Horizon. [Season 49, Episode 1], The truth about looking young /

Our skin is one of the biggest and most important organs we own. It is affected by what we eat, drink, how stressed we are and what we smear on it. Every day it takes a beating and plastic surgeon Rozina Ali spends her working life helping it look and feel better. In this programme, Rozina finds out...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stewart, David (Television producer and director) (Director, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2012.
Series:Academic Video Online
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Our skin is one of the biggest and most important organs we own. It is affected by what we eat, drink, how stressed we are and what we smear on it. Every day it takes a beating and plastic surgeon Rozina Ali spends her working life helping it look and feel better. In this programme, Rozina finds out the real condition of her own skin. She gets to grips with the truth behind the saying 'you are what you eat' and reveals that a revolution is taking place in the science of skin care - glycobiology - which has the potential to change human life in unimaginable ways, influencing treatments for conditions as varied as cancer and malaria.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed January 23, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (49 minutes)
Playing Time:00:48:41