No body hair for DS, is it worth GP visit?

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Neither my 14yo or 11yo DS have any body hair and I’m starting to be slightly worried if this means something? I know for my youngest that’s pretty normal but my oldest is concerned that there could be something wrong and I’m wondering if it’s worth a GP visit?

Yes- we were chatting with him about the best time for DS to have braces and he said we should do it to coincide with pubertal growth spurt rather than it being done too early.
He said often feet grow first and that’s an indication things were happening. He wasn’t wrong.

I had a friend as a teenager who didn’t get her period until 16 (despite her mum and older sister starting much younger). She put it down to her type 1 diabetes, so maybe there is a link?

I work with kids and at 14 some look like grown men and some are tiny and look about 12
Id say about 10% haven’t hit puberty, 10% are almost out the other side and the rest are in the middle somewhere

My sons played sports and at 14 there still was a wide range. Which made it easy to watch the changes. Some showing no signs some needing to shave.

DS had no signs of puberty at 18. The GP referred him to a consultant endocrinologist, who prescribed monthly testosterone injections to kick start puberty, after an x ray of his wrist to check biological age. He said if he didn’t, DS would keep on growing height wise, and he’d end up 6’7”. Puberty would limit eventual height. DS ended up 6’4”, which is tall, but ok.

My dd was late, very late and I was told no referral until after age 16 because it’s still in normal range, her periods started 16 and 3 months. At the age of 14 they won’t be concerned

My dd was late, very late and I was told no referral until after age 16 because it’s still in normal range, her periods started 16 and 3 months. At the age of 14 they won’t be concerned btw way dd had a male friend only 5’2 at 16 but was 6’ at 22 when I next saw him. Puberty can be quite late

No down side to getting him checked out. My 15 year old sounds similar but hasn't mentioned being worried about it so don't want him to start . My husband and I both had late puberty so I assume there is a genetic element. It's hard on him currently as it's really impacting his sport as he is pushed off the ball easily.