pubic hair development
Last reviewed 04/2023
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.