To bald or not to bald? It’s become a very complicated question. We hear “bald is beautiful,” yet men spend one billion dollars annually to combat it. Similarly, bald men are told that their shining dome causes them to be perceived as “dominant,” yet hair loss can...
“If it’s yellow, let it mellow!” Or as they say in the Caribbean, “In the land of sun and fun, we do not flush for number 1.” It’s a maxim held dear by the selective flusher, and despite what cleaning product commercials might have you believe, the...
Mistook your monthly magazine for a pack of One Wipe Charlies and flushed it down the toilet? No worries, here’s the online version! In this edition: How the Pandemic Changed Fashion Understanding All the Seasonal Changes to Your Body How To Prepare Your Home for Fall How...
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If you’ve run out of sunscreen, no problem: Growing a mammoth beard may help keep you safe from the sun, instead. “There’s no question that a thick, black beard, for instance, would give a large measure of protection,” says Robert Brodell, chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University...
Widespread, frenzied head shaving has been one of many unforeseen side effects of these extended quarantines and shutdowns. If you fell victim to the crisis-inspired allure of the infamous Quarantine Buzz Cut sometime over the past few weeks or months, right now, as your hair continues to expand outward like a dampened...
When the pandemic hit, John, an avid runner in his mid-40s, saw an opportunity to avoid using public transit by running home instead, thus knocking out his daily 10K run in the process. For nearly four months, he carried on this new tradition with ease — until,...
When it comes to washing the clothes in my closet, not all textiles are created equal. At the top of the heap, of course, are my dress clothes, neatly hung, dry-cleaned exactly to their label’s specifications and ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice —...
Sometimes I look in the mirror mid-afternoon while working from home, still wearing the giant band T-shirt I slept in the night before, greasy hair in a bun, no makeup on and wonder when precisely I let quarantine turn me into a cousin of Oscar the Grouch. Other days, I shower,...
Maybe the human body is a miracle of scientific wonder, but I feel like we’ve got some serious design flaws. Sleep is the biggest one for me. Like, we have to be totally unconscious for a third of our total day, and when we return to consciousness, we sometimes...
Let’s say, in a completely, totally, absolutely made-up hypothetical, a man who recently began working from home has taken to working atop his bed, because he lives in a small apartment and his partner takes a lot of very important calls. Let’s also assume that this man, thanks...
Taking my temperature almost every day has helped me alleviate some COVID-19 anxiety, but only because every time I do it, I end up more worried that I’m the walking dead. To wit: The other morning I had to take my temperature three times just to get a...
