SOURCE: OPRAH

 

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Race-on-The-Oprah-Show-A-25-Year-Look-Back/5

 

Okay, so this dude goes on Oprah awhile back, and claims that he took some "life threatening pills" to change his skin colour black.

 

Is this even possible? It seems like horsecrap. He said his skin was reddish-brown.

 

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Jan22/2011

 

Recently I saw an episode of Oprah in which Oprah claims a young white male consumed "life-threatening pills" in order to darken his skin. The result of this was said to be a reddish-brown pigmentation of the skin.

A clip of the topic on the show:

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Black-for-a-Day-Video

 

Your website also references the topic on these pages:

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Race-on-The-Oprah-Show-A-25-Year-Look-Back/print/1

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Race-on-The-Oprah-Show-A-25-Year-Look-Back/5

 

This has been a source of interest to many people.

Did Joshua consume Canthaxanthin? This would explain the "life-threatening" remark, as such medications remain unapproved by the FDA.

 

I look forward to your reply,

-Yoshi Yamagoto

 

Notes:

Cathaxanthin : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canthaxanthin

-Brown-orange in color

-Fat soluble

-Attaches to sub dermal fat

-Becomes more visible when fat is saturated

-May cause liver damage

-May cause yellow deposits in eyes

-May cause rashes and hives

I did see the guy who turned his skin blue, he looked like Papa Smurf...

You should read the (once) famous book, 'Black Like Me,' which came out in the 1960s, I believe, and which was an autobiographical account of some Caucasian who chemically made himself appear black and tested the cultural atmosphere of a then still racist America through that lens. I remember one scene in the book where he realizes that his disguise has a significant flaw in that he has hair on his hands and black males do not, so he had to shave it off.

Why is this in Organic Chemistry?

lol furry palms.

 

and yes i know its in the wrong forum thats why i asked a mod to move it to the physiology forum...nothing yet tho... way to loaft, mods. *shakes fist at sky*

Apparently the drug was Psoralen, 6 pills per day.

 

http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Qz0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=Josh+Solomon+changes+his+skin+black&source=bl&ots=1TofMQ_ljX&sig=z5Pcwp_Uc7XLU_VXuJYkzn-sk-0&hl=en&ei=kFHvTd_pM6fgiALz1Y31AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

You can read his full essay here:

http://www.angelfire.com/or3/tss/skin.html