What did Sammy Sosa do to his skin?

Sammy Sosa was a just a glowing brown-skinned boy when he first stepped on the baseball field as a new member of the Texas Rangers in 1989. The bright-eyed Dominican Republic native was barely 21-years-old when he came to the United States as a baseball rookie and probably didn’t have a clue that his career would lead him to become one of the most prolific Major League Baseball players of all time. read more

Nairobi Dacosta with a "lighter" Sammy Sosa In Panama TV Studios. Nairobi Dacosta Twitter "Skin bleaching" is a cosmetic treatment that targets skin discolorations in order to even out the color of the skin. read more

In 2009, former MLB slugger Sammy Sosa appeared at a music awards show sporting a much lighter complexion than he had just months earlier. The puzzlement grew so loud that Sosa went on Spanish-language television to deny that he was either sick or self-loathing, and that his new skin tone also wasn’t the result of steroid use. read more