Is It Possible To Increase Height At The Age Of 20?

Posted on Sun, 25 Jan 2015

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Sun, 25 Jan 2015 Answered on

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Question : i will be 20 this july.and i am just 5 feet 5.i wanna make it to 5 feet 10.plz help.

Answered by Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Now height has reached up to final

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear
Welcome to the HCM
Up to 18YEARS A PERSON GAINS MAXIMUM HEIGHT, AFTER THIS NORMALLY HEIGHT CEASES TO INCREASE.
NOW THINK OF BALANCED DIET AND REGULAR PHYSICAL EXERCISE. IT WILL INCREASE THE WORKING CAPACITY AND PHYSICAL FITNESS, WHICH SHOULD NOW BE THE TARGET.
WHEN A PERSON HAS GAINED THE AVEARAGE MEAN HEIGHT OF HIS PARENTS, THEN IT IS CALLED AS THAT HE HAS ATTAINED THE NORMALLY HEIGHT.
HOPE THE QUERY IS ANSWERED.
PLSE FEEL FEEL FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
THANKS

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (6 hours later)

will stretching and drinking milk help at this stage?

Answered by Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes helps in fitness

Detailed Answer:
Stretching, jogging,high protein diet, etc will help in improving the fitness of the person, which is more important for a person and same is also recommended.
So many fake misleading marketing advertisements are in news papers for increasing the height. Should be overlooked.
Some fake medicine are sold directly mostly having serious side effects. Better to avoid them.
Elezharov technique is used by some orthopedic surgeons. A long surgical procedure done by them. All pros and cons should be discussed in detail with surgeon before going such surgery.
Hope the query is answered.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju