Am I through with puberty yet?

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Only thing is that the others in my family grow bushy facial hair fairly easily, my older brother and dad shave daily. I only mentioned pubic hair cause I think it has something to do with measuring puberty...and not only do I not have a lot, but it doesn't cover the whole area its supposed to, if you know what I mean(none on the thighs and what not).

Pubic hair generally starts off just being above the genitalia, and it extends upwards and a bit further outwards later.Hair can keep growing very late in puberty. Chest hair often doesn't come in until the 20s.

Originally Posted By: SaywhatI don't have my facial hair yet and its beginning to bother me(kinda want a beard). I just turned 17, my pubic hair is sparse and doesn't cover a lot of area but it's curly, I'm around 6'1, that should give some info about my puberty status. That seems normal for 17. Mine was mostly just peach fuzz on upper lip, although it started growing more at 20/21

I looked on thiis site's description of the stages of puberty, and I seem to only be at stage 3 or so. That can't be normal for 17. Is there anything I can do besides steroids?

If you're at stage 3 there's probably nothing wrong, it's just a bit slow for you, and you just have to wait.

I feel like my weight is part of the problem, I read some articles that said that fat produces estrogen or something. I've been trying to lose weight anyway, but part of the problem is that testosterone helps you lose weight - but if you have weight you don't have as much functional testosterone - its a vicious cycle.

Fat tends to dilute the testosterone, and if you lose weight it will release more into the bloodstream.But you are right - people with low testosterone tend to put on weight.

I don't know how to lower my estro levels enough to help my diet and exercise work. I think broccoli can help out with that. Any ideas?

Exersizing a meager 20 minutes A day 5 times a day is good enough to have drastic effects on testosterone levels.

Yeah, I'm interested too.