Episode Guide
Am I Normal?
First Broadcast on Tuesday 28th October 2008, 9pm Channel 4
Repeated Wednesday 15th July 2009, 8pm Channel 4
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The Embarrassing Bodies doctors are returning to meet some of the teenagers who they last met in the Summer of 2008 to see whether they have overcome their embarrassment.
This weeks episode seeks to answer the burning question on the lips of teenagers and their parents when dealing with puberty – ‘Am I Normal?’
The docs are hitting the beach at Weston-Super-Mare, where a host of hormone-fuelled teenagers are having puberty wreak havoc with their bodies. The docs are setting up their clinic in the heart of the festival, leaving our teens with no place to hide!
But first on Dr Christian’s rounds is a family of four bed-wetting boys, who have put-up with their embarrassing problem for long enough. Now aged between 16 and 22, the brothers are entering adulthood and seeking to put their shame to bed.
Dr Pixie meets 19-year-old mum Carly, whose teenage pregnancy has left her with a bouncing baby boy, but also a badly stretched and saggy stomach. Unable to cope with her extra weight any longer, Dr Pixie refers Carly for a tummy tuck, but the operation is not without risks.
Meanwhile Dr Dawn is far from red faced when discussing periods with Milton Keynes’ Iced Gem cheerleaders, though she has some surprises in store when she asks them to guess the average amount of blood they lose during their monthly menstrual cycle…
The onset of this cycle came as a big shock to 13 year-old Hayley, who began puberty at only 3 years old – a condition called precocious puberty …
Also through the clinic doors is eczema sufferer Claudia, who’s hoping that Dr Dawn can help her get control of the condition that is controlling her life. And she’s not the only one with a troublesome condition. Dr Pixie meets 19-year-old Charlotte, whose dream job as an airline stewardess has been grounded by a bad case of hyperhidrosis that leaves her clothes soaking.
In a packed episode there is still plenty of time for the docs to hand out some advice on infected piercings, as well as to launch their teenage hearing campaign – encouraging teens to wear ear-plugs to avoid damage that could leave them with severe tinnitus in later life.
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Hey,
Im 15 years old and my foreskin on my penis doesnt come all the back over the head with ease and once over is very uncompfortable and look like my head is being sqeezed. Also three quarters of the way up my penis I have flesh coloured lumps but very very small, i have read they are natural but any information is appreciated.
Thank you
hello im 14 and the bottom on my feel peel of and i dont know wether theres any cure to it or not and i have sarted to get a load of body hair around my belly i was wondering if there was a cure for them please get back to me.help!!!
I have different skin tone and my knees are darker and i want to know what creams to use but I have tried cocao better and other cream they seem to not work so please help Me :)x
I need to wear skirts without tight …
i'm thirteen and i have fat underneath my boobs and it makes it look as if my ribs are bigger than my boobs, is this normal? and also all my friends are like 32b's and i can barely fill up a 32a .. have they stopped growing already or have they just not developed yet?? please reply :(
helllo im 13 nearly 14, im having trble gettin rid of streach marks but i cant get rid of them no matter what i do,
also my boobs seem quite big 4 my age im a 28dd is that ok 4 my age
thankss
alots
xx
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Ive Just Turned 17 And Ive Been Worried For Quite Sometime About My Labia Minora and I Get Alot Of Discharge And It Feels So Horrible. My Labia Minora Dnt Feel Normal As They Hang So Low I Can't Wear The Underwear I Wanna Wear … I Have No Idea On What I Can Do … I Feel Uncomfortable. Please Help Me
Thank You x x
Helloo..I am 17 years old and ive recently found a little red lump about the size of a pea on the inner left lip of my vagina and i am becoming very worried because i do not no what it is .. im too embarressed to tell my mam and too embarressed to go to the doctors .. any advice or idea on what it could be?
I Have Lots Of Hair On My Vagina And I Get Embarrassed When I Look At It, Have I Got Something Wrong With Me?
hi iwas wandering my rib cage is kinda sticking out a bit just above my stomach and i cant even take off my top in hot weather because i afraid that my friends hink im skinny i am not though can u help please
Hi, im 19 years old and this may sound silly but i just wondered why i carry ALL my weight on my tummy? And anytime i eat anything, my tummy Baloons and i look pregnant?! Its really getting to Me, im only 5'2 and im 9 stone 5. but i look average sized apart from my tummy… i dont understand it?
