This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Yes, You Need to Clean Your Belly Button-Here's the Best Way to Do It. Haphazardly dragging a soapy washcloth or loofah over your abdomen ...

We know this isn't the most appealing of topics, but it's possible you don't know how to clean your belly button. And no, we don't mean with belly button piercings (which are back, FYI). We mean: how ...

Bodies are exhaustingly high-maintenance. The list of things you’re supposed to be doing just to stay alive and in reasonably good health gets more detailed the longer you live—especially when it ...

One of the dirtiest places on the human body is not your butt or mouth. No, the honor goes to an often-forgotten hole: the belly button. Dermatologists say people often forget to clean their belly ...

We know that the armpits, genital areas, and other areas that tend to get a little funky during the day need some extra TLC when it comes to showering. Most people also take extra care to wash their ...

A Florida OB-GYN came under fire after posting a video of a patient during a medical procedure on her TikTok account. In the controversial video, many people believed that the provider was alluding to ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO A complication with belly button piercings is rejection, or when your body tries to ...

Have you ever caught a whiff of something on your person and wondered “why does my belly button smell?” No shame if so: Just like any other part of your body, belly buttons can develop an odor that ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Navels, belly buttons, innies or outies … whatever term you use, your umbilicus may have plenty to tell you about ...

Leaving a belly button infection untreated can lead to more serious complications, including sepsis, a life-threatening blood ...

If you've ever wondered what happens if you don't wash your belly button – if anything at all – then wonder no more. And to start, all we have to say first of all is that if you aren't someone who ...