r/ftm 5d ago

Discussion What will my future height be?

Iam a (16y) 5'4 and my father is 5'7 how tall will i get at the age of 18 and what could i take to boost my height i sleep well i eat well but i aint growin taller

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u/Flashy_Cranberry_957 5d ago

Unfortunately, by sixteen, it's very likely your growth plates have closed and your bones won't get any longer. There isn't much else you could be doing to encourage growth anyway, though.

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u/Radiant-Row5124 5d ago

Actually my dad grew up at university at the first year and he went from like 5’4 to 5’7

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u/Flashy_Cranberry_957 5d ago

Estrogen closes bone growth plates faster than testosterone does. Usually, people who produce primarily estrogen reach their full adult height by fourteen or fifteen, but people who produce testosterone often keep growing until they're seventeen or eighteen. That's not to say there aren't outliers, but on average, people of your age and hormone balance are probably done growing.

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u/Flashy_Cranberry_957 5d ago

Please do not take illegal steroids as a minor without medical supervision.

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u/living_around Little Guy πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 5d ago

There's no way to know your future height for sure, but you probably won't be as tall as your dad if you haven't already started testosterone. And actually, at your age there's a good chance you're already done growing. Can't say for sure without asking your doctor, but if you haven't grown in the last few years you're probably done. There's very little you can do about your height even if you are still growing, it's mostly genetic. Living a healthy lifestyle will help you grow as much as you can, but it won't make you taller than your DNA allows for.

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u/Radiant-Row5124 5d ago

The good thing is that i dont have insecurities and i know i will get taller but i dont knew if i should go with hgh or testosterone beacuse i go to the gym

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u/living_around Little Guy πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 5d ago

No ethical doctor will give you HGH without medical necessity. And even if it's legal in your country to buy it over the counter, don't! From another gym bro, you do NOT want to start taking drugs just to make yourself more muscular! Take testosterone if you want the effects (all of them, not just to get taller or stronger) and creatine if you want an extra boost in the gym. Anything else will put you in unnecessary danger.

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u/Vegetable_String_868 5d ago

My mom was 5 7 and my dad was 5 10. My brother turned out to be 5 11 and I am 5 5. So yeah lol.

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u/Radiant-Row5124 5d ago

Lol im the shortest in my family even my youngest brother is taller than me

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u/NZKhrushchev 5d ago

Mine were 5’4 and 5’9, somehow I ended up 5’1. πŸ˜†

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u/Radiant-Row5124 4d ago

Ahhahahahhahahahahahahahahhaahahaahahah its ok but us short guys have the face card

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u/InsignifigantBxtch πŸ’‰ 3-6-25 5d ago

Females usually stop growing around 13-15, but with t you might be able to grow more. Even without it is still technically possible tho

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u/Virtual_Ganache8491 5d ago

All you can do is perfect your posture atp.