked like at age 50 without any plastic surgery. This was created from facial simulator and face-aging technology.

Aww MJ, we miss you, man!

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