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Will HGH make me taller?

I am 18 years old and I am only about 5 foot 6. I'm thinking of taking Human Growth Hormone to see if I can gain an inch or two. It really sucks being this short. Can anyone tell me the side effects that are to be expected. And if anyone can speak from experience, what product did you use and how were the results?

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1. My advice is not to take medication but exercises and it is your heredity that comes along.
2. Human growth hormones are nothing to play around with. At 18, you still have some growing years to go. However, my husband is not quite 5'7"..and I wouldn't have him any other way. You are NOT too short...for most of us girls, you are JUST RIGHT ("average" females are 5'5" to 5'6" (which is what I am)...) Wait a few years before trying something like this...you'll be glad you waited...
3. Unfortunately, no, there are none that work. Nothing can force your body to grow taller than your DNA says you will. There are some things that can take away from your potential height (including smoking, drugs, caffeine, etc), so as long as you stay away from those and have a healthy diet, you should grow as tall as you're supposed to. Besides all that, your growing age normally peaks around 20 years old, so since you're younger than that, you've got plenty of time to finish growing and any HGH pills (or other "artificial growth" products) can actually be detrimental to your height and/or health. The only thing that actually would work would be a risky, expensive, and very painful surgery where they cut your leg in half (no joke), add a few spacers, then let your body heal. It's most common in China where height has a bigger impact in certain jobs. Over the course of a year or two, they could add an inch or so to your leg... but I don't think it would be worth the pain and price myself. However, if they are insoles, those will help to boost your height because they are adding the height, not making you grow taller. Besides all that, I'm 6 feet tall and all the girls I've ever dated have been shorter... it makes it tough to kiss them if you're more than a few inches taller than them. ;-) Good luck and I hope I helped!
4. Norditropin (HGH injection) is almost $1500 a week's worth, and even then you have to get a prescription and at 5' 6" you might be able too but not likely, and you have to have really good insurance to get it because it costs so much. I was almost 15 when i started taking it and was about 4' 9" and i'm 16 now and i'm 5'2 i've been taking it for a year and have grown 5 inches, also i have grown a 6 pack and muscles without working out, it's pretty crazy, however once you start taking it you start getting super sleepy all the time, I can sleep 16 hours a day easily, it's overwhelming, and your appetite will be ridiculous, and you will crave milk like water, i never liked milk but when i started HGH i just started drinking by the gallon, also my muscles quiver all the time and my joints hurt, I have to take the injection once a day 6 times a week but it's really not that bad, the needle is only about a 1/4 of an inch long so it doesnt hurt that bad