Teenage girls will experience many physical and emotional changes, including breast development, pubic hair growth, and their first periods. Every girl will develop at a different rate than her peers. Typically, puberty can begin as early as age 8, some girls may develop earlier and some later. The changes can be quick or gradual.

Your bikini line. Hair down there. Whatever you call pubic hair, it's probably kiiind of mysterious. Like, it seemingly popped up out of nowhere one day and was briefly mentioned in health class, but it's not something you really dwell on until you're about to hit the beach.

I am 13 years old and I am finding that my pubic hair is a bit embarrassing. I don't want to begin shaving it, because I only want it gone around the edges where it can stick out of my bathing suit. Also, shaving makes the hairs come back thicker and darker.

When your year-old screams from the bathroom that they need your help right now, you moan and grumble to yourself that you thought potty training was supposed to free you from these particular shackles. The docs say younger girls are being pushed to go bare because of social media, peer pressure and even internet porn. A new survey shows that 62 percent of women prefer to completely remove their pubic hair, while 84 percent say they do at least some grooming. I fall into camp two, someone who has trimmed the bush for years. Her hair had been filling in slowly for more than a year and had now reached a point where it was poking out all sides of her underwear.