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does early sex masturbation stunt your height growth
A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Susan Rhoads answered
38 years experience Family Medicine
No: Masturbation does not effect growth. Unless one were so obsessed with doing it that failure to eat affected nutrition for a long period. Hopefully t ... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Berry answered
14 years experience Clinical Psychology
Stress: It sounds like a combination of environmental factors as well as genetic. It's rarely if ever a matter of one over the other. I would get a consult fr ... Read More
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Growth: Excessive masturbation & stress will not stunt growth. Marked nutritional deficiencies could impact growth in more extreme cases. The bigggest fa ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
No: The practice is near-universal. Anybody who's told you that entertaining yourself will prevent you from reaching your full height is wrong. I'm sorry ... Read More
Dr. Richard Pollard answered
30 years experience Anesthesiology
No: However, the teenager should be encouraged to do something other than self-stimulate.
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
33 years experience Pediatrics
Because it's true: It's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. There is nothing special about masturbation. Children grown best when they have physical a ... Read More
A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Danny Proffitt answered
43 years experience Family Medicine
No effect: Masturbation (assuming you are male) has not effect on you height, growth, weight, size of penis, or any other such event.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
No: Usually a teenaged boy is already enjoying his body in this way at the beginning of his growth spurt. I'm sorry somebody told you something this fooli ... Read More
A male asked:
Dr. Julan Crane answered
25 years experience Pediatrics
Growth in height : You can't stop your growth and your weights will catch up to your height eventually. You should be done growing very soon if not all ready
A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Believe what U wish: This question has appeared repeatedly on this site & the answer is always no. If believing it will calm you do so with my blessing. Expected final ... Read More
A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
No: Ejaculation through self or partner sex has NO important effect on growth, development or nutrition. Many of these ideas are myths generated to push c ... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brad Eilerman answered
20 years experience Endocrinology
No problems: No health problems from ejaculating, in fact it may be helpful in preventing prostate disease. While hormone levels can increase sex drive, sex (in a ... Read More
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