New hair, new places
Where does new hair grow in adolescence?
A thin moustache
"Venkatesh, you have a thin moustache now!" says Devyani. In adolescence the body grows hair in new places.
Where do you think new hair starts to grow in adolescence?
What this lesson covers
The idea
In adolescence both boys and girls grow hair in the armpits and pubic region, and boys often develop facial hair that later grows into a moustache and beard.
A thin moustache
"Venkatesh, you have a thin moustache now!" says Devyani. In adolescence the body grows hair in new places.
Where do you think new hair starts to grow in adolescence?
- Only on the head
- In new places on the body
- Nowhere, hair stops growing
Watch the hair grow
Move through three times of growing up. Watch where new hair appears on the boy and on the girl.
New hair
In adolescence both boys and girls grow hair in the armpits and the pubic region. Boys often develop facial hair, which later grows into a moustache and a beard.
Some boys also grow chest hair and back hair. How much hair grows, and when, is different for each person. That is completely normal.
- Where | Who
- Armpits | boys and girls
- Pubic region | boys and girls
- Face: moustache and beard | boys, often
Notes
Both boys and girls grow hair in the armpits and the pubic region in adolescence. Boys often develop facial hair that later grows into a moustache and a beard.
Check yourself
Where do both boys and girls grow new hair in adolescence?
In adolescent boys, thin facial hair later grows into a _.
Look at these three places: armpits, face (moustache and beard), pubic region. In how many of them do both boys and girls grow new hair?
Answer: 2
Two: the armpits and the pubic region. Boys often grow facial hair as well.
Facial hair in boys first looks thin. When does it grow into a moustache and a beard?
- On the face, as a moustache and beard. Facial hair is often seen in boys.
- In the armpits and the pubic region — correct. Yes! Both boys and girls grow hair there.
- Only on the head. New hair appears in other parts of the body too.
- Adam's apple in the throat. The Adam's apple is a bump in the throat, not hair.
- hoarse voice, as the voice box grows. A hoarse voice is a change in the voice, not hair.
- moustache and beard — correct. Yes! This happens as they move towards adulthood.
- Later, towards adulthood — correct. Yes! It grows thicker as adolescence goes on.
- Before adolescence has even started. It begins in adolescence, not before it.
- Never; it stays thin for the whole of life. It later grows into a moustache and a beard.