Plastic Science

by 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!
Self-Improvement
Medicine
Life Sciences

Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • Brazil: butt lifts and Victorian couture

    Brazil: butt lifts and Victorian couture

    S02 E02
    Mar 27, 2021
    09:39

    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: blepharoplasties and K-Beauty

    South Korea: blepharoplasties and K-Beauty

    S02 E01
    Mar 21, 2021
    10:49

    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.

  • Season 1

  • Season 1 finale: ramble

    Season 1 finale: ramble

    S01 E10
    Mar 7, 2021
    10:49

    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.

  • Ears: culture, pinning back, reconstruction

    Ears: culture, pinning back, reconstruction

    S01 E09
    Feb 25, 2021
    10:47

    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

  • Fat Part II: cellulite, Renaissance art, puberty

    Fat Part II: cellulite, Renaissance art, puberty

    S01 E08
    Feb 20, 2021
    10:44

    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.