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Premature thelarche is a benign condition in which a young female has breast development before the age of 8 without any accompanied pubertal changes. Individuals suffering from premature thelarche do not experience menstruation, pubic hair growth (pubarche), or the bone growth characteristic of puberty. The breasts do not develop past stage 3 on the Tanner Scale, hence maintaining adolescent nipples. The most common age for females to develop isolated premature thelarche is between the ages of 0 and 2 years with a prevalence rate between 2.2 and 4.7 percent of all female infants. The breasts of these females typically exhibit alternating progression and regression patterns of growth in 6-week intervals, often completely decreasing in size within 1.5 years. Due to the benign nature of the condition and the tendency to self-resolve, premature thelarche does not require treatment.