I am 15 and have been going though puberty for awhile now, but I have a question, I seem to be maturing fast i.e I have a mustasch, lots of pubic hair and a 7 inch penis, but I have yet to grow alot of armpit hair, is that odd for me to mature in other ways alot faster? I have friends a whole year younger with more armpit than me, I am very self concious about this for some reason, when we change in the locker room I am uncomfortable taking my shirt off because I fear people will think I am undevolped in other ways, which I am not. does anyone know why my armpit hair is slow to grow? 
Thu, 07/08/2004 - 10:54
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Puberty
Are you saying kids make fun of you cause you dont have a lot of armpit hair? I can't see not being hairy as a liability
Okay, I'm not really an expert on this, but I would say regarding your facial hair, it will continue to get thicker as time goes on. I used to be aggravated that despite having a full beard, I had two little "bald" patches on each lower side of my lip. Over time these have now filled in. Just keep trying and I'm pretty sure your beard will fill in as well.
As to more development of- what did you call it?- oh yes... "my greatest asset"...lol... I would say probably not much more. I have heard some say that it continues into your early twenties but that sounds more like wishful thinking than fact to me.
Vagabondprince I don't know the answer but I will tell you that my husband has a never been able to grow a lot of facial hair. Now it has gotten better the older he gets but still at 40 can't grow a full beard.
His dad was hairy like a monkey and so is his brother. Now either its a genetic thing or he is the product of the milkman.
Don't worry about it. If you want a woman to be happy keep it smooth.
Alright, since puberty and maturing are on the table, i have a question or two for some of the experts on here. I am currently 19, and the only facial hair i have (if i'd grow it out) are a shabby mustache and chin hair. Considering that all the other males in my family (grandparents included) have no trouble growing facial hair (in fact, my dad has a beard and my younger brother is now growing out some rediculous side burns), is there some reason i'm not growing all my facial hair? is there a chance that it'll ever grow? and considering that, is it possible that at my age my greatest asset could become even greater as well? (though it's not shabby, a guy always wants more).
Thanks
It's all tied to genetics! How you develop is directly tied to that clock ..and there's nothing u can do to speed it up (or slow it down).
Of course it's a point of self-conscousness..but if you have a 7" cock and pubic hair in your groin...you're probably the envy of alot of other guys who have armpit hair and yet their penis hans't yet really caught up with their body!
Try and let it go...and hey....lots of guys shave their armpit hair anyway!
Puberty is the time when the "secondary" sex characteristics develop. We are born with our genitals, including the gonads (ovaries in girls and testicles in boys), but the other defining characteristics of men and women await a change in the hormones. As the hormones begin to enter the system, in the early teens, the various hair appears, voices of men deepen, breasts develop in women and so on.
We each begin at our own pace and you are on schedule. Your friends in the locker room may have hairy armpits but are hiding the fact that something else is not, in their view, developing rapidly enough.
It takes a few years for the adult balance of hormones to develop. As this rebalancing from childhood to adulthood progresses, different mixes of hormones create moodiness, sometimes, sexual desire and the all the things that differentiate men from women.
It is distressing to feel that something is lagging behind but it will all catch up in a year or so.
BTW, not all people are equally hairy. I remember being quite distressed that I was not growing pubic hair "soon enough." Now, many years later, I am quite pleased to be much less bushy than most women. Believe me there is a lot more stressful to worry about than how rapidly our hair comes in. Hang in there.