How to grow taller!!

[Ken785]

hey guys...

i was wondering if you guys could clear some things up for me.
I am 21 years old and i am only 5'5. Is there any way i can grow taller?? I asked my chiropractor and he tells me that people generally stop growing at age 18 (usually when the growth plates close) but he said it is possible to grow an inch or two until youre like 23. But i hear from others that there is no way to grow after 18, this leaves me very confused. Then there are these sites that sell these "growth pills" but i dont think they work since a lot of people are saying that they are taking it and havent seen change at it, and the ones that say they do are usually the people that work for that site or company.

i am sure there are many other people on this site that are concerned with their height so lets hear it.

 

[madgame]

I think there've been a couple of threats like this one before (u can search for them if u want) and I think everybody said that theres not one thing u can do to grow taller...However I grew another 2 inches from 18 to 19/20 or so..hope that helps u a bit

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

50 MG Zinc pills... When I started taking them, I grew an inch a few weeks. But dunno if it'd work on you since you reached your full maturity, maybe.

 

[AFK Protector]

Capt. JAck, Zinc pills? Wow, I'm going to try those. Can you give me some stats on that? Thanks. I might go pick some up with that protein powder.

Also, I heard if you drink 2 glasses of milk a day, and sleep in a completely dark room, you will grow more...

 

[juanstepatatime]

You can have an surgical thing done where they break your legs and attach an apparatus to em. Every day they pull the bone apart, while your body tries to heal by adding bone mass between the broken pieces, thus making you a little bit taller. IIRC you can do this to both above and below the knee by about 2 inches or so each for a total gain of about 4 inches of height.

 

[BigWillyStyle]

50 MG Zinc pills... When I started taking them, I grew an inch a few weeks. But dunno if it'd work on you since you reached your full maturity, maybe.

That doesn't do **** for growth. Most likely just your hormones since you are only 15 1/2. Nothing you can do to grow taller dude.

You can have an surgical thing done where they break your legs and attach an apparatus to em. Every day they pull the bone apart, while your body tries to heal by adding bone mass between the broken pieces, thus making you a little bit taller. IIRC you can do this to both above and below the knee by about 2 inches or so each for a total gain of about 4 inches of height.

Yeah that's old school 19th century style. Still works I believe, if you can stand someone taking a sledgehammer to your legs..

5'5" isn't all bad. I'm 6'2" and I have a thing for shorter b1tches. Take these short hoes for all they're worth. I know a 5'7" dude that's a natural DJ.

 

[undesputable]

im 5'7 and i really wouldnt do **** to make me taller....i dont need height, it would be nice but really not necessary....

by the way that method that spread your bones in your legs would make you not proportionate to the rest of your body....cause your arms are not going to grow or any other part of your body.... waste of your money if you ask me

 

[Le Parisien]

All the nutrition stuff is ONLY going to help you make the best of your potential, and the potential being your genes. All the other things are just scams/lies that will try to make some money out of your "misfortune"

I don't want to sound too pessimistic but I know exactly what your are going through. I'm now 24 and I'm like 5'8. I was already 5'7 when I was 15/16, and I'm a little bit of a late bloomer, since my metabolism seems to be a couple of years behind my actual age. At that time I was thinking "hey getting JUST one inch per year isn't that hard..."
You may still grow a inch or two if you still look like you are 18 or something(younger metabolism, delayed growth) but don't expect any miracle though.

I think what's more important is to accept your own body and feeling comfortable being your own height. I know it can be really tough sometimes (I still remember high school), but it's possible.

 

[Kravy]

Here is place where working out your back etc can make you grow

http://www.geocities.com/gottogrow/index.html

Im not sure if its true but it does seem like it could work,I think it is good for good general back aswell,so wouldnt hurt

We grow more muscle, we can make our ****s bigger through working out

So maybe growing taller will stimulate bones to lengthen to grow more, who knows.

Yeh that procedure through breaking your legs cost about 10k-20k and is done over a year,so you have to sit in a wheel chair for year.

I guess if you realy want to be taller you would do such extreme surgery

Im 5.7 now and 19 and prob will peak at 5.8 to 5.9

 

[ThePeterman]

I'm 5'8 and 26 so I have researched this at extreme length, even seeing If I could unfuse my growth plates but no go.

Only way height is increased is via increased HGH (Human Growth Hormone) before your growth plates fuse which is at about 25. When they have fused HGH merely acts as a fitness hormone that diminishes more and more as we age. The levels of HGH are highest in our teen years and diminish ever after. There are amino acid supplements you can take but the effects are negligible.

Increasing Human Growth Hormone aside from genetics is only via injecting artificial HGH and this is only done by doctors to males who are 5'2 which may take them to 5'6.

It's because of the risks where artificial HGH can lead to serious disorders like gigantisism etc

Perhaps you can stimulate it via squats and harsh physical exercise but there is no guarantee.

Another possible way is you can add +2 centimeters to your height if you strenghten your muscles around your spine. There are certain exercises for that apparently.

The russian breaking legs thing is costly and terribly painful. You will be out of action for a year in a wheelchair and forced to turn the screws on broken bone and on painkilers that hardly numb the pain.

All I can recommend is improve your posture, sleep without a pillow and on your back, do spine exercises and wear platform shoes and even spike your hair up a bit. Be as toned and lean as u can and wear some great threads that make u look taller. Look your best.

 

[semag]

dude, franco columbu was 5'5". Enough said.

 

[ThePeterman]

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