Explore: Delayed Puberty

Delayed puberty is when a person lacks or has incomplete development of specific sexual characteristics past the usual age of onset of puberty. The person

precocious puberty can be treated by suppressing the pituitary hormones that induce sex steroid production. The opposite condition is delayed puberty. The term

estradiol). Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty in children with precocious puberty. Since the 1990s, they have also been used to delay the development

earlier than usual is known as precocious puberty, and puberty which starts later than usual is known as delayed puberty. Notable among the morphologic changes

puberty if they lack enlargement of the testicles by age 14. Delayed puberty affects about 2% of adolescents. Most commonly, puberty may be delayed for

testicular growth. WPATH classifies puberty-suppressing hormone therapy as a "fully reversible" intervention. Delaying puberty allows individuals more time to

stages and thus are not diagnostic for age estimation. Delayed puberty Gonadarche Precocious puberty Pubarche Vellus hair Tanner's stages at Whonamedit?

the intended result of androgen replacement therapy in males with delayed puberty and low testosterone. In the prenatal period, virilization refers to

appearance of pubic hair at puberty. It is one of the earliest physical changes of puberty and can occur independently of complete puberty. It is usually the second

of puberty is not due to a pathologic cause. It is considered a variant of the timeline of puberty. Although more common in boys, girls with delayed puberty