Skin
Description
The body's largest organ - the skin - comes under close scrutiny in this episode. Dr. Alice Roberts puts her own skin through a series of tests, weathering temperature extremes and undergoing a computer program that shows what she will look like at the age of 80. She also looks into the thousands of wrinkle creams available today to determine whether they are helpful and meets a 22-year-old farmer who exposes his skin to the hazards of the elements on a daily basis. She puts his skin under the microscope to find out just how much it is damaged. The program also features a farmer's wife in her sixties, who has a cancerous growth removed.
Runtime
30 min
Series
Subjects
- Cancer (318)
- Skin (58)
- Diagnosis (238)
- Self-care, Health (487)
- Medicine, Preventive (350)
- Surgery, Operative (286)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2007
Database
Films on Demand
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