5 Stages of Breast Development

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As you grow from a girl to a woman, your breasts grow and develop. Doctors divide breast growth into five stages as shown in the below image. Look at the image and you then can compare your body to the drawings of the give stage. See if you can figure out the stage you are currently in.

Stage 1: Childhood

Stage is the childhood stage, before puberty begins. The breasts have not started to develop. The nipples are the only raised part. Otherwise, the breasts are flat.

Step 2: Breast Buds Develop

The breasts start to develop during Stage 2. A small, flat, button-like bu forms under each nipple. It contains fat, milk gland and tissue. The breast bud raises the nipple making it stick out from the chest. The areola gets bigger and is wider than Stage 1.

Some girls read this stage when they are only seven or eight. Other girls don't start Stage 2 until they are nearly fourteen years old but most girls reach this stage when they are eight and a half to eleven years old.

Stage 3: Development Continues

Breast development continues during Stage 3. The breasts become larger. The areolas also continue to get bigger. They stand out more from the chest. You may notice that the nipples, too, are getting larger. In this stage, the breasts are adult in shape, but they are smaller than they will be when you are an adult.

Girls usually reach this stage when they’re ten to thirteen years old, but some girls reach Stage 3 when they’re younger than ten or older than thirteen. Stage 3 may last a few months or as long as two years.

Stage 4: Nipple and Areola Form Mound

In Stage 4, the areola and nipple continue to enlarge. They form a separate little mound on the breast. They stick out above the rest of the breast. Figure 15 shows the difference in the nipple and are ola in Stage 3, Stage 4, and Stage 5. The breasts are often “pointy” or cone-shaped in Stage 4.

Some girls skip Stage 4 and go directly to Stage 5. Some never develop beyond Stage 4. Still other girls develop a raised mound again in Stage 5.

Girls often reach this stage when they’re twelve to fourteen years old, but as with the other stages, many girls reach Stage 4 at ages that are outside this range. Stage 4 may last anywhere from eight months to two years.

Stage 5: Adult 

In Stage 5, the nipple and areola no longer form a separate mound on the breast. This is the adult stage. The breasts are fully developed. However, some girls’ breasts do con tinue to grow somewhat even after they’ve reached this stage.

Even though the breasts have reached their adult size, they may not be very large. In fact, some grown women have breasts smaller than the ones shown here.

Most girls reach Stage 5 between the ages of thirteen and six teen, but some girls reach this stage when they’re younger than thirteen and others when they’re older than sixteen.