Ria Lina Gets Forensic: Microneedling

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BBC

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4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Former-forensic-scientist-turned-stand-up-comedian Ria Lina examines the gap between the science we’re sold by the wellness industry and the science that’s done in a lab – particularly when it comes to treatments that boast anti-aging effects.

This episode, she’s joined by comedian Geoff Norcott to see if Microneedling can make their faces look any younger.

Featuring Ria Lina and Geoff Norcott Written by Ria Lina and Steve N Allen Produced by Ben Walker

A DLT Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
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0:30.7	discover your new favorite podcasts listen on bbc sounds hello i'm rialina and i'm Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:43.7	Hello, I'm Rialina and I'm here to get forensic on the gap between the science were sold by the wellness industry and the science that's done in a lab, because they are very
0:48.2	often not the same thing.
0:50.3	Back in the lab, if you started glowing, they'd evacuate the building.
0:54.1	In the wellness industry, they'd evacuate the building.
0:58.5	In the wellness industry, they'd charge you 200 pounds and call it revitalizing.
1:04.5	Spas and clinics say they can turn back time, but what they don't tell you is it's only by five minutes,
1:07.1	and you spend most of that filling out the consent form.
1:12.6	I'm particularly interested in the science of something that affects us all, getting older.
1:17.3	Each episode, I look at one procedure that promises to help us in this eternal struggle,
1:20.0	and today, that procedure is microneedling.
1:24.3	If you're one of those people who isn't good with needles, then look away now.
1:26.9	Oh, no, actually, that's not going to help. This is radio.
1:30.4	Also, don't get fooled by the micro-prefix.
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