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Ok, well, i'm 5'2.5 , and i'm 16, so i was wondering, at what age do girls stop growing? I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to reach 5'4, and i'll be gutted if I don't grow taller.
So ye, what age do girls stop growing, and also, are there any ways that you can speed up growth???
any help will get props :)
 pumpkinpie99 posted over a year ago
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Olivine said:
Growing usually stops at ~18 years, although there's still some growing until the age of ~24, but that's so small you can almost ignore it I think.
How tall you get also depends much on your genetics-so on your parents. If you want a prognosis of how tall you will be :(all in cm!!so you have to convert if you dont use cm) height of your mother + height of your father -> then divide by 2 and then for girls minus 6cm (for boys +6 cm)
standard degression of your result= 8,5 cm

how to speed up growth...no idea..i just know that you have to eat, being anorexic would be contra-productive but i think that's obvious...

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wow awesome answer thanx so much :)
pumpkinpie99 posted over a year ago
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Greetings. Have a quick question. Is there biological reason why dogs live much shorter than humans? Answers it is natural will not be accepted :-) Thank you.
andrew867 posted over a year ago
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