WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 1998: Re: 17 Year old daughter?

Re: 17 Year old daughter?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:27:09 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Marcy wrote: >
>I have a 17 year old daughter, who got her first period about 2 years
>ago. The problem is that she has no pubic hair, or atleast none that I
>have seen. I know that some young girls shave but I am almost sure she
>does not, though I have never asked her. Will she get pubic hair? If
>she does shave totally, why does she?

Nrmal female development follows pubarche, telarche, menarche. Translation: pubic and axillary (armpit) hair, breast development, menses (periods). You haven't mentioned breast development but even if it were there, your daughter should be checked by a gynecologist and be evaluated.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
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