I'm one of the shortest guys of all my classes and I hate it!! I'm also not overweight because my weight is 110, my BMI is 20.1 and that means I am at the right weight for my height. But I'm still short ... when do I stop growing? Most guys my age are like 5"5 or something like that. I want to get taller!!!
2007-01-15 01:24:24 · 21 answers · asked by Joseph 2 in Health ➔ Men's Health
When my ex-husband and I married, he was 6'2" tall. By the time he was 25, he had reached 6'9" and was worried that he might have gigantism. So he went to a specialist and had his bones checked.
Apparently, when we stop growing, the marrow will change to become more solid.
Since he didn't stop growing until he was 25, you may have a good 10 years of growing time left.
If you're really worried you can arrange with your doctor to take growth hormone injections. And you could have the same test done to see if your bones are still growing.
To Egg, who thinks she is done growing at 13--not by a long shot! I too was 5'2" at 13. I thought I wouldn't get much taller, because I had always been short (3ft tall at 8 yrs). By the time I actually stopped growing at 19, I was 5'9 3/8" tall.
2007-01-15 01:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am like 5"5nhalf and my doctor said i would be about 6"1 i am pretty short to my kids in class to i am 14 not 15 but i know for a fact u might grow look at your parents hight if there not the same u might be taller then them or around there. My parents are 5"2 and 5"4 Go by what u look more like like i look more like my moms said and there around 5"6 so i might be as tall as that. Ask your my mom or dad and say what family side do i look more like when they answer look at there higth that is probuly stand. Nothing wrong being short at all either a lot of kids short get the girls. Just wait also my one friend just got 5"6 and he was the shorter one then me but now he hit the growth spear and started to grow. Just hold out u might get taller. U will stop growing around age 21-25. Well Good luck hope u get taller.
2007-01-15 02:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by jk456lol 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
15 is young to stop growing, and if you aren't very big yet you are more likely to keep growing into your late teens. The best guide to when you will finish growing is when you start shaving; the same hormones that start your beard growing finish your bones. I had a friend at school who was 2 inches shorter than me from 11 to 16, but when I met him by chance when we were 19 he was a bear of a man who towered over me.
2007-01-15 01:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
women stop growing at the age of 16.
however men stop growing at the age of 21. so dont worry.
and FYI: the most accurate way of telling how tall someone will be is by doubling the height they were at the age of 2. it has been accurate for measuring everyone in my family. so, if you can find any old medical records of yours, you may be able to estimate your full height. (these are usually give or take 1 inch)
2007-01-15 01:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by celine marie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im 13 and im 5'2". talk to your doctor, they'll tell you if they think your going to get taller. i might grow mabye another inch, but i'm pretty much done. You can also tell if you've shot up yet or not, you know when guys are like the same hight as girls and then at the end of they year thier a foot taller? if that doesn't sound familiar then i think you've got some more coming.
2007-01-15 01:30:33 · answer #5 · answered by Alysse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry my uncle was 16 and 5'3 and then when he was 21 he was 5'11 and when he was 25 he grew up to 6'1 and a half or about 6'2.
My dad told me!
When Michael Jordan was 15 he was 5'5 and then he play basketball and exercise a lot and grow 5 inches in that same year!
Just eat vitamins, play basketball, and don't smoke or do drugs!
SO DON"T WORRY!
2007-01-16 10:53:15 · answer #6 · answered by Unnamed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Men grow into their 20's, usually stop growing at around 24. Women stop growing around 19.
Don't worry, my husband was the smallest guy in his HS class and he is now over 6'. I swear he grew an inch last year and he is 36.
2007-01-15 01:29:23 · answer #7 · answered by Colette B 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't give up hope! My son is almost 17, this past year he has grown 4 inches and went up 2 shoes sizes. It has just about sent us to the "poor-house" keeping him in jeans and shoes! :)
I am sure you will grow more. By the way, are your parents short/small people? If they are, it is possible you will be on the smaller side yourself. Nothing wrong with that!
2007-01-15 01:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont worry man, some people just grow later than others. one piece of advice i can give you is, if you want to grow, ..do..not.. smoke... weed. i started that around the age of 15 till i was 22 and never grew an inch .. never gained a pound. of course, i was already 6'0" 155. but best of luck.
2007-01-15 01:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by kMac969 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
15 is young. You still have several good growing years ahead of you. Some guys keep growing until they're 21.
2007-01-15 01:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should get as tall as your Dad or more, so I believe you will get taller because you wont stop growing for another couple of years..
2007-01-15 01:28:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋