Important Clarification (Growth)

I'm 5'7, my dad is 5'5 and my mom is 5'2. I read the chart of Man in this web. I saw the signs of underarm hairs and leg hairs before you have your growth spurt. I not experience any rapid growth in height and I have leg hairs now and have just recently develop underarm hairs. So is it that I going to have my growth spurt soon?

Tibor’s reply

It is possible you will experience it soon. The chart is an average; it tells you, what normally happens
during that period. Take it as a guide.
However, there are always exceptions. And because of that it is difficult to predict.

The only bet would be to see a doctor who can quite reasonable estimate if your growth had ended
from X-rays. But even him can’t tell you how much you will grow.

Growth is predetermined mostly by genes. That means you inherit it from your parents.
And you are already taller than any of them.

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Important Clarification (Growth)

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Help me please
by: ron

Help me please

Help me please; I wanna know how tall, I will be. My height is 4'11 or 150 cm, my dad is 157 cm or 5'2 and my mom is 147 cm or 4'10.I have an elder brother who is 20 years old and he is around 160-162 cm....I am 15 years and 7 months old.

I want to know how tall will I be, Help :(( my ideal height is 180 cm, 170 cm is ok but I must be at least 165 cm. Do you guys think I can reach this height??

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Growth is hereditary. Your parents are not tall and it is unlikely (but possible) you would get taller.
One thing you need to remember, and that is for anyone else reading this: No human being knows how much you will grow. It is not possible to give you a figure. Only to guess it.

And any guess is as good as lotto numbers. You need to wait and see what will happen.

So the answer is: you may reach your desired height. But nobody really knows. No doctor, no scientists, not me and not others.

Read also this about growth (opens new window)

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