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Want To Increase Height. Suggest HGH Injection?

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Posted on Sat, 19 Oct 2013
Question: hi .....i am 20 yrs old now and my height is 164cm.and iwant grow atleast 170cm taller.is it possible ??as boys height increase upto 21.and can u suggest me an hgh injection which will surely work to increase my height?
please tell me if the hgh injection will surely help or not?can i grow my height ?plz reply fast.
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Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (25 minutes later)
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Growth hormone injections are usually given to kids with growth hormone deficiency.

A clinical trial done on two sets of children, 1st who did not receive growth hormone and the 2nd set who did use growth hormone. The final result of the clinical trial revealed that even though there was an increase in the pace of growth of height in the group that received growth hormone, the final height was same in both the groups.
With this information I suggest not to go for the growth hormone supplements to increase your height, however if you still want to you can approach an endocrinologist, they are the specialist for this particular issue.

Non medical ways to increase height would be to
1. Eat healthy nutritious food filled with fruits and vegetables
2. cardio exercises like cycling, swimming, jogging, basket ball

I hope I was of help

regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E
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Follow up: Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (42 hours later)
but u said at last after experimenting those 2 kids their final height was same.so my question is will it help me to grow my height?????
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Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (26 hours later)
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I am sorry for the short delay in my response to you

What the outcome of the research means is, children who received the growth hormone grew in height but the net outcome of their height was equal to the height that was determined by the genes

for example if you are given growth hormone you might become 176 cm in 5 months time as against 2 years which you would take if you weren't on growth hormone.

so my answer to you is yes growth hormone can help you attain your final height faster but you won't be any longer than what your genes decided you to be

I hope I was of help to you

regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E
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Want To Increase Height. Suggest HGH Injection?

Brief Answer:
Hello

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the query

Growth hormone injections are usually given to kids with growth hormone deficiency.

A clinical trial done on two sets of children, 1st who did not receive growth hormone and the 2nd set who did use growth hormone. The final result of the clinical trial revealed that even though there was an increase in the pace of growth of height in the group that received growth hormone, the final height was same in both the groups.
With this information I suggest not to go for the growth hormone supplements to increase your height, however if you still want to you can approach an endocrinologist, they are the specialist for this particular issue.

Non medical ways to increase height would be to
1. Eat healthy nutritious food filled with fruits and vegetables
2. cardio exercises like cycling, swimming, jogging, basket ball

I hope I was of help

regards