PUBERTY!!!!

What is Puberty? When your body begins to develop

and change Your body will grow faster than any

other time in your life( except when you were a babybaby)

Everybody goes through it, at different times

Time to Change The brain releases a special hormone

that starts the change in puberty The hormone is gonadotropin- releasing

hormone Gonadotropin reaches the pituitary

gland (sits under the brain)

Male Hormones In boys, the hormone that causes most

of the changes in the body during puberty is TESTOSTERONE!

Female Hormone In girls, the hormone that causes a

girl’s body to mature and prepares her for pregnancy is ESTROGENESTROGEN

When does puberty start???? Puberty usually starts some time

between the ages of 8 8 and 1313 in girlsgirls and 1010 and 15 15 in boysboys. Some people start puberty a bit

earlierearlier or laterlater (everyone is different)

Delayed Puberty

DelayedDelayed puberty is when people pass this age

range without showing signs of body changes

A boy or girl may find that his or her

parent, brothers, sisters, aunt, or uncle

may also have developed later than normal

These teens will eventually develop normally, just later than most of their peers

Chronic illnesses such as diabetesdiabetes, kidney kidney diseasedisease, or asthmaasthma may cause some to go through puberty at an older age These illness can make it harder for their

bodies to grow and develop

Someone who is malnourishedmalnourished (not eating enough food or without the proper nutrients) may develop later

Growth SpurtGrowth Spurt Your body is growing and it is happening

really fast This will last about 2-32-3 years Some people will grow 44 or more inches

in one year! This is the lastlast time your body grows

taller

Taking Shape In addition to getting taller, you will gain

weightweight causing changes in your overall shapeshape

What happens to boys? ShouldersShoulders will grow widerwider in boys and

their bodies will become more muscularmuscular Boys’ voicesvoices become deeper In some boys, the breastsbreasts may grow a little

bit (goes away at the end of puberty) Their penispenis will lengthen and become

wider and their testicles (testes) will get bigger

What happens to girls?? Bodies become curvier curvier Gain weight in the hipships Their breastsbreasts start to develop (sometimes

one breast might develop more quicklyquickly than the other) Most of the time the breasts even out

Girls will notices an increase in body fatbody fat (gaining this weight is normal and expected)

Secondary Sex Characteristics One of the first signs of puberty is hairhair

growing where it didn’t grow before.

Both girls and boys begin to grow hair under their arms arms and in their pubicpubic areas (on and around the genitals)

The hair starts out looking light and sparse

Secondary Sex Characteristics Continued…

As puberty continues, the hair becomes longerlonger, thickerthicker, and darkerdarker

Eventually, guys also start to grow hair on their facesfaces

Speaking of Faces… Another thing that comes with puberty is

acneacne (pimplespimples)

PimplesPimples are triggered by hormoneshormones

They usually start at the beginningbeginning of puberty and can stick around during adolescence (the teenage years)

Faces Continued… You may notice pimples on your faceface, your

upper backback, or your upper chestchest

The good news about pimples is that it usually gets better or disappears disappears by the end of adolescence

There’s More Boys will begin to get erections where the

penis fills with bloodblood and becomes hard Erections may happen for nono reasonreason at all

Boys may also experience nocturnal nocturnal emissionsemissions (wet dreams) These wet dreams occur when the penis

becomes erect while the boy is sleepingsleeping and he ejaculatesejaculates

EjaculationEjaculation is when semensemen comes out of the penispenis

SemenSemen is a fluid that contains spermsperm

Wet dreams become lessless frequent as boys process through puberty

Boys will also notice that their voicesvoices may “crack” and eventually get deeper

Change can feel kind of strange While your body is adjusting to

hormones, so is your mindmind

During puberty, you might feel confusedconfused or have strange emotionsemotions that you never experienced before

You may feel anxiousanxious about how your changing body looks (overly sensitive or upset)

Some lose their tempertemper more than usual and get angryangry at their friends or family

Putting the P.U. In Puberty Teens notice that they have a new smell smell

under their armsarms and elsewhere on their bodies, and it’s not a pretty one!

That smell is bodybody odorodor and everyone gets it!

During puberty, hormones affect glands in your skin, making chemicalschemicals that smell bad

What can you do to be less stinky? Keeping cleanclean will help lessen the smell

You might consider taking a showershower every day, either in the morning before school, or the night before

Using deodorantdeodorant (especially after Physical Education class) can keep body odor in check