14 DAY TRIAL // Never-before-seen photos of Michael Jackson, taken back in 2002, show the true condition the star was in, as well as his heavy drug use. Obtained by ABC News, the photos show Jackson with necrosis on one of his legs, countless needle punctures and discolored patches of skin that indicate that he may, indeed, have had vitiligo. Specialists have already confirmed for ABC that the photos show that Michael must have been in a very poor condition even as early as back then.
“On the photographs of Michael Jackson, it looks like there was necrosis on his lower leg where there might have been fluid that went into his lower leg.” Dr. Debra Jaliman, leading dermatologist and spokeswoman for the American Academy of Dermatology, explains for ABC News. “It looks like there are multiple puncture points from IV placement.” Jaliman says, adding that those needle marks can be indicative of Michael’s heavy drug use.
At the same time, she underlines, injecting of IV placement in the legs is “unusual,” but that does not exclude the fact that it can be done in case veins on the arms are no longer accessible for tapping, for one reason or another. The black wound seen in one of the photos, of the size of a baseball, could have also been related to heavy IV injecting, the dermatologist believes, since it caused the skin to die. Since the photo is only a small indicator of the kind of pain Jackson must have been in, it’s no wonder he continued to take painkillers until his final day, Jaliman pinpoints.
“The wound seen in the photos, which were taken in 2002, could have been a result of contact with highly caustic, acidic fluid that would burn the skin and cause it to turn black.” ABC writes. Jaliman agrees: “If, in fact, he had an IV here, and the IV fluid, which may have been acidic fluid, went into his skin, it might may [sic.] have, in fact, destroyed the skin. That’s all dead skin that would then make an ulceration underneath that skin.”
As more and more evidence of Michael’s heavy drug use for the past ten years or so of his life emerges in the media, police have already launched a homicide investigation into his death, TMZ confirms. The primary suspect in the case is Dr. Conrad Murray, who is said to have supplied and injected the star with Propofol, the powerful anesthetic found in his house and that is believed to have led to his untimely death.
