August 13, 2018.
According to a recent study, men who wear boxers are more fertile than those who wear boxers or briefs.
Boxers promote the concentration of sperm
Review Human Reproduction published the results of an experiment carried out on 656 men between the ages of 18 and 56 and experiencing fertility concerns. The subjects of this experiment had to successively wear parachute-shaped boxers, boxers and briefs in order to measure the influence of the shape of the underwear on a man’s fertility.
Balance sheet: men who wore parachute-shaped underpants had a higher sperm concentration than those who had put on boxers or briefs. On the other hand, men who wore tight underwear had a higher concentration of follicles in their testes.
Wear underpants to increase your fertility
As a reminder, follicles are a hormone that stimulates the production of sperm in men. The researchers who carried out this experiment therefore deduced that men who wore tight underwear had more follicles because their body was trying to compensate for the loss of sperm caused by the fact that their genitals are compressed.
Knowing that the sperm concentration of a man wearing underwear is up to 25% higher according to this study, you might be tempted to stop wearing boxers or briefs. Nevertheless, scientists point out that “ it may not be possible to generalize These conclusions to men who have never experienced infertility concerns.
Flore Desbois
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