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Could having long arms mean i will get taller?

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Genetics: Your profile says you are 50. At that point you are not going to grow, no matter how long your arms are! If you are a teen using your parents Healthtap site, then final height is not related to your arm length. Whether you grow taller is determined by whether you are through with puberty or not and if your growth plates on your leg bones have closed.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/18/2016

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