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Is there any chance of female growing inches taller at the age of 21 ...by any means?? i am only 5'2 and really depressed about this!!!!

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No: At your age, your end plates in the long bones have sealed and cannot grow in height anymore.

Answered 7/27/2014

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Unlikely to happen: Some kids continue to grow taller into their late teens or rarely early twenties but only when their bone maturity lags behind their age. If the growth centers of the long bones have fused, you cannot grow taller. A single x-ray of the wrist ; hand can yield a bone maturity. When you have reached bony maturity, you are done.

Answered 7/27/2014

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Done Growing: Your height is probably average for your family and community for a female. You are well past being done growing by age 21. There are a million other things to worry about in life than this. If you honestly cannot get past that your height is average then you may want to talk to a therapist. But, no. You are done growing now.

Answered 7/26/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Needn't be down: 5 foot 2 is a perfectly good height. Since you won't be growing any taller - learn to accept your body and to love yourself.

Answered 11/28/2017

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