Cloe Cabrera

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Holy bleached pigmentation, Sammy!

Posted Nov 11, 2009 by Cloe Cabrera

Updated Nov 11, 2009 at 02:04 PM

Baseball player Sammy Sosa appeared on Spanish language station Univision to talk about his lightened appearance. He said he can’t believe his face has attracted the “tsunami” of attention it has.
Sosa said years of playing in afternoon games under the blazing sun caused skin damage, and he’s been using a rejuvination cream to treat it; not to mention, flashing cameras make his appear lighter in photographs. He is not trying to be Michael Jackson (Rest in peace).

Some say Sosa could be suffering from vitiligo (the same skin condition Jackson said he suffered from), others say he got a bad skin service, maybe too many laser treatments.

I’ve had lots of skin rejuvination treatments and I’ve never changed colors. A lot of peeling, shedding and redness, maybe, but I always kept my chocolate hue. If Sammy is using something, he should stop, because he was very handsome with his normal complexion.

And if it’s a cream he’s using that altered his face this way, Sosa needs to give up the name—and file a lawsuit against the company who created it.