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Privacy NoticeA doctor has finally explained why men and women shower at different temperatures. The trend ‘Wife vs husband shower temperature’ has blown up on TikTok with men claiming their wives’ scorching hot showers are too much for them to bear. One bloke battling his partner’s steamy bathroom sessions is Micah, who revealed the pair can’t wash at the same time thanks to their different preferences. “This is why my wife and I can’t shower together…this is boiling hot – hottest it can go,” he said on the couple’s instagram page, @micahandsarah, before zooming in on his shower control settings. Reducing the temperature only slightly, he continued: “Thirty degree burns, this is where she’s comfortable… Her temperature, boiling a turkey.”
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And Micah isn’t the only one who’s noticed the difference – there’s even a scientific explanation behind the phenomenon. London-based medical expert Dr Sermed Mezher revealed women are far more likely to experience cold sensitivity and this can fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle. “If you’re a woman who likes to crank up the shower heating bill, then you’re not alone and there’s a reason for it,” he said, taking to his Instagram page, @drsermedmezher. “See, women naturally have a fractionally higher core body temperature compared to men which helps to keep those inner organs toasty, but can lead to cold sensitivity than can worsen throughout the cycle.” Dr Mezher explained a woman’s temperature sensitivity peaks during ovulation and towards the end of menstruation. This is largely thanks to a rise in oestrogen which is proven to lower body temperature, while reducing blood flow to the hands and feet. He also wrote: “Oestrogen, a key hormone in the female reproductive system, can have significant effects on blood properties and circulation. One of these effects includes thickening the blood, which can complicate its flow, particularly to small capillaries in extremities like the hands and feet. “We also know that women are five times more likely to suffer from Raynaud’s phenomenon which can cause spasm of the blood vessels in the hands and feet. But even without this, women are on average three degrees colder in the hands and feet due to oestrogen thickening the blood, making it more difficult to get there.”
Aside from this, women usually have between six and 11% more body fat than men, who generally have more skeletal muscle. This muscle is known as a ‘thermogenic organ’ – meaning it produces heat. Men typically get the perk of feeling warmer as a result. Dr Mezher’s explanation was quick to rack up a swathe of comments, with couples chipping in about their own relationship differences. One person said: “My girl literally showers with lava, that some sort of superpower.” Another wrote: “I dated a guy once where our tolerable shower temperatures had no overlap. The temp he liked felt cold or barely lukewarm to me, and by the time I bumped it up to “barely tolerable” he felt like it was scalding.” However, other women said this didn’t represent their experience, with one writing: “Me and my boyfriend are opposite to this, I prefer cold and him super hot.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnHealth
