Early sexual maturity can cause various physical problems in young girls. The process of becoming a young woman can be a fascinating and exciting development for a girl, unless she is only seven years old. Although that scenario may sound absurd and unthinkable to most people, it is the case for an increasing percentage of females in the United States. According to Dr. Floyd Culler, professor of pediatrics at the UCI Medical Center, studies have shown that the range of ages in which females experience puberty has dropped a full year since the '60s.
Females now show signs of puberty at an earlier age.
Early sexual maturity, menstruation in particular, is a problem that Culler says must be addressed, mainly because girls who do mature too early are probably not ready to become women. Society will treat her as an older person when she still wants to be treated like a girl. Culler also pointed to less growth, in terms of height, another problem that results from early menstruation. Some studies show that early puberty may also be an origin of breast cancer, which Culler speculated may be true due to the fact that early exposure to estrogen is a factor with breast cancer. Culler believes obesity is the primary culprit.