Joe Jackson has presented ABC News with photos of his late son’s painful-looking puncture wounds and bleached skin. The images had been released to prove that Michael Jackson suffered from vitiligo, the skin-whitening disease which he often claimed prompted him to lighten his skin. However, the pictures instead rose questions about the bizarre puncture wounds that peppered the pop star’s body. More..

For years, fans looked on as Michael Jackson radically transformed his appearance. But despite his obviously altered look, the singer only ever admitted to two nose jobs – and blamed his progressively paler skin on the condition vitiligo. In fact, says a Los Angeles surgeon who shared a practice with one of Jackson’s surgeons, the King of Pop – who died of cardiac arrest June 25 – was a frequent customer. “He had multiple surgeries,” says Dr. Wallace Goodstein, who worked beside Jackson’s surgeon in the 1990s. “He...