Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans' scrapes and cuts tend to stick around for more than twice ...

Here's what experts have to say about the relationship between body odour, sweat glands and hormones. Deshan Sebaratnam, a dermatologist and associate professor with the University of New South ...

People take two to three times as long to heal from wounds as other mammals, a team of biologists reported Tuesday in the ...

A team of evolutionary scientists, dermatologists and wildlife specialists affiliated with several institutions in Japan, ...

Our slow healing may be a result of an evolutionary trade-off we made long ago, when we shed fur in favor of naked, sweaty skin that keeps us cool.

And our ancestors lost many of those follicles, packing their skin with sweat glands instead. Sweat glands also have stem cells, but they’re much less efficient at repairing wounds, Dr. Fuchs said.

Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we ...

People who are bigger in size and weight tend to generate more heat because they have to move more body mass, which causes them to sweat more. Very fit people may sweat more. But if fit people and the ...