When exactly public hair will start to grow for girls?
Pubic and Underarm (Axillary) Hair The greatest source of confusion among both parents and primary-care physicians is the meaning of the appearance of pubic hair in a young child. We are talking here about not the fine, light-colored hair similar to what may exist on other parts of the body, but dark and (if it is long enough) curly hair on both sides of the opening of the vagina and eventually above the vagina (an area called the pubic symphysis). We also use the Tanner scale for describing the extent of pubic hair growth as follows: Stage 1: No pubic hair Stage 2: Sparse growth of long, dark hairs, straight or slightly curled, along the sides of the opening of the vagina Stage 3: Hair is darker and curlier and now spreads thinly over the pubic symphysis Stage 4: Hair is thicker and looks like what one would see in an adult, but covers a much smaller area Stage 5: Hair is adult in quantity and type, distributed like an upside-down triangle It is important to understand that growth of
