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...
Most men aren’t exactly strangers to “moisturizing” their privates, even though, admittedly, silky-smooth skin isn’t normally the first thing on our minds when we reach for that lotion. But should we be moisturizing down there to keep our skin healthy? According to dermatologist Lisa Chipps, the answer...
In most scenarios, nipples aren’t something people tend to ignore. Apparently, sunbathing isn’t one of those scenarios: 46 percent of people never apply sun protection to their frontal pepperonis, according to a shocking survey from a while back (hopefully people have become more nip-conscious since it was...
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,...
Anyone who recently shaved their head, or went bald, will tell you that a combination of sunscreen and hats is the only thing forestalling their dome from turning into one giant blister due to the sun blasting it with powerful radiation all day long. But what of...
One of the perks of being in a relationship is always having someone around to rub sunscreen on your back. When you’re single, however — and if your friends, for whatever reason, refuse to lather up your hard-to-reach bits — you’re seemingly out of luck. Although you...
You are what you eat, as they say, which means, if you smell like a gallon of milk that spent two weeks sunbathing on the dashboard of a car parked in Death Valley, hey, you might be able to blame that random gallon of milk you found...
We all know how showers work. We use shampoo to get our hair clean, and body wash to get the day’s grime off our bodies. We may even shave in there! And all that dirt and sweat and oil and hair wash safely down the drain… except...
Back in 2018, a strange life hack went viral. It purported that you could apply shaving cream to a sunburn instead of the more traditional aloe vera to reduce pain and swelling. And it turns out this is true! …technically. This nugget came from a Facebook post...
Every two hours. That’s the amount of time virtually every bottle of sunscreen you’ll ever buy says you have before reapplying its contents to protect your body from the sun. But…why? Some of the reasons are obvious: If you head into a pool or the ocean, the...
You’ve almost certainly heard of “shower thoughts,” those random ideas of incredible brilliance, profundity, and/or weirdness that seem to invariably hit us in the middle of a shower. There’s a decent chance you’ve had one or two yourself. But have you ever wondered why? To understand why...
