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Re: why don't doctors regulate when you enter puberty? - December 31st 2011, 02:06 PM

Hormones are powerful things. Unless you have to, it's a bad idea to mess around with them, because of potential side effect. Yes, it can suck to develop at a different time than your peers, but it's just a part of life. Unless it's an extreme case, you'll just have to deal with it.

Just take Human Growth Hormone for example. If a person doesn't have a way of regulating the levels of hGH in their body, they would likely have gigantism. This is bad because the organs don't necessarily end up being the right size for this type of person. This can be a problem because they just they can't get enough circulation and body function to the enlarged tissues.

If there's nothing that will cause physical problems for going through puberty at the time that you do, there's no logical reason to step in.