The prevalence of upper lip hair in black and white girls during puberty: A new standard

Authors
Lucky, AW Biro, FM Daniels, SR Cedars, MI Khoury, PR Morrison, JA
Citation
Aw. Lucky et al., The prevalence of upper lip hair in black and white girls during puberty: A new standard, J PEDIAT, 138(1), 2001, pp. 134-136
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
00223476 → ACNP
Volume
138
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
134 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(200101)138:1<134:TPOULH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In order to develop standards for upper lip hair in adolescent girls, 4693 observations in 856 black and white subjects were made over 9 years. Up to 2 years after menarche, 90% of girls had no upper lip hair. More than 2 yea rs after menarche, 48.8% of black girls and 9.0% of white girls had small a mounts of upper lip hair. This may be more significant in adolescent girls than in older women.