Has anyone grown past 21 years old in height?

Question

has anyone grown in height after 21, if so how much did you grow?

Answer 1

Growth in height is controlled by the pituitary gland. During early childhood and continuing until the onslaught of puberty, the pituitary gland releases copious amounts of growth hormone. This allows the long bones of the body (arm and leg bones) to lengthen. When an individual reaches puberty, the pituitary gland usually shifts gears from release large amounts of growth hormone to releasing androgens, sex hormones. With this very sharp decrease in growth hormones, the growth plates of the long bones ossify, effectively halting further lengthening of these bones, ergo, you stop growing.

However, there are variations in the timing of this event. If there is no pituitary disfunction, this is controlled by our inherited genes. If there is a pituitary disfunction, such as a tumor on the pituitary, it can cause the gland to continue putting out large amounts of growth hormone, thus resulting in pituitary giantism.

If you are concerned about your continuing growth in height, I would consult an endocrinologist so they can run some hormone tests on your pituitary.

My son, who is 6'7" (age 32), was 5'10" when he turned 16. In six months he grew 4 inches. When he entered the military at 19 he was 6'4" and grew two inches before he got out of boot camp. Fortunately, he stopped growing at 6'7". Bless his heart, he was a clutz, so his basketball coaches cried a lot.

Hope this helps.

MOTHER AND ANATOMY TEACHER

Answer 2

yes, my sister did back many years ago.. my family has real strange hormones i guess. she is very tall.