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Hi! i'm 20 and i'm affected by androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium.could serenoa repens not allow the growth in height?i take every day sereno
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Not height growth: Most people reach their maximum height in their late teens. Without nutritional problems or chronic childhood illnesses, height is largely based on genetics and parental heights. Aside from eating right, exercising, sleeping well, and being happy, there's not much a child nor his doctor can do to increase height. By age 20 neither serenoa repens (saw palmetto) nor anything else will affect height.
Answered 12/14/2013
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