Teen Queries

Adolescence is a time of tremendous physical change that occurs at a faster and more dramatic rate than any you’ve previously experienced. Even the change from a wriggling, screaming newborn to a walking, talking two-year-old is no match for the transformation your body is now undergoing. And the question that always seems to accompany this transformation is: Am I normal, or am I the only person with (take your pick) small breasts/large breasts/no muscles/irregular periods/a high voice/a low voice/too much body hair?

This categories contains common general questions about the physical changes accompanying puberty. Questions about more specific problems (for example. heavy thighs, spontaneous erections, acne) are included in later categories (for these examples: Weight, Fitness, and Body Image; Sex and Sexuality; Skin).

• My height has remained the same, and there is only a small increase in weight. Is this hormone deficiency? Is there any way to make me grow normally again? (0)
• I read in a magazine that after a girl has had her period she only grows less than one more inch. Is this true? (0)
• I am girl, almost twelve, and don’t have hair in two places that I think I should have. I’m also short. Am I going to be slow in puberty, or is it normal? Most of my friends talk about puberty, and I’m always left out. (0)