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writes:Is it possible for me to still grow taller at 19?I'm a guy and I just turned 19 on August 3. Here's a brief history:-Dad is about 5'8 Mom is about 5'1 3/4. Brother is 22 and 6'1 1/2. Brother stopped growing around 14-16. My dad's uncle was 6'6 and had had a few relatives well over 6 ft (according to him). For me, I measured myself on Feb.22 2011 and I was about 1/2 inch taller than the previous year. I measured myself yesterday and I haven't grown. Since I grew 1/2 inch in the last year and a half, could I still get taller? Reply to this Question
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reader, Dorothy Dix  +, writes (1 September 2011):
Hello again. Even if you do stay at the height you are now of 5'9", that's probably around average for a lot of men anyway.
My dad was 5'9", and My mother, sister and I are all around 5'5.5", which is pretty much average for a lot of women.
I never considered my dad at 5'9" to be short, even for one minute.
Don't feel that you are going to get judged on how tall you are. It means nothing.
The worst thing you could possibly do is to go around comparing yourself to your friends and other men generally. It really serves no purpose whatsoever. In fact, it's rather counterproductive, and could get in the way of actually being happy and living a full happy life.
Physical looks are unimportant in the grand scheme of things. It's not who you are. The man you are, is the person who you are inside.
- Your personality
- Your sense of humour
- Your intelligence
- Your nature (how you are in the world towards other people - kindness, respect, considerate, caring)
- You level of confidence in who you are - generally.
The most positive thing we can all do in our lives, is to completely accept ourselves for who we are, with no exceptions at all. You are already perfect and you are unique - we all are. We are all "One Offs". In other words, there is not another one of you in the world.
If you can accept yourself for who you are (however tall you are now or end up being), I promise you, that you will always be happy and content in the world. And at that time, you will come to a place of peace. And that's a pretty place to be.
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reader, CindyCares  +, writes (31 August 2011):
 Yes you could still grow some more in the next 12-24 months.
But it won't be a big growth spurt like in puberty, because now your body produces much less somatotropine ( growth hormone ). It would be mora a matter of some millimeters.
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reader, anonymous, writes (31 August 2011): Yea 5.1 is fine for girls and 5.9 for a guy is not bad at all. Don't worry about it.
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reader, eternallyinfinite  +, writes (31 August 2011):
I've learned in biology that men usually have a final growth spurt when they're about 20 or 21 - somewhere about 1/2" or 1"... so there is hope for you! To maximize your chances of that happening, just try to be as healthy and stress-free as possible.
Good luck!
PS: There's a lot of short girls out there (like me) and we don't like guys who are too tall because it's really awkward when holding hands, etc, lol
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reader, anonymous, writes (31 August 2011): 5.9 is good why you wanna grow taller. I'm 21 and I'm 5.1 since I was 18. It's fine for girls
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reader, devine92 +, writes (31 August 2011):
devine92 is verified as being by the original poster of the questionI'm 5'9 btw
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reader, Tisha-1 +, writes (31 August 2011):
 It's possible. If you are really desperate to know if you still have any more vertical growing to do, talk to your doctor and ask if your epiphyseal plates are closed. There's a discussion of their function here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyseal_plate
They can generally tell by doing an X-ray. "Around the end of puberty, the epiphyseal cartilage cells stop duplicating and the entire cartilage is slowly replaced by bone, leaving only a thin epiphyseal line."
Hope this helps!
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reader, Dorothy Dix +, writes (31 August 2011):
Hi there. It's possible you could keep on growing until you're 21 years of age.
You might grow taller, you might not.
The pace at which you grow could be slower now than 10 years ago maybe, or even 5 years ago.
You haven't said how tall you actually are at the moment.
Is there any need for concern? Are you healthy otherwise?
It's much more important that you are generally healthy and with a healthy level of fitness and strength in your body.
Height isn't a particular indicator of health.
Just as long as you live a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, regular exercise, 8 good hours of uninterrupted sleep every night, drinking enough fresh tap water every day, no stress in your life, and remaining relaxed and a relaxed attitude to life, well then you are probably doing everything right to live a healthy full life.
And as long as you don't drink alcohol excessively or take any kind of recreational drugs, because they are no good for anyone's health. If you did, it could interfere with your growth hormones in some way.
If you are particularly concerned because you don't think that it's normal, you could always go and see your family doctor to get his advice on the growth cycle in humans. It will put your mind at rest anyway. However, that's only if you think there might be a problem in some way.
And if you think that girls only like tall boys, well that just isn't true at all. It's the person and who they are inside, that is what girls find attractive, not the height of him. Height is completely irrelevant.
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reader, So_Very_Confused +, writes (31 August 2011):
 my 6'4" son grew till he was 22
I"m 5'2' his dad is 5'6"
he has a 5'7" brother...
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