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The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison?

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Sam Kean

Arts, Books, History

41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

One doctor’s controversial crusade to keep men and women out of prison through nose jobs, eye lifts, and other plastic surgery.



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0:00.0

At Parker, our purpose is simple.

0:02.6

We want to make the world a better place,

0:05.2

by working more efficiently, by using more sustainable practices,

0:09.7

by developing better technologies,

0:12.0

we keep moving forward.

0:14.3

With each new idea, innovation, and partnership, we're one step closer to fulfilling our purpose

0:20.9

every single day. To find out more,

0:24.0

visit Parker.com slash purpose.

0:27.0

Parker, engineering your success.

0:30.0

All the woman wanted was to look normal.

0:35.0

When Suzanne, a pseudonym, was a little girl in Canada,

0:39.0

her nose got crushed in a car accident.

0:42.0

She grew up with scars and dents on her nose that left her horribly self-conscious.

0:47.0

She felt that she never fit in.

0:50.0

Around age 18, she started using drugs and eventually began stealing to support her addiction.

0:57.0

She ended up in prison in the 1950s near Vancouver.

1:01.0

She made the most of her time there. She entered drug counseling. She took

1:06.3

classes on typing and English grammar. But however useful, these services could not

1:12.3

fix her main source of distress.

1:14.8

Her scarred nose.

1:18.3

One day, however, the woman heard about a doctor at the prison, a plastic surgeon who was operating on inmates faces for free. His name was

1:27.3

Edward Lewison and he had some unorthodox ideas about crime. Namely that scars and facial deformities marked people as social outcasts,

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