There is no perfect shape or size for breasts. Normal breasts can be large or small, smooth or lumpy, and light or dark. Your breasts start growing when you begin puberty. During puberty the hormone levels in your body change, which causes your breasts to develop and your periods to start. The inside of your breasts is made up of fatty tissue and milk-producing glands, called mammary glands. The dark area of your breast around your nipple is called the areola.
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Puberty is the stage of adolescence when your child starts to develop physically into an adult. During puberty, a girl's breasts begin to grow. As the breasts develop, problems like lumps or infections sometimes occur. These problems can be alarming. But they are common and rarely serious. Below are some things you or your daughter may be concerned about.
Breast ironing , also known as breast flattening , [1] is the pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts , using hard or heated objects, to try to make them stop developing or disappear. It is mostly practiced in parts of Cameroon , where boys and men may think that girls whose breasts have begun to grow are ready for sex. Other tools used include leaves, [1] bananas, coconut shells, [2] grinding stones, ladles, spatulas, [4] and hammers heated over coals.
It's not a new practice, but it has just recently been recognized by the United Kingdom government as a form of child abuse. The practice can lead to tissue damage, abcesses, cysts, fever, infection and itching. In fact, the United Nations estimates there could be up to 3. Instead, mothers believe they are protecting their daughters from sexual abuse, rape or getting unwanted attention from boys at too young an age.