I visited the doctor today and apparently, he says when Im 18 id be only 5'2 in height. Im currently 15 1/2 right now and close to 5'1. But the thing is, i still dont have much puebic hair under my armpits + legs, and I dont look totally mature yet. My parents are 5'1, 5'4 apprently but my brother is 6'0. Is there still chance for me to be around 5'7-5'8? I really hope so. Oh god, may I grow taller...
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Oh dear...
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If you grow plate has begun to set, you are going to not grow again.
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"Grow plate"? Is that what you put under the plants sitting under your grow light? Actually you're right, AverageJoe, but we don't know the state of the original poster's growth plates. It would be interesting to know what the doctor's reasoning was when he gave his opinion on final height.
I assume the original poster is male. A single example of a female who stops growing at 12 is not germane. If you read baskeball players' bios, you'll see that a lot of them have growth spurts relatively late in their teenage years.
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Yeah im male. The doc didnt do anything but he has my height chart thing and he giggled a bit and predicted 5'2. My bones still seem kinda small. According to all the lines on my wall showing how much ive been growing a year, i dont think ive slown down yet. Still same pace as last year.. if my calculations r correct. IF i still grow at the same rate (2.4 inch) for another 3 years without it slowing down then ill be at my desired height. Do you think its possible for me to keep growing at about the same pace? I wish I could do something about it too. Ive read many sites saying theres no way to improve ur height because its all genetic, but I heard eating more calcium + doing more jumping will help ya, but again, many say it wont do much. Anyways my parents say i still dont look fully mature nor hairy, so is there still a chance of steady growing till im 18? Thanx
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If your growth hasn't slowed down yet I don't know how the doctor could predict 5' 2". If it hasn't slowed then there's no evidence that your growth plates have started to fuse, and 13 would be early. Nor does the height of your parents predict it - nearly always people end up taller than the average of their parents' height, which would mean over 5' 2 1/2", and it could be considerably over.
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well im not 100% sure if im slowing down, but i doesnt seem like I am. Anyways, is it possible to grow at the same pace I am now for another 3 years...? So then i can be atleast 5'6-5'8?
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Growth isn't even, so it's very hard to predict what might happen.
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dude im the same boat. 17 1/2 and only 5'2 i mean shit yea it sucks but you've gotten this far havent you? Yea theres dicks out there that make fun of me cause im short but what can u expect in highschool? Im doing just fine at this height although i'll never like it but its just something you learn to live with. As for the pubic hair thing, it'll come but docs say my plates have fused and since ur pretty old already i dont think theres much hope. but dont worry we can fit into small places where others cant and even crawl under fences to break into closed skate parks!
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When I was younger my doctor predicted that I'd be taller than any of my siblings (the tallest being 6' 2") and I'm only 5' 9 1/2" and I'm the shortest! So don't get down about what your doctor said because they're not always right lol