Acne sucks. What sucks even more is that it seemingly targets some of our most visible body parts: Our face, our chest and our upper back (so fun during beach season!) Why is that, though? It’s not like those areas are any more dirty or sweaty than...
When you’re going through puberty, it’s easy to believe one of the perks of adulthood is not having a pizza face. But alas, adulthood disappoints once again, because, for many of us, acne returns with a vengeance in our postpubertal years — in fact, studies indicate that...
These hot summer months can cause a lot of swamp ass, and therefore rashes that result from that radioactive concoction of sweat and bacteria brewing between them cheeks. To help you keep your own personal Grand Canyon fresh, I asked four very different butt rash experts how...
There’s a very simple secret behind how to shave without getting cut: Use a fresh blade, silly! An old, dull blade — combined with a less-than-stellar shaving technique — can cause cuts to happen more frequently. That’s because, as your razor ages, water and pressure combine to...
Sad to say, wiping your behind with toilet paper is a feeble and unsanitary undertaking, because much as we might try, some dry paper is never going to do a truly thorough job of cleaning back there. Worse, besides being powerless against stubborn poop, vigorous wiping with...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
