[Beth-x]

Hi everyone, 

I wonder if anyone has studied or considered this issue as a cause of poor breast development. I've been researching this thing called tanner stages as an indicator of breast growth.

In my case, my period came when I was 11 yrs old and the next 3-4 years I noticed a change on my breasts, not too much I must admit cause I had a huge anxiety disorder which caused to be 100% nervous all the time, binge eating and finally not eating nor sleeping at all. I spent most of my high school days like a zombie or absolutely full with the meds to calm me down. Yikes, I don't like remembering those days but I guess it is essential to explain it all  I think my development wasn't good at all due to lack of nutrients, weight loss all the time and bad sleep habit.
And I think I'm right cause since I had an illness that affected to my stomach and I lost tons of weight in 2015, when I had to gain weight again I began to look more ''woman'', like more curvy, everywhere. All the people that have seen me naked for ages have noticed the difference as well. I mean, til I turned 21 I used to be super skinny, around 47kg (103 pounds) and nowadays I'm around 56-57 (123-125 pounds) and I noticed I grown not only anatomically lol but also in height (weird, but it is true, I was a minion and nowadays I'm a hobbit from 5." to  5.1" lol 

Now, the only ''issue'' I have with my breasts is the puffy areolas + not having breast tissue on the top of my chest , so I think I am at 4th Stage and I guess if this can be solved somehow. 

[in case you want to check out if you have developed correctly, look at this one http://www.childgrowthfoundation.org/CMS...Stages.pdf]


Does any of you considered this topic before? I'd like to hear opinions or experiences as well!

I can relate to this - started growing breasts at 9 and period at 11.  I remember all my friends overtaking me in the boob department in my early teens, so I think something stopped them developing fully. I've also suffered with acne that's never gone away since then so I'm sure there's a problem.  I think I'm in Tanner Stage 4 but maybe even 3 because I don't have a separate 'mound'.  I have puffy areolas and no fat/tissue at the tops of my breasts either.  It's so frustrating not being able to find a reason or solution and knowing if you could fix it you could be bigger naturally! If I did get stuck in puberty somehow I'd love to know how/why and how to correct it.  I've read about BO putting you back through puberty, but all the health risks sound scary so I'm hesitant.  I once had my breasts examined by a doctor and tried to explain that I thought I hadn't developed on the Tanner scale.  They said they'd never heard of the Tanner scale (!) so it was pointless and embarrassing.  I wish doctors would take hormonal issues like this more seriously. I've always been prone to depression (from early teens too) so I don't know if this is a factor that could stunt development.  Really wish we could find a solution!