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Girls

Puberty is the time when your body changes from a child's body to an adult's body. Everyone grows at a different speed. In girls, puberty can start anywhere between age 9 and 14. This is what happens:

ON THE OUTSIDE

  • Her whole body grows.
  • Her breasts grow.
  • Hair grows on the pubic area and underarms.
  • Pimples may appear.
  • Her genitals grow. Genitals are the sexual organs. They include the vulva, labia and clitoris.

ON THE INSIDE

  • The genitals inside her body develop. They include the uterus and vagina.
  • Her uterus grows.
  • Her vagina gets longer and its walls get more elastic so they can stretch wider.
  • Her period starts.


As girls go through puberty, they get taller, their breasts grow, their genital organs develop, and they begin to grow hair on the pubic area and underarms.

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