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Is It Possible To Improve Height At The Age Of 25?

Dear Doc. My boyfriend is 25 & his height is about 5.3" Not a problem for me, but he gets upset about it a lot. Now we are planning to marry. He desperately wants to grow his height a bit more. He wants to try out that WWW.WWWW.WW 's product Dr.Ayurveda. Plz advice, is it safe ? will it really work ??? If i doesn't, plz suggest some other safe medicine which would surely give expected results. Plz don't say yoga.., he is way too lazy to turn, twist and bend. I am already done with motivating him for physical exercises.
So plz suggest something could be a capsule / powder, which i can put into his bedtime milk glass & the job is done. easy for me. easy for him.
Thank you in advance
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello dear,

First of all, please do not get influenced by any advertisement or health product which claim to boost the growth hormone & increase height...it may be harmful.

Height of an individual is determined by Genetics, Environmental & Nutritional factors and Hormonal factors (most important the Growth Hormone secreted by pituitary gland in brain)
An individual stops growing in height after the fusion of the Epiphyses (growth plates) of the long bones, which occurs by the age of 17-21 yrs in males.

So...as your friend is 25 yrs old now, the fusion of epiphyses might have taken place.
An X ray for bone age determination can be taken to look for the same.
Under such circumstances, enhancement in height can be possible only through surgical measures.
Kindly consult an Orthopedician & discuss regarding this.

Wishing a Good Health.
Take care.
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Is It Possible To Improve Height At The Age Of 25?

Hello dear, First of all, please do not get influenced by any advertisement or health product which claim to boost the growth hormone & increase height...it may be harmful. Height of an individual is determined by Genetics, Environmental & Nutritional factors and Hormonal factors (most important the Growth Hormone secreted by pituitary gland in brain) An individual stops growing in height after the fusion of the Epiphyses (growth plates) of the long bones, which occurs by the age of 17-21 yrs in males. So...as your friend is 25 yrs old now, the fusion of epiphyses might have taken place. An X ray for bone age determination can be taken to look for the same. Under such circumstances, enhancement in height can be possible only through surgical measures. Kindly consult an Orthopedician & discuss regarding this. Wishing a Good Health. Take care.