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Have you tried a height increasing program for your legs, did it work, how fast?



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Well, I haven't tried it myself but I watched a show about a height-increasing program for little people, where their legs are surgically broken, then braces attached and continually lengthened, which forces the bone to grow as it tries to heal. It take at least a year.
I've never see a "height increasing program" of any sort. Anyone who would tell you of such is trying to sell you something. Your height is determined by your genetics.

Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that results from too much growth hormone (GH) in the body. The pituitary, a small gland in the brain, makes GH. In acromegaly, the pituitary produces excessive amounts of GH. Usually the excess GH comes from benign, or noncancerous, tumors on the pituitary. These benign tumors are called adenomas.


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When GH-producing tumors occur in childhood, the disease that results is called gigantism rather than acromegaly. A child’s height is determined by the length of the so-called long bones in the legs. In response to GH, these bones grow in length at the growth plates—areas near either end of the bone. Growth plates fuse after puberty, so the excessive GH production in adults does not result in increased height. However, prolonged exposure to excess GH before the growth plates fuse causes increased growth of the long bones and thus increased height.