YOUR AMAZING BODY

IT HAD long been suspected that men had thicker skin than women – but men probably just didn’t care.

Now it’s been proved to be 25 per cent thicker, and the difference is testosterone, the male sex hormone which increases the growth of skin tissue as well as muscle and hair. Women have testosterone but in much smaller amounts.

Men’s skin also contains more collagen than women’s, which gives it a tighter appearance, but men’s skin is also far more oily than that of women, as they produce twice as much sebum – the oil that makes skin greasy.