Estrogen: Turning Girls Into Adulthood

Females go through puberty at a younger age than boys. Generally, girls will go through puberty two years before boys. This is the reason sometimes girls are taller than boys at a young age (Makarowski). Estrogen is a hormone that is released in the female body when transitioning into adulthood (Makarowski). Females produce more estrogen than males. Once the follicle-stimulating hormone reaches the ovaries, it causes the ovaries to grow in size. Estrogen is now being produced and affecting the whole body. (Makarowski) As the ovaries enlarge the amount of estrogen will increase. Girls that are going through puberty will have physical changes to their bodies. Estrogen will cause the breast and nipples to increase size, along with milk producing
glands. Estrogen will affect the bones too. Estrogen slows down the decay of bone density (Makarowski). However, females produce a lower amount of testosterone that helps create new bone cells, thus causing a lower amount of bone density compared to males