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If i genitically belong from height family is it possible to increase my height in 20 age? i am male

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Unless you entered: Puberty extremely late - your growth in height would likely have concluded by now.

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Answered 1/5/2014

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