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The Truth About Looking Young

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Series exploring scientific issues. Plastic surgeon Dr Rozina Ali finds out whether it is possible to make your skin look younger without surgery, exploring the latest research.

Plastic surgeon Dr Rozina Ali leaves the operating theatre behind for the frontiers of skin science and asks if it is possible to make your skin look younger without surgery.

She discovers the latest research about how the foods we eat can protect our skin from damage, and how a chemical found in a squid's eye is at the forefront of a new sun protection cream.

She also finds out how sugar in our blood can make us look older, and explores an exciting new science called glycobiology, which promises a breakthrough in making us look younger.

59 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Aug 2012 01:00

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Director David Stewart
Series Editor Aidan Laverty
Presenter Rozina Ali

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