The BEST episodes of Embarrassing Bodies

#1 - Lumps and Bumps

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/30/2012

Nine months after they first met, the team catch up with the woman who had two large cysts on her head. Dr Dawn is in the Costa del Sol to see a man with a massive hernia. Dr Pixie revisits a woman who picked food out of the pits of her tonsils.

#2 - Luton

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2013

The doctors bring their portable pods to the Love Luton festival, where some mysterious cases crop up. There's a young woman with monster bruises that appeared from nowhere and another with unexplained skin patches. Back at the clinic, Dr Dawn treats a lady with a fishy smell, Dr Christian meets a man whose skin-cancer scar has left him looking like a thug, and Dr Pixie helps a chap with a blockage in his waterworks. Dr Christian asks what a transistor radio, a light bulb, a tropical spider, a 12-inch salami and a complete tool set all have in common, as he warns of the dangers of inserting foreign objects into intimate places. Dr Dawn hits 'shag week' at Newcastle Uni. Dentistry with Doctor James, who's tackling more tarnished teeth. And the cameras go behind the scenes of Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital.

#3 - Bristol

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2013

The doctors bring their portable clinic to Bristol, where the bothersome conditions include rashes, mouth ulcers, excessive sweating, a painful post-pregnancy problem, and excessive body hair. Dr Christian helps a man with a worrying pain down below, while Dr Pixie gets to the bottom of why her patient 'blocks the bog'. Dr Pixie meets a lady whose rosy nose embarrasses her so much she rarely leaves the house. Scientist Dr James Logan returns to investigate the healing power of leeches, allowing his own blood to be sucked in the name of research, while Dr Christian comes up trumps in his quest to educate festival goers on all things flatulent.

#4 - Caerphilly

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2013

This week the portable clinic pitches up in Caerphilly, Wales, and Dr Dawn helps a lady who's hiding a secret pain inside her national dress and a man who's been walking through his problems for 20 years. The clinic is open for business meeting brave people sharing their problems, and nothing's left uncovered. Dr Pixie's hit a bump tackling some testicle trouble, Dr Christian meets a woman whose baby bottom burns are still bothering her as an adult, and a lady for whom weight loss has left her nipples near her nether regions; and Dr Dawn has a mystery case of festering feet the likes of which the show has never seen. Dr Christian takes the 'Brain Sex' Challenge to discover if our genital sex really does match up to the way we think. And in the 'Living With' series, the programme features a truly amazing 14-year-old girl with a rare condition called Progeria, which means she's living in the body of a pensioner.

#5 - Magaluf (2)

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2013

Doctors Christian, Dawn and Pixie help with the 132% rise in hospital cases in Magaluf that have resulted from 24-7 partying, petting and drinking. Dr Christian extols the importance of safe sex, and Dr Pixie braves the midday sun to tame the tourists who are burning to be beautiful. In the UK clinic, Dr Pixie helps a man who lost his penis in a childhood car accident, and follows the dramatic reconstruction surgery to make him a new phallus from his own body parts. And this week's unsung heroes of medicine are involved in eye donation.

#6 - Magaluf (1)

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/2013

The doctors visit the holiday hot spot of Magaluf, where sex goes, booze flows and the sunburn shows. Dr Pixie sees a lad looking for treatment for a bulging ball and Dr Christian meets a girl who needs a helping hand following an awkward climax. Dr Dawn educates the hedonistic holidaymakers about the horrors of a hangover. Back in the UK, Dr Christian meets an extremely brave man who reveals the extraordinary extent of living with half his face missing. Dr Dawn meets a man with a patch on his penis that needs straightening out and Dr Pixie helps a lady whose groin and bottom abscesses are causing constant pain. And Dr James the dentist sees a 32-year-old woman whose thumb sucking habit is affecting both her teeth and her boyfriend's genitals.

#7 - Changing Sex

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/21/2012

Dr Christian revisits two women who have gone to extreme measures to dramatically change their bodies. Their very different personal stories provide an insight into what it means to change sex. The programme follows the women's journeys and the lengths they've gone to in order to achieve their goal - from stories of love and bullying to butchery abroad and eye-watering surgery. Over a year later the programme catches up with them to see how life has changed since being in the clinic.

#8 - Live from the Clinic

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/9/2012

n May and June of this year, nearly a hundred patients consulted Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper for medical advice over the internet. What Happened Next? catches up with a number of patients who took part who have already benefited from the advice or treatment they received. Among the many men and women featured, there's the student rugby player who memorably ripped an intimate piercing, and needed reconstructive surgery on his penis, and the woman who wanted help reducing the size of her particularly large breasts.

#9 - About Face

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/2/2012

The doctors catch up with some of the most memorable problems involving the face. Dr Christian continues the story of a woman who opts for radical surgery hoping to see the end of her facial malformation. Dr Pixie catches up with mother of two who's on the mend after an extreme bout of teenage acne left her in despair. And Dr Dawn meets a woman whose face takes a bashing every time she goes to bed. Resident dentist Dr James is at the Stockton weekender flogging the benefits of flossing; and is on hand to help a woman who's badly stained smile has crumbled her confidence. And Dr Pixie has her nasal polyps checked out, a procedure not to be sniffed at.

#10 - Under the Knife

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/24/2012

The doctors catch up with some of the people who have come to the clinic looking for post-op help. For many ailments, surgery is the only answer. But sometimes surgery goes wrong. Dr Christian catches up with one of the first generation of women to have a boob job back in the 70s. Having followed the dramatic reconstruction of her breasts he returns to see the final 'cherry on the cake', with the making of her new nipples. Dr Pixie catches up with a man reeling from the results of surgery on his bottom. Dr Dawn meets woman who was left with terrible tummy scars. And Dr Christian advises some bold BMX bikers how best to keep your semen in tip-top health.

#11 - Under the Skin

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/11/2012

The doctors catch up with some of the show's most sensitive and scabby cases, all of them concerning the skin, from oozing, smelly underarms to a bottom wound that wouldn't heal. Dr Pixie catches up with a man who, having lost ten stone, went under the knife to deal with the problem of excess skin. Dr Dawn hits the beaches of Thailand to discover how a tropical skin complaint can turn into a holiday horror story. She also helps beach lovers keep watch on their moles. And Dr James Logan recruits Dr Dawn and Dr Christian to find out just what happens when 50 mosquitoes start munching on the skin.

#12 - Best of Breasts

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/7/2012

The team revisits memorable cases, including a man leaking milk. There's also transgender Jenny-Anne on her wedding day. And Dr Dawn and Dr Pixie show how to self check for breast cancer and which lumps to worry about and what to get checked out.

#13 - Weymouth

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/2013

The portable clinic visits Weymouth, where Dr Dawn meets a man with blood-blisters on his testicles, advises on pubic abscesses and warns of the dangers of dodgy tattoos. Dr Christian meets a man whose prostate cancer treatment has left him with rectal incontinence and a women who is in need of jaw replacement surgery. Dr Pixie sees a 31-year-old with a saggy body and Dr Dawn examines some supersize varicose veins.

#14 - Wickerman Festival

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/23/2012

Caro visits Dr Christian at the clinic. For eight years Caro’s eyelid has been closed over. It started bleeding from the corner and has become progressively worse: lumpier, redder and it bleeds regularly. Dr Christian diagnoses it as arteriovenous malformation (AVM). This condition is essentially an overgrowth of blood vessels and can occur anywhere in the body. It’s very rare in the eyelid. Treatment is highly risky so close to the eye, so Dr Christian sends Caro to Mr Omar Durrani at the Birmingham Eye Hospital for more tests. Mr Durrani presents one option as being major surgery that would solve the problem but runs a 30% risk of damage to Caro’s eyesight. Caro goes for an angiogram from Dr Saleh Lamin. The procedure shows that her AVM can be treated without major risk to her eyesight, so Caro can now make a decision about what course of action to take, without the stakes being quite so high.

#15 - Brighton

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/16/2012

Ian sees Dr Pixie about some side effects he has suffered after slimming down. He weighed 27 stone and his rapid decline in weight has left him with a lot of excess skin on his chest and abdomen. The saggy situation is affecting his sex life because he has a large flap of skin and fat covering his penis. Dr Pixie refers him to a plastic surgeon because the skin has stretched too far to heal itself and will need to be removed. The surgeon removes skin and fat from his chest and abdominal area in a major operation lasting over three hours. During the operation about a stone in weight is removed from Ian’s body. Once healed he’s thrilled with the results and says he can now go running and swimming, activities that were previously physically impossible.

#16 - Tamworth

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2012

The team are in Tamworth this week , where Pixie attempts to help a man whose bottom wound hasn't healed in six years. Christian talks to a woman with a mysterious whistle. Pixie pays a visit to a pop festival in Staffordshire, where microbiologist Professor Val conducts a forensic examination of the toilets. Dawn offers her top tips on nipples.

#17 - Stockton

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/2/2012

52 year old Patrick visits Dr Pixie about problems with anal leakage. Dr Pixie refers him to a consultant surgeon to find out what the cause is. The consultant discovers that Patrick has a limited diet which is very low in fibre, causing severe constipation. He is then referred to a dietician for advice on improving his situation by changing what he eats. Specifically the dietician recommends Patrick eats more fibre and drinks more fluids. On his return to the clinic he tells Dr Pixie there has been a big difference and he is able to do more than he used to.

#18 - Skegness

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/26/2012

Yvonne visits the clinic to see Dr Pixie about constipation, which is an unwelcome side effect of the chemotherapy she had four years ago to treat breast cancer. After an examination Dr Pixie sends her to a colorectal specialist for some tests to find out the cause. He makes three different examinations of her bowel to see what the cause could be. The specialists discover she has a slow metabolism and Yvonne is prescribed a new laxative. On her return to the clinic she tells Dr Pixie the new medication has got everything moving again.

#19 - Ibiza

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/19/2012

Christian is on the party island of Ibiza attempting to tackle the issues of too much sun, sea and sex. Back home, Dawn meets a man whose buried penis is causing problems going to the toilet. Pixie meets a young girl with an extreme case bad breath caused by swollen tonsils. James the dentist is back to treat different dental disasters.

#20 - Thailand (2)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/12/2012

James continues his experiment of living with hookworm inside his intestine. Christian attempts to help a woman who had some botched cosmetic surgery in Thailand. Pixie talks to a patient whose huge breasts are ruining her life. Caroline's diabetes is damaging her sex life.

#21 - Thailand (1)

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/5/2012

Tropical disease specialist Dr James Logan joins the team. Dawn and James travel to Thailand to look for embarrassing souvenirs Brits could be bringing home with them after a trip overseas. James infests himself with parasitic hookworm. In the United Kingdom, Pixie talks to Carol who has an addiction to coffee enemas. Christian attempts to help a woman who was one of the first to have breast enhancement surgery.

#22 - Liverpool

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/10/2011

25-year-old Eniola comes to the clinic unhappy with the way her breasts have grown after she suffered severe burns over her entire body as a baby. Pixie talks to 18-year-old Matilda and learns about her story of being born with a cleft lip and palate. Hayley is suffering with blue varicose veins that are running up her legs and into her vulva.

#23 - Derby

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/3/2011

The doctors talk to 26 year-old Jerusha, who suffers from chronic pain in her vagina, 24 year-old Duane, who learnsthat the copious tags on his penis are caused from excessive friction on the area and 36 year-old Adele who has suffered with dizziness for two years. The Embarrassing Bodies truck is in Derby this week where the doctors offer more advise.

#24 - Back to the Clinic 1

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2013

#25 - Skin Cancer, Leg Pain, Skin Condition

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/7/2022

The doctors help patients with skin cancer, leg pain and a severe skin condition.