Here are some of the most incredible, scientifically backed benefits of kissing:
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Kissing can aid in mate selection.
Various studies1suggest that kissing may play a role in our process of assessing a potential partner.
That’s because kissing gets us close enough to a potential mate to unconsciously assess compatibility through our senses.
Kissing can increase arousal.
Many people find kissing arousing, and it can be a great way to build up to sex.
Kissing can make you feel high.
Kissing is linked to a higher likelihood of orgasm for women.
Women are more likely to have an orgasm when sex involves “deep kissing,” a2018 study6found.
Some people can orgasm from kissing alone.
There are some recordedcases of people reaching orgasm from kissing alone7.
However, she notes that orgasming from just kissing is “not likely.
But mix it in simultaneously with other forms of sexual stimulation?Nowwe’re talking.
Passionate kissing can really work your facial muscles.
Talk about a workout for your face!
Who needs face yoga or gua sha if you’re able to just make out?
It can also burn some calories.
Alpert also says passionate kissing can burn between 2 and 26 calories a minute.
Kissing can help your skin.
Kissing increases blood flow to the face (it’s working quite a number of muscles, remember?
Kissing can increase longevity and livelihood.
Kissing can potentially enhance your microbiome.
OneDutch studyfound that a 10-second French kiss can be the source of 80 million bacteria transferring between two mouths.
That might sound gross, but part of having a healthy microbiome is having a variety of bacterial species.
There is a potential to strengthen our immune system via exposure.”
Kissing can help reduce stress.
Looking for a natural stress reliever?
Another study found15 minutes of kissing seems to lower cortisol levelsthemselves.
Kissing is good for your relationship.
The above six-week trial?
It also found couples who increased their kissing frequency reported higher relationship satisfaction than the control group.
Kissing can reduce allergy symptoms.
Attention allergy sufferers: Some research suggests kissing can selectively decrease allergic reactionsf.
Kissing is insanely pleasureful.
Because of the insane amount of nerve endings in our lips.
But also because it just plain feels good and is fun to do, so why not?
And if hugging’s not your thing, good news: There are also a ton ofbenefits of hugging.
