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Can your height be increased after 20?
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Not usually: Usually the growth plates are closed by age 20 but if they are not sealed you could get a little growth.
Answered 9/14/2013
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No: Once your growing plates of your bones are closed no further growth could be expected.
Answered 2/17/2013
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