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Puberty in Girls
At the beginning of puberty, the hormone levels rise and stimulate production of sex hormones.
In girls, high levels stimulate the maturation of the breasts, ovaries, uterus and vagina start menstruation and secondary sexual characteristics appear (such as pubic hair and armpits).
In adolescents, the maturation affects the testes, prostate, seminal vesicles and penis, and also grows facial hair, pubic and underarm. Usually these changes occur sequentially during puberty to sexual maturity.
In girls, the first change of puberty is often increased breast size (begin to develop), followed immediately by the growth of pubic and axillary hair. The interval between the breast growth and menstruation is about 2 years.
The body shape changes and increases girls body fat. The growth that accompanies puberty begins before you even start to develop breasts.
It is faster at the beginning of puberty, before the onset of menstruation, then becomes slower and generally stops between 14 and 16 years. By contrast, boys grow faster between 13 and 17 years and can continue growing even after 20 years.