When Do We Stop Growing Taller?

Can we grow taller after puberty? This is one question which is frequently asked by everyone. Increasing height after puberty is quite unachievable to some of us, no matter how hard we stretch, how well we eat, we cannot add even a millimeter to our vertical heights.

Here’s the answer to the question “How do we grow taller and when do we stop growing taller”:

What are the Factors that Determine Height?

We got to understand that the majority of our height is predetermined by genetics. Scientists anticipate that 60% to 80% of our height is determined by genes. However, not having the “tall gene” is not to say that we can’t grow tall, it just means that having shorter parents, we are more likely to be on the short side.

Apart from genetics, the remaining 20% to 40% difference in height is attributed to environmental factors, mainly nutrition which plays a key role.

So by summarizing, height is determined by the combination of two factors:

Genetics + Environment

The Growth Spurts

Hands and the feet are the first to expand. The first sign we encounter while experiencing growth spurts, is the need of new shoes. Growth spurt implies to the rapid rise in height and weight in the first year of life and during the puberty period. Growth spurts can occur other times too, though the signs are very less obvious and visible. Normally experienced during adolescence, it has been scientifically proven that our body may keep on growing after the period of growth spurts. Most times, we stop growing after the growth spurt period or say after puberty.

The Human Growth Hormone

The human growth hormone or HGH is responsible for the growth of our body. It’s produced naturally in our bodies, mostly during the first couple of hours of deep or slow wave sleep and after exercise. Getting sound sleep and stretching exercises encourage the release of human growth hormones. The human growth hormone is high during the period of adolescence, but it remains minimum after puberty.

Finally, When Do We Stop Growing Taller?

Apparently, we are genetically set to stop growing taller after the period of puberty. Puberty usually ends its purpose of growth at the average age of 16 years for girls and 18 years for boys. This is exactly the time when the combined factors such as: Genetics + Environment + Hormones reach their peak point.

There are plenty of obstacles and it’s quite hard to achieve taller height after the period of puberty, though not impossible. We most likely fail to increase our heights with exercising and tend to give up after a couple of months.

In such scenario, elevator shoes are the best alternative we can opt for.