This month, we are joined by Kieran Moulton, a second year PhD student at the Centre for Appearance Research, who tells us all about his research into tattooing and scars (so far!)

Kieran discusses two studies, looking into the experiences of tattoo artists who have provided scar tattoos, and the experiences of those who have used tattoos to either decorate or camouflage their scars.

To find out more about Kieran's research, here is a link to his 2021 paper 'Exploring tattoo artists’ understanding of decorative non-medical professional tattooing as a method of scar camouflage and decoration' (Moulton, 2021): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13548506.2022.2057556 

To find out about how tattooing can be used in the medical field, head over to episode 61: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/medical-tattooing

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Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com 
Cover photo by Seyi Ariyo from Unsplash
Episode developed & produced by Abbi Mathews

78: Tattooing And Scars

Join me as I talk to educational content creator, alopecia awareness campaigner, advocate and activist, Laura Mathias!

The Nila Extract is an award-winning radio show hosted by your favourite Tamil gal, Nila Varman, who strives to amplify the voices of marginalised communities by dispelling taboos, having socio-political conversations, and inviting activists, celebrities and advocates, to speak on their personal experiences.

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Episode 63: Going Bold |ft. Laura Mathias

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Abbi speaks with A/Prof Nicola Stock about her recently published paper titled 'Feasibility and Acceptability of the Promoting Resilience in Stress Management-Parent(PRISM-P) Intervention for Caregivers of Children with Craniofacial Conditions'.

Read the paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10556656231157449?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Episode produced by Abbi Mathews
Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock

Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

Summer Shorts Series: PRISM Intervention for Caregivers of Children with Craniofacial Conditions

This month, we are joined by Christia Huntington, a third year PhD student at the Centre for Appearance Research, who tells us all about her PhD looking into online support for people affected by burn injuries.

HealthTalk Burn Injuries module – www.Healthtalk.org/Burn-Injuries 
Dans Fund for Burns - https://dansfundforburns.org/ 
Take part in Christia's research - https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2u81WX44Tu4Msp8 

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Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com 
Cover photo by Olena Yakobchuk from Shutterstock
Episode developed & produced by Abbi Mathews

83: How can online support aid recovery for people affected by burn injuries?

For our February episode, Abbi finds out all about Alopecia. Alopecia means hair loss and it can affect any or all areas of the body, and can be temporary or permanent. 

We are joined by three guests. Firstly, from CAR, we have Research Fellow Dr Kerry Montgomery and Senior Lecturer – formerly Senior Research Fellow at CAR - Dr Fabio Zucchelli. We are also joined by Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia UK, a national charity aiming to improve the lives of those affected by alopecia.

Alopecia UK: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/
Men's Chat Short Film: https://www.alopecia.org.uk/mens-chat-a-short-film

Papers discussed: 

Men’s experiences of alopecia areata: A qualitative study https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20551029221121524

Patients' experiences of primary healthcare and dermatology provision for alopecia
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ski2.324 

Establishing the financial burden of alopecia areata and its predictors
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ski2.301

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Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com 
Cover photo by Alopecia UK
Episode developed & produced by Abbi Mathews

84: Living with Alopecia

Appearance Matters: The Podcast! Is the official podcast of the Centre for Appearance Research - a world leading research centre investigating body image and appearance psychology research, based at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.

Hosted and produced by Nadia Craddock, Bruna Costa, Maia Thornton, and Abbi Mathews.

New music by: https://toplinefilm.com

Tune in to The Nila Extract, the award-winning radio show founded and hosted by your favourite Tamil gal, Nila Varman, whose show strives to amplify the voices of various communities, including her own, by having emotional, raw and uncomfortable conversations to dispel various socially pressing issues that have often been relegated to taboo.  She does this by having these conversations with herself or with inspirational activists, advocates and celebrities from all walks of life, thus she showcases the untold stories of underrepresented and marginalised communities, alongside music and fun segments. Nila is also the winner of the SRA, BBC and Global Best Student Radio Presenter 2021, and has also received multiple accolades on her educational platform of the same name including a place in the top 10 on Spotify's New Wave.

New tracks tagged #Visible Difference