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I am 21, and my height is 5.3 , and i desperately want to increase my height by 2inches, how do i do that?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Platform shoes: Unfortunately, the majority of people have ceased growing in height by 19 years old. Your doctor could obtain a screening x-ray to see if the growth plates in your long bones have closed. If so, only surgical manipulation will change nature.

Answered 5/14/2013

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