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Can I Increase My Height?

I am 20 years old and my height is 162 cm , I'd like to know if there is a way to improve it and grow a few inches I am really worried about it , I could do anything . I stopped growing since I was 15 years old and I don't know why ...... Hope to get an answer.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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You may consult an endocrinologist for some hormone tests.Although you are now borderline age when further height growth ceases physiologically.an x-ray of pelvis,wrist,if still no ossification center fusion has occurred, there may be a chance with hormonal and exercises treatment
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Can I Increase My Height?

You may consult an endocrinologist for some hormone tests.Although you are now borderline age when further height growth ceases physiologically.an x-ray of pelvis,wrist,if still no ossification center fusion has occurred, there may be a chance with hormonal and exercises treatment