Hair growth on the human body is a fascinating and sometimes perplexing phenomenon. While most people expect hair to grow on their scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes, the appearance of hair in unexpected ...

Society often portrays body hair as something to be eliminated. Countless razors, wax strips, and depilatory creams promise a life of silky-smooth skin. But beyond aesthetics, body hair offers a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Though everyone has butt hair, body hair can still be so stigmatized. We long for thick, shiny hair ...

Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison of ...

From an early age, we learn about the ways we can remove body hair rather than how we can embrace it. Despite seeing a shift in how we talked about body hair in the 2010s (remember people dying their ...

This post was co-authored by Jessica Sutherland. The changing norms of body hair removal are dramatic and illustrative. I have written previously about the rise in body hair removal as the "canary in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Hair can be curly, straight, thick, thin, brown, black, blonde, or ...

In that day’s sex therapy session, the topic was body hair. But the process was about something else entirely. As we like to say in therapy, it is and isn’t about the content—and with this couple, the ...