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Article: Ask Doctor Cory.
- Article from:
- Children's Digest
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Dear Dr. Cory:
I have a lot of friends. I am eleven and they are, too. Most of them have breasts. How come they have breasts and I don't?
Your friend (Name withheld)
Monticello, New York
Dear Friend:
Your ethnic background, family history, and the amount of body fat that you have all help to determine when puberty begins and breast development occurs. African Americans can begin breast development by age seven. Girls who are athletic and have less body fat may begin puberty at a later age than their peers. Chances are that you will develop breasts at about the same age that your mother did. Menstruation usually begins about a ...