[yuki 1175]

Is it bad for male to female transgender people to take cold showers during or after transition? Reason why I'm asking this is because of one of the many benefits of cold showers may conflict with the treatment of estrogen? But I don't know if it does or not.

Sorry for the copy and paste but it's the only way to fully explain my concern


Increases Hormone Production Cold water showers have the ability to increase hormone production and activity by giving the body’s glands a boost. For example, cold showers can be of great benefit to the reproductive system when trying to conceive a child. A man’s testes are not meant to get too hot; that’s why they hang outside of a man’s body. Sperm counts decrease when the temperature of a man’s testes increases. In fact, experiments done in the 1950s showed that hot baths were an effective contraceptive. Men who took a 30 minute hot bath every other day for 3 weeks were infertile for the next six months. More recently, the University of California at San Francisco did a study with men who were exposed to 30 minutes of “wet heat”� (hot baths, saunas and such) a week. When the men cut this exposure out, their sperm count went up by 491%, and their sperm’s motility improved as well. While switching from a hot to cold shower may not have as dramatic an effect, if you’re trying to reproduce, it surely won’t hurt. Furthermore, it has been said that cold water therapy helps regulate the endocrine system (including the adrenals and thyroid).

[Fr_Chuck]

While it is always a good idea to discuss any issue with your doctor, but extremely hot water ( more like a hot tub) for long periods have been known to reduce viable sperm. I could see no real relation to the actual hormone levels.