I turned fifteen recently and I'm a bit concerned at the slow rate that I seem to be developing at. I seemed to start puberty relatively early, around eleven at the latest, yet I still have no facial hair other than a slight mustache (which i've had since 12). I also seem to have became a bit on the small side for my age at only 5 foot 9 and 135lbs, though i'm still the tallest in my family. Perhaps the most worrying thing however is the fact that my hormones seem to have decreased, for example when I was thirteen I could get an erection just by looking at a girl and used to get spontaneous erections all the time, but now I hardly ever seem to get erections and my libido has also dropped. Is it possible I could have a health problem? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Is nobody going to reply?
TC,
It's not a chat room. We answer when we can.
Everyone develops differently and at different rates. Some guys get hairy early and others later.
5' 9" is not small. Average for a 15 year old is about 5' 6" or so. In the US the average for an adult male is about 5' 10".
As to your libido, as you get older you control your erections better. By itself it doesn't mean anything. If you aren't feeling well, either physically or mentally, it can lower your libido.
Again, your height is normal.
Hope it helps.
See a doctor for a checkup.
Thanks for the response, its gave me a bit more insight anyway. Although people must be taller here in England than in the USA.
Actually, the average height is about 1/2" shorter in the UK.
Thats strange, I suppose their is a lot of short old people. About 2/5 of the people I know in my year at school are around 6 foot or over but I suppose it doesn't really matter much, it just a bit akward when you end up standing next to a group of tall people especially when they look older than you, its sort of intimadating, but never mind.
TC,
It's an average. Think about your maths class, median, mean, outliers, all that.