I am 15, almost 16 and I am 5’5 1/2, maybe 5’6. I am a late bloomer, I didn’t get my period until 14 and my dad grew until he was 21. Im not sure about my mom, 18 I think. My mom is 5’7 and my dad is 5’10. I’m 100% polish so the polish build is naturally tall and lean, I weigh something like 105 pounds. Anyways, I want to model (I’ve been to several agencies that said I have the perfect face/body type except for my height and though I’ve landed a few jobs I can’t get anything serious unless I grow. Just to let you know, height genetics in my family are quite varied. Its like their more environment influenced than gene influenced. For example my cousins from my moms side are both over 6 foot (an one is a girl) but their parents are pretty short. My cousins from my dads side didn’t follow their parents height at all. My aunts kids for example are all over 6 foot, the tallest is 6’4 and theyre guys by the way but they are all very athletic. Their mom is 5’3 and their dad is 5’7 but theyre giants. On the other hand my uncles kids (girls) are petite. They are 5’1 and 5’4 but their mom and dad are both 5’9. However they are not very athletic. I’ll do anything that has to do with excercise except swimming because I don’t have regular access to a pool. I’ll also take pills/supplements. As far as diet goes I need recommendations that will also keep me skinny because ofcourse that is essential to modeling. My guess is lean meats, fish, and vegetables but I could be wrong. My goal is to be atleast 5’8 so thats only 2 more inches but idealy I’d like to be 5’10. I’ve heard that 4 inches is possible, especially when done at a young age and I have atleast 3 years before my growth plates fuse. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Oh also, if its at all possible I’d like to get to 5’8 in one year because thats when I get my braces off and I can restart modeling. Thanks!!
Just to clarify: by pills I meant vitamins like calcium and stuff. Will that help?

Im a guy almost 17 .. i think with shoes im 177cm-178cm?

some pple say a son cant outgrow his father… my dad is 184cm..ish and my uncles exceed 190cm+ and so do my cousins and my cousins are pretty much taller then me too… 185+

my moms side are shorter -.- my mom is 160 maybe 163 ionno?

tallest dude on my moms side is 180cm

Could someone fill me in a bit?

about the growth and what could effect it . and what possible will happen with me? cuz i rlly wanna be taller then this.. ?
i know ppl that still grew when they were 17 .. and arent males supposed to grow till like 21-22 ? possibly i mean

I’m 18 and only 5,8.Most of my cousins are over 6 feet tall so genetically I should be able to get taller.

I had a dream last night that kind of freaked me out and I really just want to know what it means.

The dream started off with me in a church with my sister I don’t really know what we were there for but we walked up this really long stairway and into this small room. After we got into the room some one ran into the room and told us my father had died from a heart attack waiting at the hospital for my brother, naturally I cried and rushed over to the hospital only to find out it was a joke and that my father was fine. before I knew it I was at a school wrestling with one of my friends (who just happens to be my ex-boyfriends cousins boyfriend). We were wrestling over this bag of candy and kind of flirting at the same time just kind of in our own world even though there were a lot of people around. Eventually we rolled into my ex-boyfriends sister. She was sitting indian style on the grass eating a bag of all blue-berry skittles (which is weird because I don’t think their is a such thing) any way she wanted to know what we were doing and why we were wrestling and we both kind of played it off like it was nothing. So we got up off of the ground and walked away and ran into another girl who was also eating a bag of candy (I can’t remember what kid though). We went back to wrestling on the grass and fighting over a single blue skittle when we rolled into my ex. He kind of looked at me weird and scolded the guy. (My ex-boyfriend for some reason was very short in my dream which was weird because he is taller than me in waking life. And the other guy was a lot taller than me, which is how it is in waking life) when we rolled into him though we both kinda had a suspicious guilty look, I had the guy in a headlock and we were just stuck there looking suspicious when my ex asked where his hug and kiss where (which is so weird because in real life we don’t get a long at all any more, we don’t talk or speak or see each other nothing.) So I gave him a one armed hug because I didnt want to let go of he headlock I had going on, he kind of pulled me though into hugging him with both arms then he laid on top of me (mind you the other guy is under me) so we ended up kind of squishing him. After that my ex got up and walked away and started talked to all these different girls and he miraculously grew hair to his shoulders almost which is weird because he always has a really low hair cut. I kind of got mad at him seeing him with the girls because he had just gotten mad at me when he saw me with his cousins boyfriend so I went to go after him but he disappeared and I ended up on this train like structure running through the cars trying to find him. When I couldnt fint him I eventually gave up got off of the train and just walked for a while then I woke up.

im 17 and male.
my parents are short, 5’2 and 5’6.
my cousins are all 6’2, i wanna reach that height my diet is perfect! [I eat 6 small meals per day]
my posture is awesome.
i drink LOADS of milk! and stretch 3 times a day for 5minutes, and i sleep alot, 8-9 hours a day.
i eat Veggies,Cheese,Fruits exc. no junk food.. no alcohol, no smoking. im easily doing everything to gain those extra inches
i JUST turned 17, 17 and 2 months now ^^ how tall can i become?
thanks guys for helping out, i appreciate it,
cheers!

So here’s the problem. I feel I am too short relative to the height of males on both sides of my family. I am 17 years old and I have been in puberty for about 8 years. I am currently 5′ 7.5". My mother is 5’7" and my dad is 5’10". I am of italian and northern european/russian decent. I have not grown much of the past couple of years. On both sides of my family I have cousins that are over 5’10" most ranging from 5’11" to 6’2". My questions are 1) will I grow a few more inches? 2) is there a way to increase growth hormones naturally to grow more? 3) if I exercise more will I increase growth hormones and grow taller? This is a major problem for me so please take this serious. Thank you for your help.

im curious of this cos i wanna grow taller, im 17 and 2 months (JUST turned 17,) and my both parents are short, 5’2 and 5’7, im currently 5’9. but i wanna grow even taller. i wanna reach my dream height – 6’1. all my cousins are over 6’2. i also wanna be like that (
im doing all of these things – sleep (8 hours a day, sometimes take naps), food (healthy diet, such as Veggies,Fruits,Cheese exc.), stretch exercises (3 times a day).
and i drink LOADS of milk /:)
what heght can i reach if i do this for 4 years? I’m having a good posture and an awesome lifestyle.
thanks guys.

I’m a fourteen year old girl, 97 lbs & 5’1”, & I’m always being teased about how short I am. My ethnicity is Asian so I thought it was normal for me to be short, but my other family members [siblings & cousins] are tall. I’m afraid that my growth spurt is ending & I won’t be able to grow anymore.
Is there anything I can do about this?

Now I’m 14, barely at 5’3". I’ve been this tall for around 2 years. All my cousins on my dad’s side grew super-duper tall when they hit high school (they’re all guys). My dad is 5’8" and my mom is 5’5" and 1/2. Well #1, is there any chance a miracle growth spurt would happen and I would hit 5’9". Or… I’ve heard there are exercising and eating tips that can help you gain a few inches. Is it crazy? Or are there any other ideas?

Willing to try anything except surgery.
My bones ahven’t closed yet I am 5’4" my dad is 5’11".
My cousins are 6’3". Nobody in my family is short!
I just got my period last year and I am underweight naturally. But not anorexic.
THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME, MUCH APPRECIATED YOU ARE ALL WONDERFUL!!! AND HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

My hands are small but I’m taller then people who are really short and have way bigger hands then me. I’m pretty sure I’m not going to have small hands forever (maybe because I am not fully developed yet). My boobs aren’t even big (maybe because I am naturally underweight and don’t eat much?). I am 15 and got my periods last year only. My mom is shorter then me but I am a head taller then her and she has bigger hands then me.
I am 5’4" my dad is 5’11" my cousins and everybody are 6’3" but they eat heaps and the are really athletic and one of my cousins just came back from the US army troop and he increased his height by 2 inches!!! So will exercise help me grow taller?
My cousin’s parents aren’t so tall either. My parents are taller then their parents.

I am 5’4" I want to be my dads height 5’10" eventually.
My cousins are all 6’3" so I don’t see why I can’t grow any taller?
I am under weight according to my BMI but healthy and not really active (I am very lazy)
I am15 and got my period last year. I don’t think I’ve gotten a growth spurt yet because the most I’ve grown was 3 inches. Also I think which also effected me was last year in my school I never ate anything during school because I didn’t feel the need to but right now I am healthy and I am naturally under weight.

Thankyou so mcuh for your help!
Merry X-mas to all!

I am 15 and 5`10 tall, 180 weight.
I wanna get up to 6`6 how can I get to that, I know my parents are not that tall they are 5`9 and 5`2 but I have cousins of 6 feet tall or more.

I found a lot of these questions here, but please bear with me, mine is different. You see, when I was still in my mom’s womb, there was a bump inside her that prevented me from growing as a baby. And so, when I got out, I was really small. I’m 15 now, and I only stand 5 feet. My 10-year-old sister is already 5’1", and she still continues to grow. I’m not happy with my height, especially because everyone in the family is really tall. My parents, cousins, and other relatives. I really don’t know what to do. Is there a chance? And what should I do? Thank you in advance!
I also swim. I’m a swimmer. What else can I do?

i want to grow by 5" by the time i’m 15 (next june). i would like to know if there is any way i can do it naturally. btw i am a 5’5 boy and come from a rather short family (my extended family’s avg is about 5’4). but my cousins are relatively taller (about avg 5’7). i found this program that is supposed to help: http://gettallerforfree.googlepages.com. what do you think? btw i grew by 4-5" when i was in grade 7 (couple of years ago).
sorry, the program didn’t appear properly. this is it: http:// gettallerforfree. googlepages. com.

Ok. So I was wondering if eating white rice every day of the week affects your height? I am a 15 year old male (turned 15 two days ago), and I’m of Asian background. Ever since I was 12, and was told by a relative that white rice is completely stripped of nutrients during the processing stage, I’ve been lobbying for my parents to switch to brown rice. We did try that for a month starting from my 12th birthday, but then, one day, my mom stopped making it (my diet contains mostly rice with some side dishes – eg. meat or veggies), and abruptly switched back to white rice. When I asked her why she did that, she gave me a reply that I shouldn’t be so selfish and to think of other people as well. So, I naturally assumed that it was my grandparents who complained to her. Since they are elderly, I didn’t act like I cared. However, now that I’m fifteen and passed the major height-enhancing stage of life (12-15), I am barely 168 cm (around 5 feet 6 inches). My goal is to at least grow to be 180 cm. In my school, i’m the shortest in all my classes (including girls), and my parents keep on remarking on how tall "the handsome boy walking down the street is". My mom is 152 cm tall, and my dad 173 cm, but I found out that my genes allow me to have the potiential to reach 181 cm (All my cousins on my dad’s side are over 180 cm). But just yesterday, after coming home from a gym class and being so frustrated of my short stature (we played basketball), I once again, asked my grandfather, (who’d been trying to help me grow taller) why he had complained about the white rice and potienitally stunt my growth. He then told me that it was my sister (who is 5 years younger than me) who was the one that complained- everyone else in the family was OK with it. So now I’m majorly pissed at my sister, because if it wasn’t for her big mouth (she is honestly the most picky eater I’ve ever met), then I would have gotten the nutrients that I should have during the most crucial stages of my growing life. After we had a row (my sister and I), it was agreed that I was cooked a seperate serving of brown rice, starting tonight. However, my question is, will this do any good, since I’m already 15? (I’ve been in sports since I was little, so I know it was the food that I ate from 12-15 which affected my height). Again, my goal is 180 cm. Right now, I seriously want to punch my sister out, because it was her who caused me to have to endure this torture! And I really do want to be tall! (PS. I usually eat rice for both breakfast and dinner, with rice filling most of my bowl and a bit of meat and veggies)
Excuse me? Weight loss? I only weigh 105 lbs!

I am 15.5
Male
Height: 5’9 or a bit taller
Height at age 11-12: 4 foot ten, 13 yrs: 5’4 14 yrs:5’6-5’7
Shoe size: 12 inches
Dad: 5’11…..almost 6 ft when he was at his peak(my dad has smaller shoes than I do)
Mom: 5’3

My dad has soso genes…..he was the tallest among his siblings but he had taller uncles and granddads

My mom has tall genes……
My cousins on her side (age 16-20) are almost all 5’11-6’1……..basically I just have two cousins on her side who went under 6 ft. Tall relatives and such

I’m kinda late in my puberty…I’m just starting to get body hairs…almost none at the moment..I don’t shave yet….I have like 3 hairs on each of my arm pit…but I have pubic hairs though….no acnes………minimal leg hair…no arm hair.

My brother though didn’t get pat 5’9..he remained the same height since he was 17…..he got very sick and almost died because of lung problems caused by drinking and smoking……I’m kinda taller than him now…….he’s 21 now.

So my questions are:

1.) Could I still grow?
2.) How much, on average, do 15 year old males grow in inches before stopping?
3.) What could be my predicted height?

Ok, so I just turned 15 a few days ago (gr. 10) and I’m 5’6 without shoes on. I’m a guy btw. I want to know how tall I will grow.

My dad is 5’10 and a half. Hes 176cm tall

My mom is 5’3

My mom’s father is 6’0 and my mom’s brother is 6’0

My dad’s sisters are around 5’7-8 and my dad’s brothers are 5’11

My dad grew really late. He grew 2-3 inches when he was 18-20. I saw a picture of him, he was around 5’6 in high school.

My dad’s side cousins (who are in their 20s) are 6’6”(seriously hes tall as a freak, he also is a pro golf player), and 6’1”. I have a cousin who is the same age as me and the last time we met which was in the summer he was 1 cm taller than me.

My mom side has only one cousin and shes a girl ( if you need to know shes like 5’4 and shes 16)

So, I’m like the 4th shortest guy in my grade (theres 55 guys in my grade). And i’m the same height as a guy who’s parents are (5’7 and 5’0).

I sleep aroudn 61/2- 71/2 hours a day.

I drink choclate milk in random bursts (like 1 week i’ll drink a lot and the next week i’ll drink very little)

I’ll admit i don’t eat vegetables. my parents pampered me when i was a kid so they never made me eat my vegetables and now i hate vegetables. (i’m trying to start eat vegetables, like carrots and celery in my dinner (but this is still not often, I go many days without eating a single vegetable)

I am stressed. I go to a super competitive highschool and quite a few of the students sleep 6 hours a day or less. we have a lot of hw and projects and the like. (95% of our student body gets 90% or higher percentile on all sections of the SAT and PSAT)

I don’t really know why i’m so stressed about my height. it also doesn’t help that i’m one of the shortest guys in the grade and even my friends who used to be the same height as me are shooting up.

So, if you actually know how tall people grow and you can enter this data into the brain of yours just attempt to give me an estimate of how tall I will grow.

P.S. I heard basketball makes you grow taller by jumping. I don’t play basketball mainly becasue i’m so short, but i want to know if its true. If there are any suggestions that people do that help them gain height (no pills or surgery) I would appreciate it.

I am 22 years old, 5’5" tall of avg parents height.
What can I do to grow taller – medicines, exercises, devices?
My brother and a few of my cousins are tall.
I occasionally get growing pains (@ 22yrs) and the body aches like crazy.
I used to swim a lot, and am very anabolic by nature.

Please advise.

I’m 15, and only 4"11. Will I grow any taller? Any way to become taller without the silly shoes, and height increasing scams? Anything that works?

My mom is 5, and my dad is 5’6. But most of my other relatives are around 5’3 and higher.

And any estimate on how many inches I’m still going to gain?

And if it helps, I’m filipino.
Lol. I love heels. I mean like those kimi shoes, and shoe height increasers.

My mom is the shortest in her family. Most females in my mom’s family are 5"3 and some 5"7 there and the males are pretty average/tall 5"8+ and so. My 1st cousin is 6"4. My dad’s side is pretty average 5"6-5"9, but most of my female 1st cousins from his side is like 5 to 5"2.

I am so sick of being 163cm and looking at my perfect 5’9" model like friends chins and shoulders. I eat a lot of food, lots of protein, carbohydrate and calcium. I am a tad underweight, but thats how I am naturally, I haven’t grown in a year either. My father is tall but my mum is short. A lot of my cousins are really tall, were talking 6’5". My brother is 6’4". I hear that you have to be in a deep sleep at the time 11pm-2am at night bcuz thats when you grow, it’s a bit hard for me when I get into bed at 9pm and lay there for hours as I find it impossible to go to sleep. I usually doze off around midnight. I’ve been doing stretches for a year and increased my calcium and protein, but it’s not working. I don’t really want to take any of them hormones or anything, should I talk to my doctor?

I want to grow 3-4 inches I’m 5’6" and 17 years old and I want to grow taller but Naturally is there any way I can grow by stretching or eating certain foods? My little brother is 5’9" and 14 years old and my cousins are all around 5’10"- 6’0" I stoped growing since I was 11 I’ve been 5’6" since then and I don’t know why I stoped growing. Is there still a chance for me to get a growth spurth? I haven’t had one yet, Well i don’t think I have since i haven’t grown in 6 years.

Im maybe 5`1 and 13 years old. I know its about average for that age, but I wanna grow to maximum growth(Alot of my cousins/grandfathers are around 6`4,6`5). Are there any tips I can grow 100% naturaully to reach my potential height?

I’m 15 year old girl going on 16 and about 5’6" weighing at around 117.
My mom is about 5’5" and my dad is 5’11"
My family on my mom’s side however is pretty tall. My aunt’s are all around 5’6" – 5’7" and my cousins are 5’8" and over.
I drink a lot of milk (pretty much a glass or two everyday) and I try to eat healthy. I’m also really active–I run and play volleyball.
How much taller will I get or how can I increase my chances to continue growing?