Ever seen your tongue under a microscope? If not, take a long, hard look—if you dare! It’s weird, it’s creepy and, according to dentist Michelle Ashcraft, it’s the “perfect environment for odor-spreading bacteria,” and absolutely needs a regular scrubbing. To explain why, she took us on a...
There are two types of people in the world: Those who smile with their mouth open, and those who smile with their mouth closed. The former presumably have better teeth than the latter, and are likely more confident as a result (which explains why they happily show...
I’m terrible at making decisions, which might explain why I spent 20 minutes in the oral care section of the pharmacy the other day just trying to figure out all the toothpaste options. Specifically, I was trying to decide between regular toothpaste and gel toothpaste, which was...
I once believed that vigorously brushing my teeth for long periods of time kept them extra-clean: I was wrong, and my dentist was pissed. Overly thorough brushing, it turns out, isn’t only unnecessary—gentle scrubbing for two or three minutes at a time is more than enough to...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? Sick of condescending fashion articles telling you why you need to buy $200 T-shirts? Just want to know how to look, well, good? We feel you. Welcome to...
There’s arguably nothing as uncomfortable as swamp ass, a.k.a. squishy tushy, a.k.a. butter butt—or, in plainer terms, an ultra sweaty crack. Unfortunately, in the middle of summer you don’t have much of a say in the muggy matter, but dermatologist Anthony Rossi has some tips on managing...
The timeline of a guy growing out his hair normally goes like this: Perfectly fine short haircut → several equally terrible stages of embarrassing bad hair days → perfectly fine long haircut. Those dreaded stages in between are ultimately the reason most men chop their locks off...
Each hair sprouting from your body is unique—like a snowflake, only not really a snowflake but more like a sort of hair… where were we? Oh yes. Some hairs require different forms of removal, lest you look like a stray tumbleweed. With that in mind, when is...
We recently learned that one secret to a happy relationship is having separate bathrooms, which makes sense when you consider all the less-than-attractive things we do in there. But what happens when there’s only one bathroom at your disposal? Does that mean you’re doomed to an unhappy...
Now this is just sad: According to a recent survey, nearly half of Americans have no summer vacation plans, with a quarter of respondents citing affordability as the biggest factor for not planning a getaway. On the flip side, respondents who do plan to go on vacation...
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 can kind of smear...
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 tumbleweed, we turned to Melanie Mari, owner and trained manscaper at Bare Skin Studio,...