You already know that maturation occurs under the influence of sex hormones. The first manifestation of maturation is the rapid growth of man. And only later there is a change in the silhouette of the body: the boys primarily develop muscle tissue, and the girls have fat deposits. All this we attribute to the third-rate sex characteristics.

In this place I would like to note something very important: both the process of maturation and the time of maturation are equally individual phenomena! Maturation can begin with 11 years, but it also happens that adolescents begin to mature only when they are 15 years old. It depends on many factors, but the most important is the influence of genetic factors.

Some adolescents in this period are upset that they do not grow as fast as their peers. But we must get rid of the fact that those who mature later are higher than those who ripen before. With the end of maturation, growth is almost complete, and so those who mature more slowly grow for a year or two longer. If, say, an average person grows by about 4-6 centimeters per year, then such a "win" can be 10-12 centimeters! Of course, all this is not so simple, but there is a grain of truth in this. And the proportions of their bodies are also different. In adolescents who mature late, usually long legs and arms, unlike their peers, whose development ended earlier.

And here again the advice (and this advice will be repeated all the time): if someone is worried about their own development, you should go to the doctor and consult! This is the only correct solution.