Height Prediction is BS

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Quote from: Uppland on December 23, 2014, 09:48:29 AMFeel bad just reading this, technology should have made it possible to influence growth by now. It is just so inherently unfair that some people grow up to be unattractive (or downright ugly), short, disabled or such and it's even worse that it happens so early in life. It really deals a hard blow when we're the most vulnerable.

It may not be possible to grow naturally taller after puberty. There's always a price to pay for toying with the anatomy of your body. I am hopeful for an alternative to LL but I don't think it will be available in my lifetime.

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Exactly, I was supposed to be 187 cm, and let me be the first to tell you that I am not 187 cm. I'm about 18 cm short of that.

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on December 23, 2014, 07:11:44 PMExactly, I was supposed to be 187 cm, and let me be the first to tell you that I am not 187 cm. I'm about 18 cm short of that.

if your parents were more strict and made you eat well and sleep properly you could have been 6'0+, just to show how things can turn later in life

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Quote from: Hallijah on December 23, 2014, 07:48:48 PMif your parents were more strict and made you eat well and sleep properly you could have been 6'0+, just to show how things can turn later in life

Hmmm. I don't if he did he stunted his growth by that much. Maybe an inch or two but I doubt it.
I wear size 14 US so I probably stunted at least "2 most likely 3"-4".

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Quote from: Hallijah on December 23, 2014, 07:48:48 PMif your parents were more strict and made you eat well and sleep properly you could have been 6'0+, just to show how things can turn later in life

I'm just going to assume that you are ignorant.

Anyone growing up in a middle-class American family, short of drugs or massive famine, will grow up to reach their genetically-determined height.

I simply experienced precocious puberty, which stunts growth by several inches--in my case about eight inches.

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Quote from: ReadRothbard on December 23, 2014, 09:59:06 PMI'm just going to assume that you are ignorant.

Anyone growing up in a middle-class American family, short of drugs or massive famine, will grow up to reach their genetically-determined height.

I simply experienced precocious puberty, which stunts growth by several inches--in my case about eight inches.

good to know I'm wrong, I assumed the worst scenario possible, like smoking/not sleeping or eating well

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Quote from: Hallijah on December 23, 2014, 10:37:30 PMgood to know I'm wrong, I assumed the worst scenario possible, like smoking/not sleeping or eating well

Yeah, sorry for freaking out on you. That was rude of me.

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How does experiencing puberty stunt ones growth? I don't understand.

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Quote from: Ajax2thousand20 on December 23, 2014, 11:33:53 PMHow does experiencing puberty stunt ones growth? I don't understand.

Very earlier puberty, such as before nine years old in boys, can stunt growth. As to why, I'm not so sure. Normal puberty, starting at around 10-11, does not stunt growth.

Case in point: I started growing facial hair when I was 9-years old. I had a mustache and beard when I was 12. I was one of the tallest kids in my class between 4-7th grades (not that it helped me with the opposite sex; I was socially awkward due to Aspergers and shunned organized sports, as I thought they were silly and juvenile). When I turned 13, I was 5'6 (168 cm) and fully-developed in every way.

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Interesting. I had early puberty as well which probably stunted my growth but grew several inches until I was late 15 or early 16 (allthough it's super common to finish growing around that age.)
I was predicted to be 6'4" and probably would be if I didn't have an early growth spurt. Had one around 8 then 10 then 12 and then 14. I grew an inch somewhere after 15 but don't know when and that was it. I don't know if I'll aim for 6'4" though because at my sitting height most guys with natural growth (allthough there are some rare exceptions) are usually 6'0"-6'2" 6'3" Max.