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...
Sometimes shaving feels like a hassle. Other than your teeth, no other part of your body requires more daily maintenance, even if you’re just maintaining your facial hair. Who among us has never gazed into our reflection in the bathroom mirror, razor in hand, and wondered what...
For some folks it’s prune juice, for some it’s the vigorous introduction of a suppository — for others, it’s cigarettes and/or coffee that finally motivates their bowels across the fecal finish line. “You know what I miss about smoking?” writes one redditor. “Having my morning coffee and...
If someone is told to take a cold shower in a TV show or movie, 99 percent of the time it’s because that someone is too horny and needs to (literally) chill out. Whether that’s actually true hasn’t been confirmed — turns out most scientists have better...
If we’re to believe the digitally enhanced men of today’s silver screen, male body hair is in decline. Just compare male movie star chest hair from the 1960s to the what we see today. Doesn’t it seem like men — and specifically millennial men — are getting...
Belly buttons can be filled with any number of things: Dirt, sweat, lint and maybe even some jewelry if that’s what you’re into. But a 2012 study, appropriately titled, A Jungle in There: Bacteria in Belly Buttons are Highly Diverse, but Predictable, found that our tummy holes...
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...
Do you love your facial hair? Do you have a beautiful ‘stache that cannot be contained? Are you constantly trying to wrestle as much of your luxurious beard inside your mask as you can and then hoping for the best? If so, you’re a long way from...
Most of us who moisturize do so because we want to avoid looking dry or flaky, but it’s often claimed that regularly moisturizing also provides a more long-term benefit: It prevents wrinkles and keeps our skin looking youthful down the line by improving its elasticity. If this...
The bathroom is, when you think about it, a vile place: Since flushing the toilet launches aerosolized toilet funk into the air, virtually everything you touch could be coated with a fine mist of invisible poo particles. For that reason — and many others — washing your...
A single spritz of cologne can transform you into an aromatic cloud of goodness, pleasingly triggering nearby noses for hours, if not days on end. But how do fragrances adhere so tightly to your continually-moving body for that long? The answer is actually pretty simple. Liquid perfume...