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Physical Changes

At puberty you experience growth spurts, muscle gain, hair and breast development, changes in voice and growth of the genitals. This is the same for both men and women but some changes are more obvious in males than females or vice versa. In the early stages of puberty your penis and testes will start getting larger and pubic hair will start growing at the base of the penis.



 Physical Changes in Males
 * Puberty Event || Age ||
 * Growth of testicles and scrotal sac || 10-13 ||
 * Growth pubic hair || 10-15 ||
 * Body Growth || 10-16 ||
 * Growth of penis || 11-14 ||
 * Change in voice || About the same time as penis growth ||
 * Growth of facial and underarm hair || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">About 2 years after pubic hair appears ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Acne || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">About the same time as underarm appears ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Genitalia and Pubic Hair <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> During puberty pubic hair will start growing at the base of the penis you might also experience some reddening of the skin and notice the texture of the scrotal sac. Your penis will start to grow in length but not much in width. After the first year most boys will have there first ejaculation, this might be scary or worrisome for boys but is perfectly normal.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Growth <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Puberty might also cause you to go through a growth spurt, this results in an average 4.1 inches of growth. Your head, hands and feet are the first to grow. Then you grow in your arms and legs and finally your chest and shoulders catch up to the rest of the body.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Acne, Voice Change and Hair <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> During puberty your sweat and oil glands will start developing more, acne starts when these glands are clogged, washing twice a day is a good way to manage acne and to avoid it. Your voice will also start to break and deepen. This is perfectly normal but is gradual and normal. Body hair will start at the corner of your upper lip and gradually spread to the rest of your face and chin, underarm hair is also growing at this time as well.