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How much do boys grow taller during their 5th tanner stage?

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Most males continue to grow a little after hitting age 18 and a rare person continues to grow into their twenties. Tanner stage 5 however typically starts at age 15.

Dr Ferguson agreed

Answered 7/3/2023

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I am 16 years old and I am 169cm. I grew about 3-4cm from the past year. According to site I am tanner 4.5 . My mom is 157cm and dad is 171cm. Can I grow taller (about 172cm)?

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I am nearly 16 year old male and i am about 55 in tanner stage 4.2. My mum is 51 and my dad is 54 they are south asian reason for being so short. alot of my uncles on both mum and dad side are tall 510+ I also grew 1.5 inch this year can i grow?

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I just found out I'm tanner stage 4.1 at 19, can I still grow taller? my mum is 5'2 and dad is probably around 5'11-ish. I'm 5'9 right now and I think I might have grown an inch since I was 17. I also started puberty around 12, so it's a little weird

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