I'm 5'7" so I'm not too unsatisfied with my height, but my upper body vs. lower body is somewhat disproportionate. Any answers that can help with leg lengthening (no hormones, no surgery) or any height increasing website/resources would help.
2007-01-27 12:22:17 · 13 answers · asked by The lit hexagon 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Create the illusion of longer legs by combining silhouettes that lengthen your lower half.
Instructions
* STEP 1: Mix lengths when you must wear a suit. Wear long jackets with shorter skirts, and short jackets with longer skirts.
* STEP 2: Select high-waisted pants and skirts, as these styles create the illusion that your legs start in a higher place. Ignore this tip if you're short-waisted.
* STEP 3: Opt for short skirts and shorts where appropriate. Skirts or shorts to the knee will highlight the shortness of your leg.
* STEP 4: Choose long, tapered pants such as leggings or cigarette pants. Wear capri pants and pedal pushers for casual spring and summer days.
* STEP 5: Wear shirts, jackets and coats that are short in length. Go for crop tops on warm days.
* STEP 6: Avoid tops that hit the hips and tunics and long blazers. These will lengthen your torso, thereby shortening the lower half of your body.
* STEP 7: Consider wearing all one color. This creates a long visual line.
* STEP 8: Give yourself a slight boost with a low to midheight heel. You can even find casual tennis shoes with a 1-inch heel.
* STEP 9: Steer clear of cuffed and wide-leg pants.
Tips & Warnings
* Good posture will enhance any figure. Stand tall, with your shoulders back and your blades down your back. Keep your chin held high.
2007-01-27 12:26:30 · answer #1 · answered by AlaskaGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human growth hormone is the only natural way to get longer legs.
Surgery can add a few inches by breaking the bones adding a spacer and then allowing them to heal. Both procedures carry a lot of risk and pain so I would avoid them.
The only other way that you can get your legs to grow longer is to force the body to do it by wearing weights on your leg when you sleep to pull them down. You can't do it by wearing the weights on their legs, you will have to have them hanging off your legs providing a pulling force. If you do this while you are still growing then you might get an inch or two of extra height. But, I advise against this procedure and I am not sure it will really work.
In short there is no safe and reliable way to add height to a person. You can buy shoes with lifts for the illusion of an extra inch, or you could try walking on stilts, but there is nothing else that you can do.
2007-01-27 12:32:45 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is still a chance that your growth plates are not completley closed yet. Some men still have open growth plates up to age 25, you should take advantage of 'last chance' to grow and make sure your body is producing enought HGH (human growth hormones) to sustain any more potential height gain, check out http://www.hghforheight.com there are many lifestyle factors that you can adopt to optimize your natural HGH production. If unfortunately that your growth plates are completely closed, you can still grow taller with spine lengthening technique which has been shown that it can add up to 2-3 inches to your overall height. Spine lengthening can be done with various stretching exercises, they are well-documented in http://www.giantscientific.com . Exercises like yoga or pilates have been very effective in elongating the spine, http://www.thepilatesguide.com
2007-01-28 20:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by austinchau 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In ancient times they used to stretch people on a rack but it was a form of torture.
If you are still actively growing (18 or so) you can eat a lot of mcdonalds hamburgers (they have a lot of bovine growth hormones that actually seem to work on people). And drink milk too, that may help.
2007-01-27 12:26:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
properly i'm a woman lol, I have short legs (: yet i imagine boys imagine lengthy legs are alluring yet short legs are lovable. because once you've short legs, which ability you're short and adult adult males imagine short ladies are lovable (: Yeah I have short legs and Im short :D and what Tall giraffes with lengthy legss?!! Haha jk yet i love being short <3 (:
2016-10-16 04:54:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-11-12 11:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by Greg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, nothin you could. unless u take a rope and pull on ure legs every day for the rest of your life to lengthen them. Somehow i dont think you want to do that.
2007-01-27 12:26:07 · answer #7 · answered by jdog33 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Streach, Do excersises that give you longer stronger mussles.
Yoga, Palites....Dance. ITs all a bit girly but will work.
Lucky me, born with long legs...
2007-01-27 12:32:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One can grow. One has the bones one is designed to have, genetically. One is sort of stuck with that.
2007-01-27 12:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
get a leg lift
2007-01-27 12:31:27 · answer #10 · answered by hi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋