2006-10-06 00:50:40 · 11 answers · asked by Edres 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The epiphyses are closed and if a growth hormone stimulates the bones, the patient becomes and acromegalic freak.
2006-10-06 02:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Growth after the age of 23 is possible but it is also unlikely.
The rate of growth depends on every individual because it depends on the epyphiseal plates within our bones, hormones and of course puberty which later induces the closure of these plates, thus ending the growth phase of a person.
Because everyone's physiollogical timeline is different, we can only calculate when the average population will stop growing, meaning that while the average estimates of age 20 for females and age 22 for males is an accurate calculation for the majority of people (as to when they will stop growing), this isnt always true for others.
You also need to consider other factors such as brain tumors, breakage of bones, which can cause a significant growth on an idividual regardless of age.
2006-10-06 22:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by geniusflightnurse 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am sure a lot of people would say no you cant but my husband is living proof. We are both tall people and when we met there wasn't that much difference between our heights and we were 23. Now two years later my husband is nearly a foot taller then me I now have to look up at him instead of straight at him. I guess there's the question of did I shrink?
2006-10-06 00:56:36 · answer #3 · answered by cherrybelle 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard about an orthopedic surgeon who can add as much as 4 inches to your height by breaking your femurs just above the knees and then putting you in a contraption that you slowly screw taller and taller until you get up to two extra inches in height, over a many month period. Then the same can be done to your tibias just below your knees for an additional two inches. He only does it on really short people. How short are you?
2006-10-06 12:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much. You stop growing at the age of 25.
2006-10-06 01:00:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident this is attainable and there are different issues that frequently can upload some inches on your top as an occasion John Casey the kicker for the Carolina Panthers states he extra a pair of inches upon getting backbone allignment from a chiropractor some years in the past.
2016-10-18 22:08:56 · answer #6 · answered by lindgren 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fairly unlikely...most men reach their full height in their late teens...not much more after 24....but stockiness will occur (fill out) between 23-27.
2006-10-06 00:57:29 · answer #7 · answered by jakkibluu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not w/o growth hormone. 1/4" maybe, not at 23.
2006-10-06 00:54:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consume excessive amounts of HGH (Human Growth Hormone). Though it may have unpleasant side effects, it seems you want to get taller, so you probably don't care.
2006-10-06 01:16:06 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Hyde 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extremely unlikely. Once you've hit puberty most of your growing slows tremedously.
2006-10-06 00:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋