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Plastic Science

Plastic Science

by Eliza Brett

Self-Improvement Medicine Life Sciences

Season 2

Brazil: butt lifts and Victorian couture

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 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

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

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

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.

Hair Part I: buzzcut in society, greys, thinning

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

Skin Part IV: microneedling, jade rolling, and cupping therapy

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.

Skin Part III: rosacea, psoriasis, and eczema

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.

Fat Part I: Liposuction, baby fat, and cold exposure

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

Fillers and BOTOX®

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

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