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Are There Any Suggestions To Increase Ones Height?
hii i am a 20 year old girl and i want to grow tall like 4-5 inches desperately.It from a friend that this girl that we know who is 5 feet 7inches was given some pills by her mother who is a general physician.Please can you tell me which all supplements i can take without getting any side effects??
Tue, 20 May 2014
Hello!
I read carefully your query.
Height of an individual is determined by genetics,nutritional factors and hormonal factors such as growth hormone.
An individual stops growing in height after the fusion of the epiphyses of the long bones, which occurs by the age of 16-18 years in females.
Considering the fact that you are 20 years old your bones had already fused and neither food supplements or specific exercises can have an obvious effect in increasing your height.
So be careful with supplements and drugs proclaimed to increase the height after 18-20 years old because this is impossible.
There are surgical interventions that can be performed to lengthen limbs, however, these procedures are extremely costly and come with a long recovery period.
Hope my answer has helped.
Take care.
Dr.Rovena
I read carefully your query.
Height of an individual is determined by genetics,nutritional factors and hormonal factors such as growth hormone.
An individual stops growing in height after the fusion of the epiphyses of the long bones, which occurs by the age of 16-18 years in females.
Considering the fact that you are 20 years old your bones had already fused and neither food supplements or specific exercises can have an obvious effect in increasing your height.
So be careful with supplements and drugs proclaimed to increase the height after 18-20 years old because this is impossible.
There are surgical interventions that can be performed to lengthen limbs, however, these procedures are extremely costly and come with a long recovery period.
Hope my answer has helped.
Take care.
Dr.Rovena
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