Plastic Science: Recent Episodes
Eliza Brett
Plastic surgery has gotten quite the reputation over the years. The origin of the term comes from something being 'plastic', in that it is moldable, changeable. People getting pieces of plastic surgically installed is just the road plastic surgery has taken. These short podcasts are to shed light on the science of products and procedures. Take your pick!
Listen to me whine about getting braces, talk about Frasier, toxic olden days make up, and tattoos
This week we talk freezing eggs, the scalp, nails, lipo, and more. Also mentioned is a Massachusetts nightclub that burned in 1942, and the burn care that came from it. I also dodge laser hair removal on this relaxed podcast - consider it an act of mercy. Also I'm gassy as hell apologies.
Why is the shape of a tiny waist and large behind popular? What is the Brazilian Butt Lift? And, how come so many women are dying after the surgery?
South Korea is the world leader in skincare and plastic surgery. This week, I lay down a trash anecdote at the beginning, before discussing the very troubling 1950s racial driver behind eyelid surgery, the science behind K-Beauty products, and how colorism works against women.
What if we had glass windows in our chests, which put our lungs on display? Would we be smoking still, for the sake of having healthy, good looking tissue? How many lung purifying inhalers would be on the market? This week we really kick down a few gears and discuss the first recorded nose job, who SIMON is, and the societal judgement of tattoos versus surgery.
This week, I discuss society's perception of big ears, I take a swipe at the movie Dumbo, and explain what that mouse with the ear on its back means. The human ear is an amazing piece of biophysics - tune in for some escapism
This week, we talk appetite, gymnastics, why women get cellulite, and why men are more prone to heart disease. We also discuss Renaissance art, lasers, and putting a tarpaulin over a forest.
This week's episode, we break down society's reaction to a woman with a buzzcut, how the hair grows, and why stress causes it to go grey, and fall out. The main message of this episode is stress release: deep breath in, deep breath out, x 5
This week, we walk through the science of your microneedling & PRP appointment, what rolling bits of expensive jade around your face means, and the phenomenon of 'cupping therapy' that's turning every insta star into a bruised Dalmatian.
This week, we chart the trifecta of inflammatory skin disorders. Tune in to hear about 'the curse of the Celts', how the demodex mite wreaks havoc on our faces, and how the anesthetic that Michael Jackson used to take for sleep is being used to treat skinflammation.
This episode is the first in the Fat series. We chart the dreadful origins of liposuction in 1920s France, a short tutorial on how to get stem cells out of liposucked fat, the paradox of baby fat that can burn calories, and how intermittent fasting and cold exposure will make us live longer
This week we discuss how research is making lip filler last longer, what you should know before getting it done, what we learned from the 2015 #KylieJennerChallenge, and how the treatment for nighttime teeth grinding has a face-slimming side effect, that is now a stand-alone cosmetic procedure
This week we discuss how activated charcoal works, what retinol does in the skin, how the eternal torment of Prometheus can educate us about our livers.
This week, it's all sunshine, and hyaluronic acid. From the perspective of skin, I discuss how the sun cooks us year round, and the chemical every skincare company is pushing these days