• Question: will it ever be possible to make someone taller or shorter via drugs or other medical methods?

    Asked by anon-177608 to Helen, Andrew on 19 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Helen Littler

      Helen Littler answered on 19 Jun 2018:


      Yes we do so already. My nephew doesn’t produce the hormones to make him grow, so he has to inject them everyday and will have to until he is 21.

      There is a surgical method as well and it is a bit gruesome. They can make people taller by making their legs longer. They break your leg bones and stretch your legs slowly. As your bone starts to grow back, they make the gap bigger. The keep adjusting this gap until your legs are the desired length. It is very painful!

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