According to most experts women stop growing once we reach 21 years of age. This is the current medical opinion.

Our stature is largely a product of our genes but also of our environment. If we grow or not the maximum height in our genes is affected by our diet, exercise, posture, stress and sleeping enough and others.

This is why people in most countries are now higher than their ancestors.

Our body has hormones that determine growth. In a few cases there may be deficiency of these hormones.A doctor may order a blood test to measure these hormones if deficient can prescribe. In most people this is not the case.

Some methods of growth
The following methods are some of the most used. These methods are not accepted by most doctors because it can cause serious damage to health:

Human growth hormone. These are used in some cases. In USA some doctors have been treating the children of parents who are short and there have been success stories but do not know the long-term impact and is not a common treatment.

The human growth hormone sold in many shops but these versions have shown no effect on height especially if they are consumed by adults, are consumed for other reasons.

Amino acids. The same amino acids used by bodybuilders are consumed with the idea of increasing height. Besides not having proven results can cause health problems.

Operations. There are other controversial radical techniques used to increase height in cases of dwarfism and other conditions. One is the leg extension operation that requires painful treatments and a wheelchair for long.