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A member asked:
Can i be still growing at 33? don't know my prior exact height before so can't compare but people say i look much taller. what could be causing this?
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Probably not: The epiphyseal plates fuse at about the 25 years but most people stop growing earlier than that
Answered 5/14/2015
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