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A member asked:
Don't know prior measurements but people say i look taller, i feel taller. could i be growing @ my age? i'm almost 41.could my bones never have closed
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No : Bones close with puberty. Only time it might be possible is with a particular kind of growth hormone secreting tumor but you would have other symptoms and it is very rare.
Answered 10/18/2015
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