Did you even try to plan some kind of routine in order to gain height or did you just basically didn't mind and just live life and just grew taller?
I fucking hate being 5'2
gg hormones
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Did you even try to plan some kind of routine in order to gain height or did you just basically didn't mind and just live life and just grew taller?
I fucking hate being 5'2
gg hormones
I'm 6ft 4 (192cm for you Americans!) and I wish I was another couple of inches taller. Height runs naturally throughout the family, kind of. My dad is just under 6ft and my mum is 5" 7 but my brothers an I are all over 6ft. It's a genetic thing, not sure exactly how you would stimulate growth, given the best part of it is done by the time you're 15 and you stop growing at about 18. So if your about that old, enjoy being 5" 2' bud :P:
how old are you? if you're under the age of 25, and you're male, then you're not done growing. i'm 6'2" by the way, and a nine inches long.
Americans use feet and inches when talking height, you silly scot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junkers
The amount you sleep you receive is the single largest predictor of how tall you will be. There will always be exceptions of course, but seeing that most growing occurs while you are sleeping, it only makes sense that they are linked.
(I'm 5'9" @ 21 years old, and I am actually an inch shorter than when I was in High School. Disappointing.)
Even if sleeping, healthy diet, and exercise helps you grow, it would not increase your maximum potential height which is all up to your genetics.
I personally don't mind being short, it just means you're grounded. Back in the day i read about possible advantages and disadvantages about "Tall vs Short". I also noticed depending on who tells the story, tall people will always say being tall is great and the short want to be tall. The things is short people have multiple advantages which Tall people just don't have.
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Athletic wise..Quote:
Also, some shorter people possess a rare genetic mutation, known as the "Methuselah gene," that seems to extend their life spans. This defect affects the way their cells use the hormone insulinlike growth factor 1. IGF1 plays a key role in childhood growth—and, more controversially, is touted by athletes and anti-aging proponents as a miracle cure that can help bulk up muscle, inhibit programmed cell death, and reduce body fat.
It comes more down to , short people are like wolverines and tall people are like bears. Which one do you really want to be? The Big Beast or the Small Vicious one?
I couldn't find the other article i read on, but it also stated that shorter are able to take more physical punishment before there body collapses then taller people. (Possible Myth)
Anyways best of luck with finding your answer.
There is a way to 'medically' stimulate growth, I know a person who has injections because their hormones did not 'fully' work as correctly as they should do, but that has been prescribed to him. I don't think there is a way to stimulate your growth naturally. I am roughly 6 foot and I'm only 15.
I stopped growing at 14. Im 5ft 4. You could always find s crazy Chinese doctor that will put implants in your spine? Or you can do what dwarfs do and break your legs and make them fuse a little bit further apart so you grow an inch.
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5'2? Thats adorable! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by HeavenlyGifted
ehhh you shouldn't let your height define you. I am sure Becca does cause she is aweshum.
Off-Topic: Americans don't follow the Metric System? Otherwise, I guess I'm not American... :scared: What have I been doing this whole time?Quote:
Originally Posted by Junkers
On-Topic: @HeavenlyGifted Yeah, height is usually more genetic than anything. I'm 6'2", but it ain't always easy being tall. You hit your head constantly, have to bend down when walking through doorways, and everyone always asks you from all the way across the house to come and get something off the shelf. At least being short allows you to fit in everything! Your knees aren't eye level with you when sitting in a small car. I hate to crush your hopes and dreams, but if you haven't grown in a while don't plan on growing more.
I've never really cared about height. I am shorter than average but no one is identical. A tall person has their defects.
I'm shorter by not much, a like two inches I suppose. I wasn't the tallest person in school but I was taller than some. Then I like shot up and nearly hit the average height.
Well in the US they don't use it, just like most other third world countries (yes you read that right). Scotland uses the metric system as well, though many are still thinking in the old idiotic ways where totally random numbers were thrown together to make absurd numbers. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Junkers
Most people stop growing around that age yes, personally I grew about 15-20cm between 14-17. Ended up at 181.
As for family, father was 180, mom around 160, oldest brother 186, other brother 172.
How did that brown stuff get on your face? Also she's a woman, there is a massive difference between men and women being short. It's nature for the man to want to be bigger and for the woman to have a bigger man, being able to protect them etc. So being short as a man is a big deal as quite a lot of woman who are taller than you are, will reject you for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lune
Right, geneticists and gender psychology experts, we've got 'em all.
Almost all your bones are completely ossified by the age of 25, don't expect to grow much taller after 18, however.
And yes, it's all about genetics, your early childhood (eg rickets), and some other random factors (eg excessive physical exercise, weight lifting) that will define your height.
There's a surgical way of lengthening the limbs (distraction osteogenesis), but, well, it's a tedious and potentially dangerous procedure. So it's usually used only when it's a serious defect, a fracture etc. It could be used for cosmetic reasons, but it's not worth it since you can gain only a few inches out of it (well, you could do it repeatedly but you'll fuck up your bones pretty bad and you'll probably be broke after the first operation).
Oh and I'm 183 centimetres tall, it can be a bit of a problem sometimes, but I am mostly comfortable with that height.
Short people are adorable, though.
Marry me.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordDemonMan
What are the dangerous outcomes of the surgery? - Just curious :P
Um, mostly infection (and resulting sepsis), and fat embolism (deadly thing, really, as deadly as sepsis).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lune
Do you actually just get taught these things or do you read this things, you are obviously some sort of wizard. Which poo's and vomits rainbows.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordDemonMan
Well, we have to prepare for classes, so it's both. Also, I can bleed rainbows too, probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lune
I did watch a program about dwarves where one of them was going for her second heightening surgery. They broke both her legs and moved them slightly further apart so that when it healed it would mean she would be an inch taller or whatever.
It's crazy what people do for even the slightest changes, sadly we live in a world where physical appearance is that important.
Talking about how important physical appearance is, Another program a woman had a chin implant. Were all subconsciously taught to look like barbies and action men.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanSSJ
Yup, there is just so much pressure from society to look certain ways. What's worse, is that in recent years it became completely acceptable to get plastic surgery.
Someone I work with is thinking about a second boob job. I get bruises from hugging her. Her first boob job didn't even make her boobs big! People are obsessed with their appearance, and when it has changed (eg plastic surgery, weight loss) people are still not happy with themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanSSJ
To be honest, its a minority which actually believe appearance is everything, and those are the ones who are the 'popular' kids at school or the ones who have parents which give them makeup at 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChewBecca
This is a very very vague argument. I know people who were not popular at school, who have had nose jobs because if their insecurities. Ones that were popular at school who have had boob jobs. Girls who have had make up since the age of 5 who have had their lips done, and girls who didn't touch makeup until their late teens who have had lipo. What do these girls have in common? Nothing. They are of different ethnicities, ages, backgrounds and areas of the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lune
As a female I am always aware of how I look. Only recently I have started to like parts of myself, and as I don't like others I feel like it is a cheat to get surgery to change these as I haven't worked for it (my issues are just fat related)
If you have a look in a womens magazine you will see they they usually contradict themselves too. One article will be able how to love the bodies they are in. Then there will be a 7 day eating plan on how to lose 2 Stone in a month. (okay maybe an exaggeration, but this does happen)
Going along this too, Models who are perfectly fine get photoshopped to hell to look un natural. Women will gaze upon these models lusting for their looks, it is NOW that you can bring your argument, except it is the minority who will go the extreme measures of altering their looks to try and achieve this fake perfection.
Yes and no. So no people don't believe appearance is everything, the only time that's true, is when you just see someone walking by etc, because the outside is all you see. But that's also where it gets tricky. The outside is the first you see, while we all have a different view of physical beauty, the fact is that we are attracted to those that fit what you believe to be attractive. So personality etc plays no role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lune
When someone is insecure, getting positive attention is definitely a plus. Now you can be the nicest person, but how many people are gonna walk upto a girl and say "damn girl, you are stunning" or whatever, well only those who think you are attractive. So when you're not, that's gonna make your self-esteem go to absolute zero.
Obviously there is much more pressure on women than on men, our society is focussed mostly on the beauty of women. Still that doesn't mean men don't get insecure. If you are trying to pick up a girl that you find physically attractive, yet you are not, you will get rejected a lot, causing your insecurity to grow and eventually you are too scared to ask a girl out.
Simple fact is that in life we want to fit in, even people who claim to not want to fit in, want to fit in. Emo's hanging out with emo's and than saying they don't want to be different, are proof that they don't actually want to be different, they want to rebel, or feel like they don't fit in with certain groups. But in the end we all want to fit in somewhere. Our outside decides a lot of that, it decides how popular you are yes, how easily you can get into a relationship etc etc. But it's also definitely about how you feel about yourself.
In the end the majority cares a lot about appearance, however luckily most do not choose surgery to change it, but trust me, finding a woman below 30-35 who's truly secure about how she looks, is pretty much impossible, even if she says she secure, trust me that nose that's a little bend, or those lips who are just not full enough, those breasts who should just be a size bigger etc etc.
This is also why they keep using make-up, it's why so many women buy bra's that push them up, fill them up etc, just to make them appear more feminine.
Insecurity dominates us, and I would say that physical appearance is the number 1 reason.
5' 8" and I don't give a damn.
And what's your height?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flameingskull
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That's not nice to say about his width!
5' 8". I'm symetrical ^_^Quote:
Originally Posted by ChewBecca
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Originally Posted by GohanSSJ
Fixed.