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As you grow, you'll notice some pretty major changes in the way your body looks and works.
 

• Your sweat glands start working
  
• You start to grow hair under your arms and pubic area
  
• Your breasts develop
  
• Your periods start
  
• You might have acne 
  
• You might gain muscle and fat around your hips and legs

Getting used to these changes can take a while.  And although they are a normal part of growing up, a lot of girls and women find it hard to accept their bodies and they become overly concerned with their looks. 

It's no wonder, when many of the images of women we see teach us that we need to be extremely thin, six feet tall, with 'perfect' features and skin.  The problem is, that most women look nothing like the air brushed supermodel on the front of a magazine.

Instead of comparing yourself to these unreal images, decide for yourself what is real beauty.  What do you like about your friends, your mother, sister or other women you may be close to?  Chances are, it has a lot more to do with how they act, what they believe in and how they feel, rather than how they look.  Your body is with you for life.  You can waste your time criticising yourself and running it down, or you can enjoy it, take care of it and end up feeling a lot happier with yourself. 

 

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