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How much height gain will I have during puberty?
Query: Hi doctor, I am 13 years old. I have been curious about puberty and height. I am currently 5 feet 6 inches and really insecure about my body and height. I feel very hairy and fair. I have been researching tanner stages of development and I am around tanner stage 4. I have hair around my inner thigh... Read Full »
Dr. Manu Chandarashekhara Bharadwaj
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I appreciate your efforts of going into the details about puberty and its effects on the body. You have done quite a bit of research. You only need to understand a few more things. 1. First, not everybody’s body responds the same way to puberty. The genetic makeup ha... Read Full »
How can I increase height at the age of 16 years?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 16-year-old male, currently five feet nine inches tall, and I am eager to maximize my growth potential. My dad stands at six feet and one inch, and despite exercising six times a week, practicing stretching routines, consuming ashwagandha, and ensuring quality sleep, I have not... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. Height is influenced by various factors including diet, exercise, lifestyle, and genetic potential. Genetic potential, often overlooked, plays a significant role. The typical range for a child's height falls around the average of the p... Read Full »
I want to enhance my height. Kindly suggest some tips.
Query: Hello doctor, I am unable to enhance my height. Currently, I am approximately five feet tall, and I am 17 years old. Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understood your concern. Firstly, I would like to inform you that height is a multifactorial trait and is dependent on many things, such as diet, exercise, lifestyle, genetic potential, etc. The one most often ignored is the genetic potential. ... Read Full »
I am 18 years old. Why am I not growing taller?
Query: Hello doctor, Basically, my current height is 5 feet 7 inches, and I am 18 years old, for which my doctor said I am only taller than 25 % of my age group. I have not hit my second main growth spurt I believe. I have been growing really slowly over the years, even when I was 14 years old, I was not g... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your current height will be based on a combination of your genes and environmental factors. If your parents are tall, you will also reach a good height eventually in most of the cases. A good diet rich in carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and all micronutrien... Read Full »
Kindly clear my doubts regarding the height of an individual.
Query: Hello doctor, My question is about height. I do not care about height, but it is just curiosity, as I am just interested in this topic. If a person stops growing at the age for example 17 years and his or her height remains unchanged since then, is it possible that after few years, for example, seve... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Let me answer each one of your questions one by one. No, this is not possible. Example, if in the female the bone plates have fused by 16 to 18 years and in males by 18 to 21 years then there is no possibility for these bones to grow vertically. Usually, there is s... Read Full »
Is it possible to increase height after 18 years of age?
Query: Hello doctor, I am an 18-year-old female with a height of 5 feet and a weight of 99 lbs. I got my period at the age of 11. My parents' heights are about 5.1 and 5.4 feet. Is there a chance that I can increase in height? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. It appears that you have already surpassed your predicted height of 4.8 feet based on your parental height calculation. After 18 years of age in females, there is usually a very slight chance of growing further. You can try to exercise like cycling or playing sports ... Read Full »
Can a pelvic X-ray determine HGH effectiveness for me?
Query: Dear Doctor, I have attached images of the latest x-ray imaging (attachment removed to protect user identity). I have taken this x-ray to determine my bone age, reason is that I had planned on using growth hormone therapy to help me grow taller. I was told that these bone age imaging of the wrist is... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Hand x-ray for bone age is really meant for paediatric age determination (i.e, upto 12 years). You need to provide a few details to know if HGH will work for you or not. What is your current height? What is the height of your parents? You really need the Risser's sign... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 21 year old guy. I am just 5'5" tall. I want to be at least 6 feet tall. Is there any way to stimulate the pituitary gland to secrete growth hormones? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Growth depends on many factors: Hereditary influence of growth. Nutrition during childhood (at the growing ages). Any illness during the growing age that results in stunted growth. Growth after 21 years is not possible since the growing ends of the bone would ha... Read Full »
Does a 11 year old require growth hormone therapy for height increase?
Query: Hi doctor, My son is 11 years, weight 33 kg, height 134 cm, father's height 165 cm, mother's height 155 cm. The increment in height in the last 2 years was 4 cm/year. Does he need growth hormone therapy? What are the investigations needed? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your son's height falls just below the 10th percentile of height for age (WHO standard). Given that your height (parents' height) is in low to mid normal range compared to the average height of the population at large, your son's height is not lagging behind that far. ... Read Full »
I am a 23-year-old with a height of 5.4 feet. How to increase it?
Query: Hello doctor,I am a 23-year-old male, and my height is 5.4 feet. I want to increase my height to 5.7 to 5.8 feet. Please tell me how it is possible. I know there is nothing impossible in this world. Read Full »
Answer: Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.I understand your concern.Frankly speaking, I do not think you are too short for the standards here. Height of an individual depends to a great extent on genetic factors. If your body is genetically designed to grow only up to a certain height, it is difficult to change ... Read Full »