I shaved my arms sporadically when I was in high school. I was on the water polo and swim teams, and I was required to shave my entire body, arms included, at the end of the seasons to increase my speed and overall slipperiness. Back then, my...
I like to think I have a fairly moist face, as far as faces go. I moisturize after every shower, which feels like a considerable amount. But compared to my silky cheeks and chin, the area between my eyes — smack-dab in the middle of my otherwise...
Skin: It’s your body’s largest organ, and the first line of defense from the harsh elements that surround us. Make that “surrounded us,” as it were, because for the many of us still working from home, we’re spending less time outdoors than we used to. Indeed, it...
If your home basement gets flooded, it’s no joke — the water needs special equipment to properly drain, furniture and floors need to be replaced, rot and mold have to be dealt with. Luckily, when your groin feels like it’s floating in a standing pool of water,...
The only thing worse than having acne-prone skin is shaving acne-prone skin: It’s painful, it’s messy and it’s unfortunately something a whole lot of us have to deal with — studies indicate that between 40 and 55 percent of people between the ages of 20 and 40...
Now that so many of us have largely settled into spending much of our work lives in virtual meetings where the only thing to look at is one another’s faces, it’s a better time than ever to take care of your skin. By which of course we...
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the sun can’t hurt you, especially on cloudy days. After all, how could you possibly get a sunburn when it’s overcast and cold out? The answer is, easily enough that you’d be smart to make putting on sunscreen part...
There are a number of bodily functions that are so “always on” in the background that, unless you’re actively thinking about them, you probably wouldn’t even know they’re happening: Your heart beats, your lungs breathe, and if you’re a man, your balls itch. I mean, c’mon guys,...
Shampoo is not body wash. Body wash is not shampoo. We know this, buuuut…they’re both viscous gels we use in the shower to clean ourselves, so it seems like we could save a little cash and use one for the whole job, right? Well, technically there’s no...
Waxing hurts: Anyone who’s seen The 40-Year-Old-Virgin knows that. But some body parts are notably more painful to have waxed than others, so to help better understand what kind of pain you might be in for, I asked Melanie Mari, owner and licensed esthetician at Bare Skin...
Here’s a deadly combo: You shave every morning, but you have sensitive skin. As a result, your face is chronically plagued with dryness, razor bumps and ingrown hairs. But you (and your face) don’t have to live like that. Equipped with these tips from dermatologist Anthony Rossi,...
For those who don’t feel like lubing up their eye roofs, Dr. Rajani Katta, of Katta Dermatology, has good news for you: “If you don’t have dry skin, you don’t need to moisturize your eyelids.” Woo-hoo! Unfortunately, for many, dry eyelids are a real problem. The skin...
