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About my knee x-rays growth plates..
Iam 16 years 3 months (male)and my height is 5'10 and my father is 5'11 and mom is 5'5-5'6.I started puberty around 12 years..
I will attach my right knee xray can you guess how much more growth is left of possible..can I know how many years of growth is left...
Thanks..
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Knee growth plates usually fuse around the age of 18 yrs.
You have an other 2 yrs to grow in height.
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Males usually grow till the age of 21 years. Just by seeing growth plate on xray it is not possible to predict your final growth.
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