Episode Guide
Bodies Behaving Badly
First Broadcast on Monday 27th October 2008, 9pm Channel 4
Repeated Wednesday 8th July 2009, 8pm Channel 4
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In late 2008 the Embarrassing Bodies doctors hit the road with a new series that exposed teenager’s worst habits and revealed the truth about what goes on behind your kid’s bedroom door. Whether it’s at festivals, universities, schools or on the beaches of Magaluf…this generation of teenagers comes with a health warning!
The doctors have brought some of their most important cases back to the clinic to get an update on their progress, whilst Dr Christian has reported back on the thousands of questions that were left online.
First up the docs will be hitting the beaches of that Mecca of teenage excess, Magaluf. With binge drinking, unprotected sex and roasted skin all coming under the spotlight, the docs have got their work cut out. Ed braves the clinic to have a tricky case of thrush diagnosed by Dr Christian, but 18-year-old Maria’s problem is much more severe. Now morbidly obese, Maria has been battling her weight, and the bullies, all her life. With her weight out of control, and her long-term health at risk, Maria is referred to a leading bariatic consultant for a risky gastric by-pass.
Back in Magaluf, Dr Christian sees 14-year-old Marissa, who’s worried about acne flare-ups on her skin. Fortunately some advice from Dr Christian puts Marissa at ease, but not before she’s warned of the danger of soaking up the sun as a cure for skin-problems…any short-term gain will be offset by long-term problems and the increased risk of skin cancer.
For 16-year old Adel, it’s excess hair that is causing her embarrassment. When she hit puberty she developed incurable polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects up to 10% of the UK’s women. A consultation with Dr Dawn finishes with Adel sent for laser treatment to try and remove her excess body hair, and darken what remains.
There’s a visit to trichotillomania sufferer Lois, whose conditions leaves her, quite literally, tearing her hair out, before the docs return to Magaluf to deliver a stark warning to sun worshippers on the dangers of sunburn to the skin, and to moles in particular. With Dr Christian shepherding groups of frazzled teens upto his Lobster Lounge, we go back to Harlow to meet tan-a-holic Sammi Jo, who comes face to face with her future if she doesn’t cut back on the tubes.
There’s time for a consultation with 19-year-old Indre whose bladder problems have totally taken over her life before Dr Pixie meets 17-year-old Megan, whose pregnancy weight has left her with folds of saggy stretched skin that is affecting her confidence and preventing her enjoying her teenage years.
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The ETB team would like to thank:
Teenage Cancer Trust
Cancer Research
DIA – Driving Instructors Association
The Face and Body Clinic – Shenaz Shariff
The Bladder Clinic
Mr A. Ahmed, Imperial College Healthcare
Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence
Change My Face
Surface Imaging Solutions
The Sk:n Clinic
Daiquiri Palace
The Boomerang – Magaluf
Icon – Magaluf
Sol Guadalupe- Magaluf
International Continence Society
Condom Essential Wear
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hello, im 17 and i have a skin tack like wort under my forskin i'v only had it about a week and a half but my girlfriend also has it on the out side of her lady parts between her leg and her flep. but it dosnt look like a wort it looks like a long skin tack and it keeps geting bigger its realy saw i'm going 2 see my gp but i just worned if u could help me and my girlfriend in anyway. we also think that my girlfriend may be pregnent. as her last peareaud was over 7 weeks ago. would our gp also help us with this. thanks for all your help in this matter !!!
hi there i have realy1 bad flaky skin down below on my behind i try moisturiser but its still there and cann get quite itchy which can be very awcward :( PLEASE HELP ME !
im 13 years old , and lately ive lost a lot of weight (2 stone) i havent done a lot of excercise , but i jus dont feel like eating. when i do eat i eat quiet alot but i dont put anyway weight on. i always think i look fat but my friends and family think im too skinny and its bringing me down. what do i doo ?!!
Hiya, I'm a 17 year old girl and i have had this problem for as long as i can remember. I am 5 ft 7, weigh 8 and a half stone which makes me normal weight. But i have this prosblem, my stomachne is flat but near the bottom of my stomachee it goes out and it is really noticeable through anything i wear. If it was the same all the way down my stomache, i would be fat but it is just this bit at the bottom. I have cut out all of my junk food to see if that would help but it is not really helping. I also do about 80 sit ups a day but this also isnt really helping. It makes me very self concious because it looks totaly wierd.
Do you have any suggestions of things i could try doing, and do you know what could be causing it?
i am 15 and i have one testical bigger than the other. the doctor says its normal but i feel silly. do you think this is normal?
i'm 13 and over weight, i've started on a diet and regular exercise i am losing weight however i have horrible stretch marks on my stomach and boobs, i've tried a number or creams and none seem to be working, what cream would you recomend? Also, i put alot of spray under my armpits but i always seem to smell and have to keep my arms closed and as tight as possible and i get quite big sweat patches and have towear dark clothing quite alot of the time, PLEASE HELP!! :(
hey im almost 14 and i have started to notice that i sweat really bad and it has started to get annoying because it makes my hair all wet and i dont know whats causing it
am i normal ???
hi im sixteen and i sweat… excessively. its getting to the point where i can barely go out since i sweat and it causes sweat patches and smells disgusting. i cant ever exercise so i will become unhealthy. my sweat can go through several layers of clothing and when i wear make up it melts away. my life is a perspirathon! please help me. i use both deo, anti-persp and perf but nothing can curb it. am i normal?
hey im 15 and a male.. im so embarrassed and feel i cant talk to anyone even my closest friends about my problem even though it is dominating my life. im already scared that theyre noticing. some people laugh but im not sure if its at me. the problem is that everyone turns me on. it doesnt matter who. old or young, male or female and it is hard to hide these emotions. i have to always wear very baggy trousers and have to swing my bag round to the front sometimes. At school it is a nightmare. I leave lessons sometimes to try and relieve myself of the feelings but they come back so soon. will this ever end??
im 16 and have been suffering with a very embarrassing problem for a while now. I CHAFE when I walk… always. I can't walk anywhere with my friends because i cripple with pain. i have sores between my legs because of it. i have tried everything in the local pharmacies,the internet and the doctor but nothing has solved the problem. Also because i shave my bikini line and it goes a bit crazy all over the place it rubs more because of the prickly hair and it has become spotty. My life is a misery. my friends all laugh at me as i walk like a duck and i have to go into the sea in long shorts and sheer tights to ease the pain. woe is me. am i normal?
