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What age did you stop growing?

  • 09-10-2011 12:29pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭


    No, not down there.

    I'm 18 next month and I'm 5"10' and a half. Basically I'm wondering what age did yous stop growing? Will I break 6 foot? Could I be taller than that? I heard of people growning huge amount , like 5 or 6 inches, between the ages of 17 and 21. So I'm just wondering what height could I end up?
    Would 6"2' be completely out of the question? My Dad's 6"1 and a half and I always wanted to be taller than him.

    I heard different things. I heard 21,19,18 and I even heard that you know you've stopped growing when your beard grows at its fastest.
    Cheers

    edit: also, will my hands, feet etc keep growing too


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    Still havent stopped. Stopped growing upwards at 18 or so, its all been sideways since.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    Doubt you'll get much taller buddy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I say I was 12 or 13. I am girl mind. If not might have been 10 or 11. So explains my petiteness. I'm 26 now. Roughly 4"10-5"1.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    I think the updated average age for males is 21.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    I stopped at around 20-21. I was 5"10' at about 16 and it took about another 4 years to get next 2 inches. I starting filling out at 14 and my shoulders kept getting wider till about 22 though.

    My younger brother stopped at about 18 and he is 5"9'-5"10'.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 266 ✭✭finty


    Medics use a calculation to work out genetic potential

    ( your dads height + you mams height + 12.5cm)/2

    although its a pretty rough estimate


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,261 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Think I was about 18 when I stopped growing in terms of height.
    Hit 6"2 around then.

    Kept growing in my shoulders and chest till about 21, after that it was from exercise and working out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    finty wrote: »
    Medics use a calculation to work out genetic potential

    ( your dads height + you mams height + 12.5cm)/2

    although its a pretty rough estimate

    Yeah I heard Dad's height +( Mam's height + 6 inches) /2
    My Da's 6ft1 and Ma would be 6ft 1 with the extra bit added on......So here's hoping for 6ft1


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,031 ✭✭✭Cravez


    I had my growth spurt very early, by 4th class in primary school I was already the same height or even taller than some adults. Looked like a huge manchild in class. Hit the 6'1 in the mid teens and then after that I just stopped growing taller


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 blackie4


    Try this site: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=536180 for info on growing. There's a number of different factors including height of parents, diet, etc., but I think males can keep growing until 20-22 although it's probably at a slower rate at that point.
    BOHtox wrote: »
    No, not down there.

    I'm 18 next month and I'm 5"10' and a half. Basically I'm wondering what age did yous stop growing? Will I break 6 foot? Could I be taller than that? I heard of people growning huge amount , like 5 or 6 inches, between the ages of 17 and 21. So I'm just wondering what height could I end up?
    Would 6"2' be completely out of the question? My Dad's 6"1 and a half and I always wanted to be taller than him.

    I heard different things. I heard 21,19,18 and I even heard that you know you've stopped growing when your beard grows at its fastest.
    Cheers

    edit: also, will my hands, feet etc keep growing too


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Think finished completely at 16. i was one of the bigger kids, then I just stopped and everyone passed me out :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,460 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    I am 6ft 1ins 1/2(if you want be really precise) but felt I could have been maybe least inch or two more, but happy with height all same.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    I think 18 for me height wise anyway. I remember going through a massive growth spurt around 16/17. The pains I used to get in my legs.
    I suppose you kind of fill out the for a few years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    I presume Calcium would be a decent bet. If I drink loads of that I presume it would have some effect.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    I hit 6ft 1 at 15 and have not grown since. I'm 25 now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    I hit 6"1 when I was 14 :eek: and that was the end of it height wise. I didn't fill out until I was 18-19 or so though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 642 ✭✭✭Contessa Raven


    Another girl here. I stopped growing at around 14 or so. I'm 5 foot 2 inches. Taller than my mam though! She's only 5 foot. My dad is 6 foot. I always wondered why I ended up so short. :confused:
    Guys grow for ages after girls stop. It's not fair! :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Daftendirekt


    If you're lucky (or unlucky, depending on how tall you'd like to be!), you've got a couple more years to go. Impossible to say for sure though, it varies from person to person.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭Mackman


    Im 5'9". I stopped around 14 or 15 i think. Interestingly it was around the time i started smoking :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,477 ✭✭✭✭Raze_them_all


    16-17, 6ft, 23 now.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭Dohnny Jepp


    6 ft 2, stopped when when i was about 14. Would have liked to have gotten to 6 5 :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    I've been a shade under 6 ft 1 in my bare-ahs since 19.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    Probably about 14 when I hit 5'7/5'8''ish (I haven't bothered measuring myself in years, I know I'm not tall).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Probably hit 6 foot 6" somewhere between 17 and 20. Vague, but who measures their height every year? :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    the_syco wrote: »
    Probably hit 6 foot 6" somewhere between 17 and 20. Vague, but who measures their height every year? :pac:

    Hey I do it at least once a week:cool:.

    I grew around 3/4 of an inch in the last year. AFAIK you grow very slowly except for when you have a spurt. I'd take 3/4 of an inch every year until I was 21.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭newbee22


    I stopped growing when I was 14 but I'm a girl, I'm 5 ft 6, used to be tall for girls my age, now I seem small, is 24 too late to get a growth spurt I wonder!:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Stoped at about 21. Was only about 4'10-11 foot up untill the age of 16, peadiatrition said I would keep growing to about 20-21 as had the bone structure of someone a year or two younger. Made it to about 5'7.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,599 ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    I stopped early as well topping out around age 14 at 6"0


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    I think I got to 6' 1" at 16, after that it was all filling out for a few years. Sadly it's all been heading south like a slow mudslide since :(

    Anyway, nobody sweat the height, Messi needed growth hormone treatment to get him to 5' 7". It doesn't seem to have held him back so far :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    I think I got to 6' 1" at 16, after that it was all filling out for a few years. Sadly it's all been heading south like a slow mudslide since :(

    Anyway, nobody sweat the height, Messi needed growth hormone treatment to get him to 5' 7". It doesn't seem to have held him back so far :)

    You're shrinking?!?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,708 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I hit 5ft 11" at 13 and only grew 1/2" since then. I'm pissed off because I was always expected to end up around 6ft 6" with the rate I was growing, but stopped so suddenly.

    Before telling this to people, they are shocked to learn I played 2nd row for my town's U15 rugby team :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 462 ✭✭El_Drago


    I stopped growing vertically when I hit 5ft11 at 18.It has since shifted to growing sideways,which has been rather fun.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    blah blah blah the usual 'oul crap outta Duffy. Sadly it's all been heading south like a slow mudslide since
    yadda yadda
    You're shrinking?!?

    Sadly, I mean the parts that filled out have been sliding south of late :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    Sadly, I mean the parts that filled out have been sliding south of late :(

    Right, getcha :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭lanomist


    I stopped growing upwards when i was 19 at 5-8. Unfortunately my nose kept growing and shows no sign of stopping !!!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭TanG411


    I was 5' 8" at 15. Now at 19 I'm 5' 9".

    I heard you'll stop growing at 21. I'll just sit around and see what happens.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭CiaranMT


    21 now, 5"10' or so, been steadily getting taller all through the mid-to-late teen years. Was a late-ish developer myself so wouldn't be surprised if I gained another cm or two.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    Well me personally when I finished in secondary school i was about your age and i was 5 7 and i am now 5 11 at 25 and my younger brother was about 5 8 and hes is now 6 1, So id say there is a chance youll get bigger but saying that, That was our growth spurt we never had when we were in school:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭theavenger


    5 11" at age 13. Played senior gaa at the same age. Had to bring my birth cert to football matches as a child. I'm still the same height :-(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    16/17


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    Today I turned 5 11 at the ripe age of 18 years and 21 days. (November 25th)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭Amy33


    I stopped growing at 11, I'm 5'4".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭finipops


    Around 21 for me i think. I'm 5ft 9in but i say i would have been a big bigger if i hadn't smoked for a while during my teen years.(Glad i'm off them now)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭canonball5


    I was around 21-22 when i stopped. I'm 6'6


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    20ish


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 dancoxkilc


    Early 20's but everyone's different. I don't see why its a major concern you are the height you are. Is penis size related to height i wonder. Is that what you are getting at here? (Im not trying to be a a-hole im seriously just wondering)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭omg a kitty


    I was 6 foot at 14(is that a new record? :D)
    15 now..I think I stopped growing(taller), havent changed for 6 months


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    I was 6 foot at 14(is that a new record? :D)
    15 now..I think I stopped growing(taller), havent changed for 6 months

    I don't want to rain on your parade, but I know of a 6' 4" 12 year old. Size 15 feet too. Back in your box shorty :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭omg a kitty


    I don't want to rain on your parade, but I know of a 6' 4" 12 year old. Size 15 feet too. Back in your box shorty :pac:

    God damn you :(
    But dayuumm
    How quick did he grow? I know someone who grew like 5 inches in a few months and had to get some surgery and cant play football or anything now


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    In second year when I was 14 and even third year I was one of the shortest in the year. Eventually I got to 6 foot 2. Was 15-16 before the first growth spurt and didn't hit 6 foot til I was 20. Always had the big build though and I'd say I stopped growing just about when I turned 21.


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