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  • Jun 26, 2007, 08:17 PM
    mzamanm
    Increase In Height
    I'm in an urgent need of the answer of the question whether height can be increased with the help of drugs or exercises.Is It Possible Or Not.
    Thanks
  • Jun 26, 2007, 09:49 PM
    grammadidi
    Sometimes a lack of height is the result of a medical condition. If this is the case, I believe that certain hormones can be taken under doctor's supervision that will help. I know of no exercise that will increase height.

    Hope this helps...

    Didi
  • Jun 26, 2007, 10:04 PM
    Xrayman
    Drugs will not work if you are past your skeletal-growth stage (past about 21 years).

    Maintaining weight bearing exercise and using weights MAY help but only a little-possibly neglibly.

    Also, I just thought, are you male or female-the hormonal differences between men and women create a growth spurt in men/boys while growth continues for women until 21 or so-constant growth, then ceases
  • Jun 26, 2007, 11:53 PM
    mzamanm
    I'm 18 and want to elongate myself 3 or 4 inches.can you please refer me somewhere.
  • Jun 27, 2007, 12:04 AM
    templelane
    I'm sorry but by 18 there is a good chance your bone plate ends will have stopped growing so that it is not possible to grow anymore. [1] You never know you might get a few more inches but 3 to 4 seems overambitious. Your height is strongly regulated by your genes and your nutrition as a child - there is not much you can do.

    Rather than wreaking your body with drugs that won't work anyway (if there was one wouldn't more people use it?) you should learn to accept yourself for how you are. People aren't going o judge you on your height- and if they do it's a good screen for shallow idiots who would probably end up judging you for something else in the end anyway.


    [1] Why do we stop growing? - Other - MSNBC.com
  • Jun 28, 2007, 04:01 PM
    Cinnabar
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by mzamanm
    I'm 18 and want to elongate myself 3 or 4 inches.can you please refer me somewhere.

    A simple x-ray by your PCP can determine whether your epiphysial plates have fused. If they have, you're out of luck. There are drug treatments(i.e. aromatase inhibitors) to make one taller but they generally are only effective if started around puberty so at your age it will likely not help.

    Many guys do grow into their early or mid twenties so just make sure that you are eating healthy and getting enough sleep. 3 to 4 inches may be a bit too hopeful but you may grow a bit yet. Don't stress about being short.
  • May 7, 2008, 12:38 AM
    tallmay
    I know five kind of food is good for increasing height, they are orange, carrot, milk, spinage,sardine;
    Well, it is possible for a girl at 25 year-old to increase height?
  • Sep 4, 2012, 02:01 AM
    gaurav22
    It is possible to increase the Height without pills...

    Increase Height After 20 - YouTube
  • Mar 26, 2013, 12:41 AM
    sindhu08cherish
    I'm 20 yrs - female. I'm just 4'7" is it possible to increase my height atleast 3 or 4 inches using " Increase Height After 20 - YouTube (gaurav22) "? Do this really make miracles in my life? Please suggest if any other ways. I don want to go for any pills or bone surgery :(
  • Mar 26, 2013, 12:45 AM
    sindhu08cherish
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by gaurav22 View Post
    It is possible to increase the Height without pills.....

    Increase Height After 20 - YouTube

    I'm 20 yrs - female. I'm just 4'7" is it possible to increase my height at least 3 or 4 inches using Increase Height After 20 - YouTube (gaurav22)? Do this really make miracles in my life? Please suggest if any other ways. I don want to go for any pills or bone surgery

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