puberty
A number of experts have warned against the use of lengthening courses after puberty, despite the widespread promotion of its results and the testimonies of some users.
The head of the orthopedic department at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Makkah, Dr. Abdul-Zahir Saati, stressed the harm of using modern lengthening methods, especially after puberty, because the two bones responsible for growth close between the ages of 15 to 17 years of human life and can only be lengthened by surgery, noting that The process of lengthening the stature is either at the top of the shin bone or at the end of the thigh bone, where the bone responsible for growth is concentrated, in which one of these two bones must be broken, and the bone skewer that is inside it is gradually lengthened every day by 1 mm only, then a device is placed to help the bone growth for a period 6 weeks, and after confirming the success of the operation, the device is removed and the patient is placed in a splint until the fracture heals.
Saati said: The lengthening courses and machines only benefit children in the growth age, in addition to growth hormone drugs that must be given to the child by a specialized endocrinology consultant because dispensing them without consultation leads to collateral damage.
And the recent period has witnessed the spread of accounts through social media channels, specialized in lengthening the height of adults between 5 to 10 cm within a short period after following a diet and using machines that help lengthening, and according to the owner of one of these accounts, these courses are a book sold for those wishing to Participation within the program is divided into 3 parts, the first part of which contains general advice on lengthening, the second part contains a diet with divided meals and specific for 8 weeks, and the last is dedicated to exercise, pointing out that the results of the program appear during the fifth week of the program.
In turn, one of the users of the lengthening system, Reham Badr, said: I started using the lengthening course after I gave up on the possibility of increasing my height, especially since I reached the age of 34, but while reading about methods for increasing height, I decided to go through the experiment and bought the book and started using the program specified in it, and after the end of the third week, I discovered an increase I am 4 cm tall, but I noticed that the diet in the program caused me to gain weight.
