How effective is HGH really when used early?

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Quote from: Mulholland Dr on January 18, 2022, 10:19:55 AMYou went to 2 doctors and was measured as 2 totally different heights just a few months apart? It is not that complicated just go for the doctor who measured you shorter and if you did grow just within a few months, you can get measured as a higher number under the hand of that doctor and I think you are supposed to give it a try.

There's a reason why I didn't go to the original doctor, he wasn't giving me a referral for an endocrinologist. So I went to another doctor and tried to get the referral. Endocrinologist explained why I can't get HGH.

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Quote from: Audous on January 18, 2022, 10:24:19 AMThere's a reason why I didn't go to the original doctor, he wasn't giving me a referral for an endocrinologist. So I went to another doctor and tried to get the referral. Endocrinologist explained why I can't get HGH.
I edited my reply, sorry. I think it was just that you were measured by different kinds of measuring tools, instead of the fact that you did really grow(or 164cm was not correct)cuz there is no way to grow any taller after growth plates are fused and its a solid medical truth.
For me, 162cm was measured all the same with both stadiometers and tapes. But my mother measured my height as 163cm at night(I had waken up for more than 7 hours so that could make sense) and except her, I or my school medical staff measured my height around 162cm, all barefoot.

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Quote from: Mulholland Dr on January 18, 2022, 10:28:58 AMI edited my reply, sorry. I think it was just that you were measured by different kinds of measuring tools, instead of the fact that you did really grow(or 164cm was not correct)cuz there is no way to grow any taller after growth plates are fused and its a solid medical truth.
For me, 162cm was measured all the same with both stadiometers and tapes. But my mother measured my height as 163cm at night(I had waken up for more than 7 hours so that could make sense) and except her, I or my school medical staff measured my height around 162cm, all barefoot.

I can go again to recheck, not really bothered though since everyone around me thinks I'm telling the truth about my height, some people even overestimate.

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Quote from: Audous on January 18, 2022, 10:35:34 AMI can go again to recheck, not really bothered though since everyone around me thinks I'm telling the truth about my height, some people even overestimate.
You mean they believe in you really having got taller? Then that's 2 strange it is a very unscientific case growing taller after growth plates are fused..

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Quote from: Mulholland Dr on January 18, 2022, 10:51:23 AMYou mean they believe in you really having got taller? Then that's 2 strange it is a very unscientific case growing taller after growth plates are fused..

No I didn't ask them whether I grew taller, I just asked them what they think my height is, responses were around 170

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Quote from: Audous on January 18, 2022, 10:59:11 AMNo I didn't ask them whether I grew taller, I just asked them what they think my height is, responses were around 170
Good. Then you can be considered as solid 176cm and even taller by others after LL.

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Quote from: Mulholland Dr on January 18, 2022, 11:03:28 AMGood. Then you can be considered as solid 176cm and even taller by others after LL.

Yes, hopefully Precise/Stryde in the US with Dr Mahboubian.

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Quote from: Itsme on January 17, 2022, 09:45:01 AMAssuming the parents/doctors realize the child will be below average stature, say 5'4"/163cm. How many inches/cm can you really expect from HGH when you start early? How long does it have to be taken?
Does anyone have any relevant information here?

Cheers


It's very variable. Many times, people just don't respond to supplementary GH, it's like the endocrine system "detects" an artificial input and just "balances" it, reducing production of natural GH.
In other cases it depends on for how long GH is taken, dosis and again individual biological response.
It's very frequent to add just a few centimetres. Spectacular cases are rare. And quantity of injections and dosis is allways limited by medical reasons, to avoid secondary effects and disruption of the entire endocrine system.
Age and duration of treatment depends on the moment parents or the child start worrying and consult a doctor, on doctor evaluation, his opinion (both clinical and personal importance given to height and to the case), his knowledge about interpretation of growth charts, on the response and concerns about secondary effects and of course on height itself.
Different doctors wait more or less time for a natural growth increase before intervening and most seem to disregard prescription of GH after the end of adolescense, regardless of epifhysial plates, as response to GH is generally diminuished.