▁large ▁size ▁and ▁extreme ▁imm obil ization ▁some ▁cast s , ▁particularly ▁those ▁used ▁in ▁or ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁the ▁popular ▁term ▁full ▁body ▁cast ▁is ▁something ▁of ▁a ▁mis nom er . ▁The ▁popular ▁and ▁media - dri ven ▁conception ▁of ▁a ▁massive ▁cast ▁enc asing ▁all ▁four ▁lim bs , ▁the ▁tr unk , ▁and ▁the ▁head ▁– ▁sometimes ▁leaving ▁only ▁small ▁sl its ▁for ▁the ▁eyes , ▁nose , ▁and ▁mouth ▁– ▁is ▁a ▁true ▁r ar ity ▁in ▁recorded ▁medical ▁history , ▁and ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁large ▁scale ▁cast ▁appears ▁more ▁commonly ▁in ▁various ▁Hollywood ▁mov ies ▁and ▁on ▁television ▁shows . ▁The ▁term ▁body ▁cast ▁( or ▁full ▁body ▁cast ) ▁is ▁sometimes ▁cas ually ▁used ▁by ▁lay men ▁to ▁describe ▁any ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁body ▁and / or ▁sp ica ▁cast s , ▁from ▁a ▁simple ▁body ▁jack et ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁extensive ▁hip ▁sp ica . ▁ ▁Material s ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁dress ing ▁in ▁that ▁the ▁lim b ▁is ▁un re ach able ▁during ▁treatment ; ▁the ▁skin ▁under ▁the ▁pl aster ▁becomes ▁dry ▁and ▁scal y ▁because ▁the ▁disc arded ▁outer ▁skin ▁cells ▁are ▁not ▁was hed ▁or ▁br ushed ▁off . ▁Also , ▁pl aster ▁of ▁Paris ▁cast s ▁can ▁result ▁in ▁cut aneous ▁comp lications ▁including ▁mac er ations , ▁ul cer ations , ▁in fe ctions , ▁r ash es , ▁it ch ing , ▁burn s , ▁and ▁all