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[h1]Disorder turning anchor's skin from black to white
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Lee Thomas uses creams and makeup to cover his growing patches of colorless skin.
His once brown, even complexion is now mottled with pale patches around his eyes and mouth, along his nose and on his ears; his arms, shoulders and chestare speckled and blotched.
"I'm a black man turning white on television and people can see it," says Thomas, an anchor and entertainment reporter for the local FoxBroadcasting Company affiliate. "If you've watched me over the years, you've seen my hands completely change from brown to white."
Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed. White patches appear on different parts of the body, tissues in the mouth andnose, and the retina.
"There is no cause. There is no cure, and it's very random," Thomas says. "I could turn all the way white or mostly white."
CNN Article
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- Story Highlights
- Detroit TV anchor talks openly, writes about his changing skin color
- He has vitiligo, in which pigment-making cells are destroyed
- White patches appear on different parts of the body
- Michael Jackson announced in the 1990s that he has the disorder
Lee Thomas uses creams and makeup to cover his growing patches of colorless skin.
His once brown, even complexion is now mottled with pale patches around his eyes and mouth, along his nose and on his ears; his arms, shoulders and chestare speckled and blotched.
"I'm a black man turning white on television and people can see it," says Thomas, an anchor and entertainment reporter for the local FoxBroadcasting Company affiliate. "If you've watched me over the years, you've seen my hands completely change from brown to white."
Thomas has vitiligo, a disorder in which pigment-making cells are destroyed. White patches appear on different parts of the body, tissues in the mouth andnose, and the retina.
"There is no cause. There is no cure, and it's very random," Thomas says. "I could turn all the way white or mostly white."
CNN Article