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The Power of Puberty & Periods

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3rd July 2025

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780600639701

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ITV This Morning’s GP Dr Nighat Arif brings you the essential guide to navigating puberty for women.

This book tackles important topics including:
– Physical changes during puberty such as unexpected body hair or acne outbreaks
– How periods work and how to handle them
– Taking care of your vulva and vagina
– Sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases & contraception

The Power of Puberty & Periods encompasses a range of experiences, including the perspectives of women of colour, people of all cultures, and the transgender community to ensure that all groups affected by female health concerns are a part of vital conversations.

For all women and people assigned female at birth, whether you are hoping to understand your first period or helping your family navigate these vital years, this book is a no-nonsense reference book packed with clear-sighted, compassionate advice.

Content from this book previously appeared in the hardback edition of The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause

Reviews

Louise Minchin
I wish I had been able to read a copy of The Knowledge many years ago. Dr Nighat has written an incredible book which is a fabulous, instructive, no-nonsense, straight-forward guide to female health which should be made available in schools and libraries and health-settings all over the world.
Davina McCall
Super inclusive and informative, and so easy to digest. This is a roadmap for a woman's life.
Dr Zoe Williams
A much-needed women's health resource for everyone to read and enjoy, irrespective of age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or religion.
Dr Lavinia Mehta
The book I wish I had growing up.
Dr Sesay
A masterpiece.
Dr Sooj
An absolutely brilliant step forwards for women's health.
Dr Chris George
This book is going to transform women's health.