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Frequent Masturbation Leads To Premature Closing Of Growth Plates? Effects Height?

does frequent masterbution leads to premature closing of growth plates(epiphyseal bones) which will eventually stunt the growth of height due to high increase in testerdonrne level when a person masterbute frequently.i m very depress as this could be my biggest mistake to stunt my height as i was 15 yr old boy when started masterbuting frequently and by 16 i had bone age which showed fusion of the epiphyseal growth plate. i think i could have gotten 2 3 inches more but geneticaly speaking my parents height is also short.plz help
Mon, 30 Dec 2013
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Hi...there is nothing like that...there are no side effects of mastubration whatsoever... your height is genetically related to your parents...there is nothing you can do about it...

Dr. Ashish Verma
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Frequent Masturbation Leads To Premature Closing Of Growth Plates? Effects Height?

Hi...there is nothing like that...there are no side effects of mastubration whatsoever... your height is genetically related to your parents...there is nothing you can do about it... Dr. Ashish Verma