I'm 16 and just 4 feet 10 inches tall.Is there any way I can put on a few m!


Question: I'm 16 and just 4 feet 10 inches tall.Is there any way I can put on a few more inches at this stage?
Will there be any consequences later in life if i stay this short?

Answers:

There are numbers of reasons why a person is not tall, and most of them do not
have any effective treatment.
Probably the commonest cause is genetic, that is to say that one or
both your parents are below average height, or that short stature runs
in your family. There is really nothing that can be done about this.
The other cause that most people know about is a deficiency of growth
hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland situated at the base
of the brain. If a deficiency of this hormone is discovered early
enough in life, it is sometimes possible to give treatment with
injections of growth hormone to increase height. However, by the time
you get to 17 years of age, your bones may not respond to the effect
of the hormone. The only way to find out if you have this condition is
to discuss it with your doctor. Blood tests an X-rays to see how your
bones are growing can usually make the diagnosis, but for treatment
you would need referral to a specialist. These investigations should
also show if there is any other cause for your short stature.
But you should not think that it will definitely help you. Medical
science can not make you the way you want to be - and it is true not
only for height - so it's better to accept yourself as you are. Tall
people are not necessary happier than short people - look at the
tallest man in Ukraine, who was stripped of his title, lives alone
with his mother, and has constant legs pain!
The exercises they advertise on-line may increase your height
temporarily for 0,5 - 1 cm, it's hardly noticeable and does not worth
the trouble: your height varies during the day on its own.
Very occasionally, surgeons will try an operation to lengthen the
bones in the legs. This is very difficult, and takes many months or
even years, and a series of operations. It is a dreadful operation,
and I mentioned it only because you may have heard of it. Never
consider mutilating yourself for a miserable increase in height, and
be happy as you are.



4'9 is the height you have to be to not have to sit in a booster seat anymore, so I can only imagine you're saved from the doghouse for this one. Just messing with you, anyways, I can't imagine why there would be anything wrong with your height. Guys love short girls too.



Idk what its called but there is a medicine doctors can prescribe that makes you grow taller not much taller like mabe 3 inches or so.... and besides not being able to reach things sometimes there will probably not be any consequences in life



You won't get any taller. But if you're lucky, maybe a half or 1 inch more.

I don't know, people are always looking down to short people. lol.



youve probably stopped growing.. maybe an inch more, but thats it




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