When Do Girls Stop Growing Taller

26 Mar


When Do Girls Stop GrowingWhen do girls stop growing taller? This question and many more are answered in this article.


It is a common concern among younger girls. How tall will I be, and when will I stop growing? These are perfectly valid questions, and very answerable. However, you should know that height is not nearly as important as it is made out to be, especially for women. Most of the social pressures are aimed at men, so if you are a girl, you can easily dodge that bullet.


So when do girls stop growing taller? The most common time for a girl to stop growing, height wise, is when the puberty stage of their life ends. At this crossroad, your genes and hormones have hit a wall, and most girls plateau at this stage. About two to three years after a girls first period is when she will probably stop gaining height. These two or three years after the first period most often render an inch or two per year.


There exist many hereditary links between your parent’s height and your height. Although this is not something that is true for everyone, it is safe to say that if your mother and father are both short, you can expect to be short as well. There exist many different conditions including kidney issues, hormone problems, and many others that negative affect your body’s ability to grow taller. If your family is short and you think you are going to be short, try not to panic. There are a few things you can do to gain a minimal amount of height if you absolutely feel the need to.


If you do not eat right, you can expect to see your height growth stymied at an earlier point in your life, usually right after puberty. Therefore, it is very important that you eat a balanced diet, and one that is full of things to improve your overall health. Foods that interact positively with hormones and bone growth, like vegetables and milk, are highly recommended if you are interested in growing to your maximum potential.


Staying active is a huge part of growing as tall as you can as well.  However, if you are less active and a bit stagnant, you can benefit greatly by doing some stretches. Focus on stretches and exercises that target your spine, but do not neglect other parts of your body.

The idea is to get strong muscles that can improve your posture and allow you to appear taller, while simultaneously decompressing your spine and filling the cartilage discs between your vertebrae fill up and expand.


Even though most girls stop growing at around the same age, it is worth noting that there is a difference between actual age and your bone’s age. You can go to a medical institution and have an x-ray done of some bones in your body. This test will show how the bone age relates to the girl’s age, and for some people, your bones may age at a much less rapid pace and cause you to grow years and years after your first period.

The Bottom Line

Even though growth mostly stops a few years after adolescence, most women will continue growing very minor amounts well into their twenties. The amount is negligible, but it is worth noting. If you are genuinely concerned with your height and you feel you have stopped growing, do not lose all hope. You might very well gain another inch before you turn thirty.

However, if you would like to maximize your height while still growing or grow a few inches even after you have stopped growing, you should try doing some stretching exercises.  Even though it is said these exercises makes you grow a few inches, in actual fact, you become taller by stretching your back – hence you did not grow taller but ‘became’ taller.  These exercises also release growth hormones that will maximize your height if you are still in your growth period.



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