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MAKE-OVERS FROM HELL
Over £4billion is spent each year following the fads and fashions of the beauty industry. Most of the time treatments just make us feel better, occasionally there is a physical change for the better. But sometimes...things can go terribly, terribly wrong.
Through painful personal accounts and undercover reports, Makeovers From Hell highlights the risks involved in undergoing beauty treatments at the hands of the inexperienced, and shows how body piercing can have horrific results.
And in a special report, Makeovers From Hell highlights a new photographic technique that shows the damage done to skin by prolonged sunbed use, while an undercover investigation discovers whether tanning salons are providing appropriate advice and warnings about the use of sunbeds.
Millions of us are ignoring the latest medical advice and are still going all out for that all over tan, often by going on sunbeds. Pip, Jackie and Dean are all sunbed addicts who go on them two or three times a week for most of the year. Makeovers From Hell asked consultant dermatologist Dr Daron Seukeran to assess the level of facial skin damage of each with the help of a special photographic filter. The greater the damage to skin by harmful UVA and UVB light - photoageing - the greater the risk of developing skin cancer. The results for Pip, Jackie and Dean provide stark evidence of what has already happened to their skin - and a stark warning about continuing to tan.
Although sunbed use is not regulated in this country, most salons work to a European standard of a recommended maximum of 60 sessions a year - with the British Health and Safety Executive recommending no more than 20 sessions. Undercover reporters Kate and Tess, who have very different complexions, find out just how much correct advice is given at three Leeds tanning salons.
Reshma Pancholi, from Leicester, used a home waxing kit with horrific results. It was a new product for her, so she read the instructions twice before heating it as instructed in the microwave. A pharmaceutical scientist used to handling dangerous substances, Reshma took great care and even reduced the recommended heating time. When she took the bottle out to shake it, it softened then burst spilling hot wax onto Reshma's arm. 'My burn looked like a piece of raw meat,' she says. She was rushed to hospital and was told she had between first and second degree burns and would be left with permanent scarring. 'Two, three seconds before the bottle burst I had it held right in front of my face, so in a way I feel quite lucky because if it had exploded in my face doctors say I could have been blinded.'
Body piercing is now one of the biggest high street fashions, and if done properly should be safe. But as Kelly Haselhurst, from Blackpool, and 13-year-old Danny Carroll, from Derby, found out, even the simplest of ear piercings can go drastically wrong. 'The pain, it just felt like my ear was really tight, burning, it really hurt,' recalls Kelly. Her ear had become badly infected. 'I just couldn't understand how a little thing like an earring could damage my ear to the extent that it was smelling like burning flesh,' she says. She was rushed to hospital and told that her ear was dying, and had seven operations to reconstruct her ear. Young Danny also had a severe infection after his ear piercing and was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation to save his dying ear. Even after a further operation, Danny has now lost part of his ear. His mother Jane is angry that the salon agreed to the piercing without a parent's consent.
Although body piercing is still unregulated outside of London, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health states that a parent or guardian should accompany anyone under the age of 16 wanting a body piercing. In an undercover report by a 14-year-old girl, the programme discovers that there are salons who will turn a blind eye to age by agreeing to pierce her nipple without the presence of an adult.
Wedding day beauty preparations are probably the most important of the happy couple's life but sadly for Joanne Miller from Cheshire, her plans for her hair went horrifically wrong. She'd planned to marry Mike in Florida and have a fantastic honeymoon, and wanted to trade her blond highlights for her natural darker colouring. At the salon, Joanne soon knew things weren't quite right when the solution on her hair instantly turned black. 'It was the colour of tar. The blood completely drained from me, I very nearly passed out,' she recalls. 'Her hands were absolutely shaking cutting my hair. Half way through the cut I burst into tears. She then threw the scissors down on the counter and she runs off because she knew herself it had gone wrong.' Joanne was inconsolable about the state of her hair. 'It was similar to an old paintbrush for want of a better expression,' says Mike. Joanne ended up looking more like GI Jane than blushing bride as she bravely had her head shaved. They still went to Florida, but Joanne couldn't bear to get married and rarely stepped out of the villa.
Jim Gough, from Birmingham, also had big plans to highlight his long hair for his big day. It had taken Jim 30 years to grow his long locks, but it took a mobile hairdresser 30 minutes to ruin it with a highlighting cap. The cap got stuck in his thick matted hair, pulling great clumps out when it was removed. And as the wedding got closer, more and more of Jim's precious hair fell out. 'The depression set in quite quickly, just on looking in the mirror,' says Jim. Rather than lose his hair altogether, Jim and fiance Shirley decided on more extreme measures - and ended up using a purple colour and backcombing on the wedding day for maximum impact!
Brenda Howe, from Hertfordshire, has also suffered appallingly at the hands of her hairdresser. She had been for her regular perm and all seemed fine, until she got home. Over the next few days Brenda was in severe discomfort, and her doctor confirmed that she had burns all over her head from the chemicals used. Steadily Brenda's scalp deteriorated and she developed blisters and started losing her hair. Her worst fears were confirmed when she was told the damage was permanent and her hair would not grow back. 'I got so low during this time, I felt a freak,' says Brenda. 'I felt I wasn't a woman any more.' Brenda's hair never grew back, and she will have to wear a wig for the rest of her life.
Contributors:
PIP MILNER - sunbed user
JACKIE VIPOND - sunbed user
DEAN HOLDSWORTH - sunbed user
DR DARON SEUKERAN - Consultant Dermatologist
DR MARK BIRCH-MACHIN - Scientist, Dept of Dermatology, Uni of Newcastle
KATE HORTON - sunbed story
TESSA BLYTHE - sunbed story
JIM and SHIRLEY ANN GOUGH - hair story
JOANNE MILLER and MIKE ANDREWS - hair story
MELISSA VIPOND - nipple piercing story
DANNY CARROLL - ear piercing story
KELLY-MARIE HAZLEHURST - ear piercing story
JANE CARROLL - Danny's mother
DAVID GAULT - Plastic Surgeon
DAVID BAILEY - Trichologist
BRENDA HOWE - perm story
DANIEL GLEESON - male waxing story
JOSEPH SILVESTRE - BSC expert
RESHMA PANCHOLI - hot wax burn victim
SARAH STONES - body piercer
Through painful personal accounts and undercover reports, Makeovers From Hell highlights the risks involved in undergoing beauty treatments at the hands of the inexperienced, and shows how body piercing can have horrific results.
And in a special report, Makeovers From Hell highlights a new photographic technique that shows the damage done to skin by prolonged sunbed use, while an undercover investigation discovers whether tanning salons are providing appropriate advice and warnings about the use of sunbeds.
Millions of us are ignoring the latest medical advice and are still going all out for that all over tan, often by going on sunbeds. Pip, Jackie and Dean are all sunbed addicts who go on them two or three times a week for most of the year. Makeovers From Hell asked consultant dermatologist Dr Daron Seukeran to assess the level of facial skin damage of each with the help of a special photographic filter. The greater the damage to skin by harmful UVA and UVB light - photoageing - the greater the risk of developing skin cancer. The results for Pip, Jackie and Dean provide stark evidence of what has already happened to their skin - and a stark warning about continuing to tan.
Although sunbed use is not regulated in this country, most salons work to a European standard of a recommended maximum of 60 sessions a year - with the British Health and Safety Executive recommending no more than 20 sessions. Undercover reporters Kate and Tess, who have very different complexions, find out just how much correct advice is given at three Leeds tanning salons.
Reshma Pancholi, from Leicester, used a home waxing kit with horrific results. It was a new product for her, so she read the instructions twice before heating it as instructed in the microwave. A pharmaceutical scientist used to handling dangerous substances, Reshma took great care and even reduced the recommended heating time. When she took the bottle out to shake it, it softened then burst spilling hot wax onto Reshma's arm. 'My burn looked like a piece of raw meat,' she says. She was rushed to hospital and was told she had between first and second degree burns and would be left with permanent scarring. 'Two, three seconds before the bottle burst I had it held right in front of my face, so in a way I feel quite lucky because if it had exploded in my face doctors say I could have been blinded.'
Body piercing is now one of the biggest high street fashions, and if done properly should be safe. But as Kelly Haselhurst, from Blackpool, and 13-year-old Danny Carroll, from Derby, found out, even the simplest of ear piercings can go drastically wrong. 'The pain, it just felt like my ear was really tight, burning, it really hurt,' recalls Kelly. Her ear had become badly infected. 'I just couldn't understand how a little thing like an earring could damage my ear to the extent that it was smelling like burning flesh,' she says. She was rushed to hospital and told that her ear was dying, and had seven operations to reconstruct her ear. Young Danny also had a severe infection after his ear piercing and was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation to save his dying ear. Even after a further operation, Danny has now lost part of his ear. His mother Jane is angry that the salon agreed to the piercing without a parent's consent.
Although body piercing is still unregulated outside of London, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health states that a parent or guardian should accompany anyone under the age of 16 wanting a body piercing. In an undercover report by a 14-year-old girl, the programme discovers that there are salons who will turn a blind eye to age by agreeing to pierce her nipple without the presence of an adult.
Wedding day beauty preparations are probably the most important of the happy couple's life but sadly for Joanne Miller from Cheshire, her plans for her hair went horrifically wrong. She'd planned to marry Mike in Florida and have a fantastic honeymoon, and wanted to trade her blond highlights for her natural darker colouring. At the salon, Joanne soon knew things weren't quite right when the solution on her hair instantly turned black. 'It was the colour of tar. The blood completely drained from me, I very nearly passed out,' she recalls. 'Her hands were absolutely shaking cutting my hair. Half way through the cut I burst into tears. She then threw the scissors down on the counter and she runs off because she knew herself it had gone wrong.' Joanne was inconsolable about the state of her hair. 'It was similar to an old paintbrush for want of a better expression,' says Mike. Joanne ended up looking more like GI Jane than blushing bride as she bravely had her head shaved. They still went to Florida, but Joanne couldn't bear to get married and rarely stepped out of the villa.
Jim Gough, from Birmingham, also had big plans to highlight his long hair for his big day. It had taken Jim 30 years to grow his long locks, but it took a mobile hairdresser 30 minutes to ruin it with a highlighting cap. The cap got stuck in his thick matted hair, pulling great clumps out when it was removed. And as the wedding got closer, more and more of Jim's precious hair fell out. 'The depression set in quite quickly, just on looking in the mirror,' says Jim. Rather than lose his hair altogether, Jim and fiance Shirley decided on more extreme measures - and ended up using a purple colour and backcombing on the wedding day for maximum impact!
Brenda Howe, from Hertfordshire, has also suffered appallingly at the hands of her hairdresser. She had been for her regular perm and all seemed fine, until she got home. Over the next few days Brenda was in severe discomfort, and her doctor confirmed that she had burns all over her head from the chemicals used. Steadily Brenda's scalp deteriorated and she developed blisters and started losing her hair. Her worst fears were confirmed when she was told the damage was permanent and her hair would not grow back. 'I got so low during this time, I felt a freak,' says Brenda. 'I felt I wasn't a woman any more.' Brenda's hair never grew back, and she will have to wear a wig for the rest of her life.
Contributors:
PIP MILNER - sunbed user
JACKIE VIPOND - sunbed user
DEAN HOLDSWORTH - sunbed user
DR DARON SEUKERAN - Consultant Dermatologist
DR MARK BIRCH-MACHIN - Scientist, Dept of Dermatology, Uni of Newcastle
KATE HORTON - sunbed story
TESSA BLYTHE - sunbed story
JIM and SHIRLEY ANN GOUGH - hair story
JOANNE MILLER and MIKE ANDREWS - hair story
MELISSA VIPOND - nipple piercing story
DANNY CARROLL - ear piercing story
KELLY-MARIE HAZLEHURST - ear piercing story
JANE CARROLL - Danny's mother
DAVID GAULT - Plastic Surgeon
DAVID BAILEY - Trichologist
BRENDA HOWE - perm story
DANIEL GLEESON - male waxing story
JOSEPH SILVESTRE - BSC expert
RESHMA PANCHOLI - hot wax burn victim
SARAH STONES - body piercer
MAKE-OVERS FROM HELL
Y/1518-01
Executive Producer - HELEN SCOTT
Producer/Director - MICK GROGAN
Narrator - ANDREW SACHS
Producer/Director - MICK GROGAN
Narrator - ANDREW SACHS
YORKSHIRE TELEVISION
FACTUAL
49
25
2003-08-12
FEATURES (YTTP)
PROGRAMME
UK VERSION
F503
Colour
Stereo
60
ITV NETWORK LIMITED
YORKSHIRE TELEVISION
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