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To wonder why on earth people go on embarressing bodies

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TraineeBabyCatcher · 12/01/2013 23:39

I can understand the major issues where this is the only way to get treatment as the NHS won't fund it, but why would you want to go on a major (ish) tv show for issues in your private areas and show the whole world your problems when you could just go to your gps, get the same help and not have it broadcasted.

Am I missing something? Do they get paid? :/

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cece · 13/01/2013 00:27

shitty arse man

DamnBamboo · 13/01/2013 00:31

Ha ha there he is

HoHoHoNoYouDont · 13/01/2013 00:32

shitty arse guy. Oh the shame.

HoHoHoNoYouDont · 13/01/2013 00:33

Just beat me to it cece

MrsPoglesWood · 13/01/2013 00:34

Cos they get surgery done privately for free that the NHS would make them wait years for. If I needed surgery that badly I'd probably go on it too.

SageYourResoluteOracle · 13/01/2013 00:40

I must admit that I have a morbid fascination with programmes such as this but yes, I do often wonder why some people choose to Ho on national tv when they're adamant that they've not sought help before.

I remember that poor wee girl with the veruccas well. That was horrific but Dr J saved her life IIRC

Am very, very cross that I missed Mr Skiddy Arse man. Linky had me in hysterics!

SageYourResoluteOracle · 13/01/2013 00:40

Oh FFS! Go, obv, not Ho!

carabos · 13/01/2013 08:18

I hate those programmes, they are a freak show. Three years ago as I was being taken along to the operating theatre for treatment on my uterine polyps (the main symptom of which is massive bleeding), the nurse-type person with me said "ooh there was someone on Embarrassing Bodies with that last week, it was awful". I wanted to cry and felt that my polyps were somehow something to be ashamed of and my own fault.

twoyearsandcounting · 13/01/2013 08:34

People say "I've been too embarrassed to go to my GP about this". They they drop their pants to show a huge boil on their fanjo Not so embarassed now

Fakebook · 13/01/2013 08:47

Oh my gosh @ shitty arse man .

What a lovely start to the day, watching that. Lovely.

CabbageLeaves · 13/01/2013 08:53

I have seen programme but avoid generally because its just vile TV. Initially I thought it was helpful to get people to see their intensely embarrassing issue was not terminal and they could get it sorted. Now I do find it gratuitous.

I also question why people go on it. Really? Show your bits on national tv because its too embarrassing to see the GP??? There must be some psychology behind that but I hope programme makers have researched how people have coped with that publicity further down the line

ResolutelyCheeky · 13/01/2013 09:11

They helped a girl who had a botched cs scar that was keyloid and too tight.
I have same problem, my gp didn't even want to look at it.
This is why people go on. Not sure I could but her stomach was bloody great after.

everlong · 13/01/2013 09:16

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lolaflores · 13/01/2013 09:34

Public health messages that some people are missing (like wiping your bum properly) need to be got over to the general public.
It also dove tails nicely with good tv.
Men as a group do not feel that keen on going to the docs. There has been a lot of emphasis on checking testicles and prostrate stuff. A generation of men (perhaps 50+ there abouts) were not clearly informed about self care and need to be advised. Even if it is the wife making them watch.
Interesting in the amount of botched plastic surgery that has been fixed. Young women knowing that paying £200 for boobs, fillers etc may not necessarily mean you are getting the best work done. EB is a good vehicle for some of this stuff. Then there must be teh entertainment factor involved.

Bodies are embarrasing but when they go wrong (unchecked and quietly) the outcomes are horrific. EB Fat bodies last week was a mix of the two. The unchaning look of disgust that hovered over Dr Pixie and Dr Dawns faces was priceless. Obesity is becoming a problem, there has to be ways of showing the effects, that losing weight can be done (the bloke who lost 27 stone cycling to work) fertility and all the rest. It is important as it reaches people who may just listen and make a change and I think they are brave and deserve to be commended.
Though I wouldn't

WhatchuTalkinBoutPhyllis · 13/01/2013 09:43

I wouldn't mind it if they didn't lure viewers in on the pretext that all the patients have been too embarrassed to see the gp, when clearly these people have no embarrassment issues.

You know, what with showing their foof flaps scrotum boils and gangrene toes on tv.

Poo man is just urgh how can you not know how to wipe your arse?

shriekingnora · 13/01/2013 09:58

I know someone who was on this show. He was the guy with the horrendous piles - they popped a camera up there so everyone could see right up his bum. He was the school caretaker at the tiny primary school I worked in. The kind of primary school that had kids whose parents didn't monitor their viewing.

He even told us he was going to be on telly at 9pm on channel 4. We all dutifully tuned in. And I couldn't look him in the eye ever again. And I was flicking through the channels one night and there was his arse again. Repeated in case anyone missed it the first time. I'm glad he got it sorted though. No idea why he thought this was a good way to do it - apparently he was too embarrassed to got to the GP about it

SamuelWestsMistress · 13/01/2013 10:03

I never got over the guy with an itchy arse. The camera then zoomed in on his parted buttocks and they all had a jolly good laugh when they saw he was riddled with worms.

Now surely he could have gone to his GP and not on national television where everyone will now recognise him as the worm man?

JambalayaCodfishPie · 13/01/2013 10:07

I've said before, some its desperation for fame, others its just desperation - an operation that will change their life but they could never afford, or wasn't available in their area.

I think five minutes of 'fame' would be worth it in that situation.

Pendipidy · 13/01/2013 10:07

Oh man , that link is hysterical ...i didn't want to carry on watching the clip after a very long shot of a big fat shiny poo was on screen for far too long .

WhatchuTalkinBoutPhyllis · 13/01/2013 10:11

I remember my friend saying her cousin was going to be on tv a few years ago.

She phoned me to say it'l be on bb1 at 7pm, I asked her what the programme was and she says "on the fiddle"

myfirstkitchen · 13/01/2013 10:23

Shitty arse is a pub landlord- how the hell did he live that down?
Must be brought up in that pub every half hour!

PurpleKittyKnitting · 13/01/2013 10:31

I know someone that is going to be on it............as the consultant!!

I don't think it is this Embarrassing Fat Bodies that has just started. She is speaking with a man with a leg ulcer.

carmenelectra · 13/01/2013 10:32

I always wonder how they are embarrassed to show their fanny in private but are more than happy to show it to the TV doctors, cameramen and every other person who knows then will watch it on telly. That's not embarrassed!

I remember shitty arse man. Omg. I could barely watch. He had problems with anal leakage but Doctor Christian then gave him the 'revisit your wiping technique' chat.

You would just die wouldn't you.

everlong · 13/01/2013 10:36

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AKissIsNotAContract · 13/01/2013 10:46

Shitty arse man is interesting. He takes the time to quiff his hair up but can't be bothered to wipe his arse.

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