At puberty, your body starts releasing sex hormones - oestragen in women and testosterone in men. These trigger off the secondary sexual characteristics:
Oestragen in women causes:
- Extra hair on underarms and pubic area
- Hips to widen
- Development of breasts
- Ovum release and the start of periods
Testosterone in men causes...
- Extra hair on face and body
- Muscles to develop
- Penis and testicles to enlarge
- Sperm production
- Deepening of voice
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