I recently saw a product that promised to eliminate any odour from any body part for three whole days. While that seems magical if we’re talking about, say, butt sweat in the summer, it doesn’t seem so great if we’re talking about overall body smells. Listen, guys,...
Whether it’s seeing our home team lose or splitting up with a partner, we’ve all had a cry at some point in our lives. Those big drops of sadness even have their own name, and are distinct from regular eye moisture: They’re referred to as emotional tears,...
For heavy sweaters, life stinks. Constantly worried that they smell bad, are offending others with their moisture or even sabotaging their own job interviews, being relentlessly sweaty is a tough way to live. We talked to three guys (yes, American sweat, too) who suffer from what’s known as hyperhidrosis to see...
Getting Ton’ed Up Serotonin—otherwise known as 5-hydroxytryptamine—is known as “the happy chemical”. It’s made in the brain and is an important neurotransmitter (although some consider it a hormone) that relays signals between nerve cells, regulating their intensity. The happier you are—think ace Christmas present from favourite relative...
For some, having sweaty hands is a minor inconvenience. For others, having sweaty hands is a life sentence — one that involves constant humiliation, isolation and condemnation. Case in point: On this subreddit devoted to those suffering from excessive sweating, discussions about suicide and depression stemming from the condition are just as...
Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s a hangnail? Some people use the term to refer to torn skin around their nail and cuticles. Others reserve it for nails that break, rip or split. In reality, it’s the former — but whatever you call it, the goal of treating hangnails...
Every man’s stream fires off in an unintended direction from time to time. But what’s actually causing that to happen? According to Adrienne Carmack, board-certified urologist and author of The Good Mommy’s Guide to Her Little Boy’s Penis, complications caused by circumcision (or other surgeries on the...
Asking, “Can you drink too much water?” might sound like a dumb question, considering every cell and organ in your body requires a steady stream of the stuff to function properly (the bottled water industry constantly reminds us of this). But the truth is, you certainly can...
We humans are a sweaty bunch. Everything from heat, nerves, fever and stress can wring us out like a wet rag. This almost constant state of perspiration left us wondering what sweat actually does to your skin when you don’t wash it off. Turns out, according to dermatologists,...
You don’t need to drink very much, or even often, to see that alcohol gives with one hand and takes away with the other. Whatever booze offers in easy laughs, false bravado and unforgettable stunts will soon enough be offset by beer poops, hangovers and inexplicable drunk purchases. But we press on and...
So, on the third night of binge drinking, you looked at your sweaty reflection in that fourth shot of whiskey and thought, This isn’t working the same way it did two nights ago. Well, friend, you’re right — and you’re not alone (although you’re also not exactly in...
The bathroom is the most used room in your home, which is why its contents can quickly become overused. Did you know, for example, that the average toothbrush contains 10 million bacteria or more? Likewise, bathroom floors have been shown to be one of the most contaminated...