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Pubic hair development

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Pubic hair development occurs throught the following stages:

  • stage 1: prepubertal
  • stage 2: there are a few long downy hairs at the labia majora or at the base of the penis
  • stage 3: the pubic hair spreads across the pubes
  • stage 4: the pubic hair has reached adult but it smaller in area than stage 5
  • stage 5: the pubic hair spreads to the inner thighs

The pubic hair stage is written in notes as PH1, PH2, etc.


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