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Height issue

2017-08-09 08:58:44
Hello doc, I am 18 years old and I m 5'5 ,should I refer to some endocrinologist for hormone injection?...my height hasnet increased from past 3 years and my maternal uncles height is 5'6 and my fathers is 5'4.Please help me. Thank you.
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Your target height depends on the average height of your parents. It seems you have achieved the same. Moreover after the age of 18 years there is no chance of increasing height because bones can not grow any more. You should not take any hormone treatment for the same.

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