Humans heal skin injuries significantly more slowly than certain primates. Evolutionary changes may explain the trade-off.

In the animal kingdom, injuries are a fact of life. In fact, wounds are so common that most mammals evolved ways to close ...

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

A cyst can develop due to a clogged oil gland or hair follicle. Cysts feel like soft blisters when they are close to the skin’s surface, but they can feel like hard lumps when they develop ...

They usually come out at night to feast on dead skin cells before retreating to their hiding spots to lay eggs. When they die, they break down inside your hair follicles and sebaceous glands.