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Height issue

2015-10-13 15:02:56
My height is too short. So u have any medicine which help me to increase my height without any side effect. My current height is 4foot 8 Inches
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sorry no medicine can do that. you have to go for surgical limb lengthening procedure. this has side effects attached and takes time and there is a limit to which u can increase.

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