I'm only like 5'5 I want to be at least 3 inches taller. What do I do and please don't say wear heels.
How do I get taller?
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There's nothing you can really do to get taller. Assuming you're actually 17 years of age, the most you'll actually grow is maybe another cm or two. Other than that, your best bet at getting taller would be to go to Asia and get some leg-lengthening surgery. (Not to be taken lightly because if they fuck it up or any complications arise in the healing process, you could be a cripple for life.)
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Uhm.
Sadly, if your growth plates have closed as due to your age, exercising will not affect your growth rate. But if you enjoy swimming, biking, running, or yoga, among other sports, and you haven't stopped growing, exercise combined with the right diet and proper sleep should help you grow.
Doing stretches has some beneficial effects, on the other hand.
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I'm 4'11", so hardly the person to give advice, but my dad says hanging from somewhere for as long as you can should help. Since bones get a little bit separated for little while and more, uh, stuff (forgot the word) is able to get between them and slowly harden to become bone.
But you're 17. Don't girls stop growing at, like, 16?
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You can in fact grow taller. I've grown an inch just from running and doing tons of stretches. Now that I think about it, it might be two inches but there are ways to get taller and yiu can do that by running and stretches. Look up Grow Taller Guru on Youtube he's proven this.
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let your body grow.
do internet research on ways to not stunt your growth -
I'm sorry to say this, but you might have stopped getting taller. If anything ask your mom, sis, aunt, grandma or even cousin if they were still getting taller when they were 17 as well. Genetics play a part in height as well. Most females in my family stopped getting taller at 14 - 16 and start to fill out more, so I guess I'm stuck at 5'3" forever...
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You're actually not really short, I think 5'5 is the average height here... And you're still 3 inches taller than me, so count yourself lucky! :P I don't think there's much you can do, it's more about your genes than anything else.
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You can feel taller by cutting anyone taller than you out of your life. You can wait until you have reached full maturity. I don't think that surgery exists yet. Wear platforms shoes. They feel like regular shoes but you are a few inches taller. If 5'5 is what you're meant to be then that's your fate. Talk to your parents about it. You can still model at 5'5.
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There is no way other than painful expensive surgery where they crack your bones in your legs and slow separate them with a vice that is screwed into your bones. It's too late to have tall parents and Be born again sorry.
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Why the fuck are you guys so obsessed with height lmao
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Mmm I was like 5'5 when I was 16 then I grew only one inch taller and became 5'6. You can still grow one inch I guess, but you won't add 3 inches, that's impossible, it's genetics...
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Surgery. For roughly nine months of pain and about $20-30k, you can totally grow an extra three inches. It's incredibly effective, and there are minimal risks with a good doctor, but it's not at all for the faint of heart. Look it up; it's called leg lengthening.
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5'5" is average for women. There's nothing you can do, you'll either grow a bit more or you won't. You have no control over it. Don't worry about it. It's not an issue worth worrying about.
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Well I haven't grown for like 3 years, 5'4 (fuck me) m.. maybe the growth spurts coming. I wouldn't get any hopes of getting taller.
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Not much you can do... You will be short like me 😭 No worry it not that bad 🙌🏻
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It's genetic. I don't know why you want to be taller, you're normal.
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You can become taller if you do yoga that works on back flexibility on a daily basis. The yoga will stretch and elongate your spine to what it should really be. Also, check your posture and fix it if it isn't healthy. Check for scoliosis you may have that. People that have that condition and get corrective surgery actually grow 3-5 inches and start modeling after.
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You know how genetics work right?
You're most likely done growing, just appreciate what you have. -
Genetics determine growth patterns i. e. Height. You can only stunt growth not force it.
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Females stop growing after 14-15. Nothing you can do.
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Height is all genetics. There's nothing you can do about it.
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load up on calcium
stretch
hang upside down
spend most of your time floating in water -
Wtf man.. Just be grateful with what you have...
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Why? Do u want to go in athletics?
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