How do I know when you've stopped growing?

Question

I am a 13 year old girl and I am 5 8. When I got my wrist x-rayed ( I though it was broken), the growth plate was still open (yea!!!). How tall will I get?

My mom is 5 7 and my dad is 6 0.

Answer 1

There is no true answer to that question. At age 13, my father was 6'3" tall and never grew another inch in his life. When I started my senior year of high school, I was 5'7" and when I graduated, I was 5'11". Over the next year, I grew 3/4 of an inch and stayed at 5'11 3/4". I joked because I just quite didn't make 6'. When I was nearly 28 years old, my wife mentioned that my pants looked a little short. Then over the next few months, I saw most of my pants looked short and kept on getting shorter. I grew a little over an inch just before I turned 28 with no logical explanation. Many doctors will give you a "stock" answer, but in reality, when it comes to the human body, you can always expect the unexpected.

Answer 2

When your growth plates close you will cease growing. No one can tell you how tall you will get. A good indicator is the height of your parents.

Answer 3

As a girl, it's common to stop growing about a year after your first period. Unfortunately I had the opposite "Problem"...I'm somewhere between 4ft 11 and 5ft tall...and I'm 17!!! lol. One way you could try and guess how tall you'll be is to look at your family...how tall is the tallest person??? You'll possibly be close to them.

Answer 4

you generally dont stop growing untill ur about 20 years old or so but its not steady in any sense whatsoever. u'll grow in spurts and if ur lucky they wont hurt. unlike me I had very PAINFUL growth spurts untill i stopped growing about two years ago. i dont want to get u all upset or worried about it though, most ppls growing pains werent nearly as bad as mine because I grew 1 foot 6 inches in a year!!!! Im now 6'4"

Answer 5

u keep growing until your in your thirties and then in your fourties you start to shrink. enjoy.