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Can you explain if it's possible to get a growth spurt after 19?

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Unlikely to happen: Growing bones have plates for new growth located just before the bone ends. These growth plates have less density than bone ; show up on xray as a dark line like a crack. As long is there are open growth plates, there is potential for more growth in that bone. A hand xray is often studied in kids to see if they have more time to grow. At 19 most growth plates are closed so growth is done.

Answered 11/28/2017

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