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Suggest Ways To Increase Height
Hi! I am 19, and I have a puberty question regarding height. My dad is 6 8, and my mom is 5 4; I am 6 0. I only have to shave the barest peach fuzz to shave off about once every week and a half. I have leg hair but it basically stops at my knees. All that being background information, I obviously have quite a bit of maturing to do, but should I expect further increase in height, or just a filling in of sorts with hair and the sort.
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Since height depends on polygenic inheritance, which involve multiple genes from both ur parents .also since the epiphyseal growth plate fusion occurs till the age of 21. ....so according to scientific aspect ur height is more likely to increase till the age of 21....proper nutrition, exercises are the other factors which may help as they enhance growth hormone release indirectly. .. and protein diet
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