Dr Christian Jessen is the charismatic presenter of ‘Embarrassing Illnesses’ and the BAFTA award winning ‘Embarrassing Bodies’.

Together with Dr Pixie McKenna and Dawn Harper they have been known to take their mobile clinic on the road to examine some of the country’s most embarrassing bodies; the doctors leave their surgery and come out to find the patients that desperately need their help, setting up special clinics in different UK locations. The Embarrassing Illnesses doctors have an innovative attempt to raise health awareness and de-stigmatise ‘embarrassing’ body parts and medical conditions.

Dr Christian graduated in 2000 from University College London, having trained in general medicine, infectious disease, travel medicine and sexual health/HIV. He works on the world famous Harley Street. With this in mind Dr Christian only approaches the top doctors to help treat those patients with an ‘embarrassing illness’. The show has featured a range of illnesses and those of which The Private Clinic could help with and were trusted with due to our professionalism, ethical approach and top quality doctors. We specialise in the field non-invasive and minimally-invasive treatments priding ourselves on highly revolutionary procedures, many that have been pioneered by our doctors.

Dr Christian came to us for treatment of  acne and acne scarring, thread and  varicose veins and a woman with double J Cup breast all of which had a big impact day to day life.

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VARICOSE VEINS ON EMBARRASSING BODIES

April Nicklin suffered thread veins and varicose veins and was referred to Mr Constantinos Kyriakides at The Private Clinic for a series of Micro Sclerotherapy injections. This intricate technique clots off all the tiny thread veins which disappear. During the treatment Mr Kyriakides found an underlying issue in April’s left leg. He found that the main valve wasn’t functioning properly meaning that the blood was draining down the leg rather than flowing up which was the result of Aprils superficial thread veins. April underwent the EVLA treatment with Mr Kyriakides to close off the vein. The treatment was very successful and April thrilled with the result of her new legs.

Varicose veins treatment featured on Channel 4 Embarassing Bodies

Mr Kyriakides is a qualified Consultant Vascular surgeon and a fellow of Harvard Medical School. He is a consultant to Barts and The London NHS Trust running a busy practice in all aspects of vascular surgery. Mr Kyriakides has a particular interest in the field of minimally invasive vascular surgery which he practices at The Private Clinic in Harley Street as well as investigating the role of new technologies and techniques in the management of arterial and venous disease. Mr. Kyriakides has performed over 1500 EVLA to date. He is an expert in his field and Embarrassing Bodies is proud to have him on board.

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ACNE ON EMBARRASSING BODIES

In another episode Embarrassing Bodies tackled the issue of Acne and Acne scarring.  The number of acne sufferers is astounding and often if not treated early can lead to pitted scarring. This was the case for Natalie Simonson. Natalie suffered acne from the age of 12 and as she got older, this worsened and spread to her back and bottom. Natalie had tried all types of medication and diet changes but nothing helped. Her social life suffered a lot as she felt deeply embarrassed and resorted to seek professional help. Dr Christian referred Natalie to our cosmetic dermatologist, Dr Puneet Gupta. Dr Gupta used Pixel laser to treat her acne and acne scarring. But because Natalie had left the problem so long she suffered deep pitted scarring which needed Skin Grafts. The Pixel laser shoots a controlled laser superficially to effectively heat the layers of the skin encouraging them to shed  to rejuvenate and produce new collagen. Local anaesthetic is used for treatment. After a number of treatments Natalie for the first time, couldn’t wait until summer arrived to show off her back. The impact it’s had on her confidence post treatment is amazing.

Acne treatment featured on Channel 4 Embarassing Bodies

Our Acne treatments since has featured on Embarrassing Bodies a further 2 times treating a male with body acne and female with facial acne. Our NLite technology was also used in these episodes.

Dr. Puneet Gupta is a qualified GP specialised in dermatology. He is a Member of the British Association of Cosmetic Dermatologists and of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine. Dr Gupta is well known for a wide range of non-surgical cosmetic procedures, involving the use of Dermal fillers, Chemical peels, IPL and Lasers in skin photo-rejuvenation and pigmented lesions. He is an expert in the treatment of a variety of skin conditions including acne and acne scarring, warts, moles, keloid scars, rosacea as well as facial and leg veins.
Watch Embarassing Bodies patients before and after photos here

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BREAST REDUCTION ON EMBARRASSING BODIES

Embarrassing Bodies approached Dr Gupta for his body sculpture technique using MicroLipo. Yasmin Disney had double J cup breasts and suffered physically, socially which played on her confidence. Yasmin did not want to go down the surgical route of a Breast Reduction and thought that there was no other option. Dr Christian knew where to go when it comes down to minimally-invasive and non-invasive procedure – The Private Clinic.

Micro Lipo is performed under local anaesthetic, is a walk-in walk-out procedure and leaves no scarring. The treatment involves diluted local anesthesia being injected into the area to be treated, Breast in this instance, causing the targeted areas to become swollen and firm. The breast tissue and fat  is then removed using microcannulas with a diameter less than 3 millimeters.

Yasmin post procedure has shrunk down to a D-Cup and is overwhelmed with the result. Not only can Microcannula Liposuction reduce the breast by more than 50 percent in size, the breasts are also lifted to a significant degree. Dr Gupta prides himself in his innovative approach to body sculpting . He has had advanced training in Microcannular Liposuction using tumescent anaesthesia in the USA by the inventor of tumescent technique.

The Private Clinic are proud to be affiliated with Embarrassing Bodies and Dr Christian Jessen. While Embarrassing Bodies aims to raise health awareness and de-stigmatise ‘embarrassing illnesses’ – we strive to raise awareness of the treatment we have to offer to treat these illnesses.

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