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Body Image Season 3, Episode 1: Under 18 and Under the Knife

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Documentary which follows 17-year-olds Lynsey and Tasha who are both desperate to have cosmetic surgery to boost their self-confidence. Too young to have surgery in the UK and unable to wait until they turn 18, the teens travel to America, parents in tow, to investigate the reality of going under the knife. At the end of their crash course will they still want surgery and will their parents, and the surgeon, allow them? Watch Body Image Season 3, Episode 1 Under 18 and Under the Knife in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Body Image Season 3, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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8 episodes
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Under 18 and Under the Knife

Documentary which follows 17-year-olds Lynsey and Tasha who are both desperate to have cosmetic surgery to boost their self-confidence. Too young to have surgery in the UK and unable to wait until they turn 18, the teens travel to America, parents in tow, to investigate the reality of going under the knife. At the end of their crash course will they still want surgery and will their parents, and the surgeon, allow them?

30 min
2

My Penis and Everyone Else's

Follow up film to the BBC Three documentary My Penis and I, in which Lawrence Barraclough dealt with issues surrounding the size of his penis. After receiving over 1,000 emails and messages from men all around the world, Lawrence is back to ask why more men aren't talking about their penises. As he attempts to pinpoint the relationship between penis size and how guys see themselves as men, he tries to organise the biggest gathering of penis imagery this country, and maybe the world, has seen.

30 min
3

Help! I Smell of Fish

Documentary about three people who have Fish Odour Syndrome – an incurable condition that causes sufferers to smell of anything from rotting fish to stale sweat to faeces. The film looks at how sufferers manage to overcome the prejudice they feel in our increasingly sanitized country, and focuses on eight-year-old Thomas Barber, 32-year-old Rachel Thomas and 43-year-old Carol Sexton as they seek treatment and acceptance.

30 min
4

I'm a Boy Anorexic

Documentary about Declan, Simon and Warren, three youngsters struggling to overcome their obsessive relationship with food and anorexia problems. It follows the boys as they recover inside a London clinic and then return to the outside world, charting their fight to try to beat this life-threatening illness.

30 min
5

How Dirty Can I Get?

Concerned by claims from some scientists and campaigners that chemicals found in certain toiletries and cleansing products could have potentially harmful effects, mother-of-three Nicky Taylor and comedian Tim FitzHigham decide to give them all up for a month in a unique scientific experiment. Microbiological tests taken at the beginning and end of the experiment show exactly how much bacteria grows on them and which parts of their body are most affected.

30 min
6

Britain's Tallest Men

Documentary revealing what it's like living in Britain when you're over 7ft tall. Neil is 26 and 7 ft 7 and he lives in exile in Spain doing the only job available to someone his size - basketball. The film follows Neil's attempts to build a life for himself in the UK, no easy matter as everything, from clothing to relationships, is difficult for him. Mike, who is 7ft 3, has just started dating Portia who is 5ft 3, and Elliot, who is 17 and 6ft 9 and still growing, are also featured.

30 min
7

Danny: Escaping My Female Body

Documentary about female-to-male transsexual, Danny Lee Sharkey. Born as Katie, he's been living as a man for four years and has been having male hormones injected fortnightly for the past year. Now, at 22, the time has come for him to undergo a dramatic surgical transformation that will physically change his body from female to male. The film follows Danny as he embarks on the first stage of his irreversible transformation with a double mastectomy, with complicated penis surgery to follow.

30 min
8

Lucy: Teen Transsexual in Thailand

Follow-up to the documentary in which Lucy Parker began the physical transformation to change her body from male to female. Lucy travels to Thailand to complete the final stage of her sex reassignment surgery, as she undergoes a gruelling five-hour operation to permanently change her genitalia. The film follows Lucy's painful recovery and her emotional homecoming. After 18 years of dreaming about having a female body, will Lucy feel complete or will achieving her goal be an anti-climax?

30 min