According to surveys, body grooming has long been on the rise — and with it, more and more nicks and cuts to our most tender areas. These injuries are unsightly — and painful — so we asked primary care physician Dr. Marc Leavey how to treat the...
Hardbody? Heck yes! Calluses that inevitably result from lifting weights in an attempt to become said hardbody? That’s a nope. But alas, hard pads of skin and lifting weights tend to go hand in callused hand, with calluses most often appearing at the base of the fingers....
We humans sure 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. And as it...
The human body is capable of expelling various offensive aromas, but which of the two most prevalent stenches is the most unpleasant: Body odor or bad breath? Let’s take a scientific look to crown the officially nose-wrinkling king of stink. What Causes Body Odor The short answer...
Anyone who’s ever gotten dressed for work in a muggy gym changing room following an early morning workout knows that the experience is nightmarish. Pulling on a shirt over clammy skin is the worst, and the sweat that keeps trickling down your back comes direct from the...
First off, what the heck is a ‘ball spray’? Put simply, it’s an aerosol powder spray for keeping your groin area cool and dry. Put even more simply: It’s Ball Spray! Designed to absorb moisture and reduce chafing, it can be applied proactively in advance to help...
Pre-date manscaping is a must for many. But timing it right to avoid the seemingly inevitable prickliness that follows can be tricky. To avoid showing up to your date looking like a stray cactus, we turned to Melanie Mari, owner and trained manscaper at Bare Skin Studio,...
If you’ve ever assumed dandruff was a purely human problem, you assumed wrong. Anything that has skin has a chance of that skin drying out and flaking off, even if that skin is surrounded by a fur coat — and that includes pets. Animals shed skin particles...
Hair gel is usually the first styling product to come to mind, but there are many other options — hair clay, hair cream, hair fiber, hair mousse, hair paste, hair pomade and hair wax, just to name a handful. Cleve McMillan, stylist and hair guru, is here...
Did you know that lemon juice is a popular home remedy for dandruff? No? Well, we didn’t either at first, but as it turns out, a whole lot of people tout it as an easy and aromatic way to get rid of dandruff. And believe it or...
Where our hair parts often defines how we style it on a daily basis. But what defines where that part lands, and is it something we can change if we so choose? Snag a comb and keep on reading to find out. According to the science (which...
Honestly, folks, is there a part of the human body that drives people — particularly those of us age 35 and over — more insane than hair? Think about it: Our hair basically holds us hostage for the first halves of our lives with its, “Will it,...
