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Lisagreyhound t1_iu36lyq wrote

Reply to comment by ImAScientistToo in If Robert waldow became so tall because of an excess of hgh, then why does taking hgh not make you taller? by Komoasks

I was put on the pill in my early teens by an endocrinologist to reduce my height by making my growth plates fuse earlier. I would get X-rays of my wrist to check the growth plate. I was going to be at least 6 foot 1. I am 5 foot 11.

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tony787720 t1_iu36zfw wrote

Why on Earth did you not want to be 6’1??

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Sable-Keech t1_iu37t03 wrote

Maybe it would’ve been too late to stop the growth by the time he was 6’1”.

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Lisagreyhound t1_iu3cfuv wrote

*she

It was AT LEAST 6 foot 1 but could be heaps more. This was back in the 80s and my growth trajectory was off the chart. Like above the 100 percentile, so in guesstimate territory.

In those days I was super skinny and could not find clothes that fit. So the idea of not being able to shop in normal shops was a major motivator. These days it wouldn’t be an issue.

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nhorning t1_iu458qn wrote

I remember in the 80's there was somehow a public discussion being had about whether men would date tall women. Now it seems like it's entirely about whether women will date short men.

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Lisagreyhound t1_iu6whqa wrote

Yes. I had forgot this point. I know it shouldn’t matter but it did / does to me.

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clinkzs t1_iu45mvx wrote

For how long were you still growing after your first period ?

I have female cousins who are over 1.80m and they all only grew taller for around 2 years (13-15)

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gwaydms t1_iu57n54 wrote

I (f) was 5'5 (165 cm) at 15. By the time I graduated, a month before I turned 18, I was 5'7 (170.2 cm). Over the summer, before starting college, I grew about another ½" to be 171.5 cm. So YMMV.

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Lisagreyhound t1_iu6wa21 wrote

They had been measuring my growth since I was about 8, I think. So by the time I was in year 7 they had been tracking my growth for a few years. I went on the pill then (told no one at school what I was on).

I would have been fine with 6ft 1. It was the risk that it could be a lot higher that made me take the drug. It was a risk reduction exercise.

I think it’s a blunt instrument. So I’m a little shorter than perhaps I’d like, but that is the price I paid to reduce the risk.

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