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As often as the question “can I grow taller after puberty?” is asked, it is more often that the question isn’t asked at all, as many believe they already know the answer, due to the widespread misconception that you can’t grow after puberty. This is of course incorrect.

Growth in the body is largely regulated by the release of growth hormones, which peak during adolescence, causing those increased rates of growth. These hormones can continue to remain high well into a person’s 20’s though, depending on several factors. As a general rule though, natural height gain will cease before a person hits adulthood.

Even after a person’s natural growth stage has ended, there are additional processes which may trigger growth, and many people may in fact be growing slightly taller without even necessarily meaning to.

How is this possible? The main reason boils down to the aforementioned growth hormones, the production of which can be drastically lessened or increased through diet, pills, or other methods. Additional methods can also be looked at, some of which well look at below.

First though, back to growth hormones. If you’ve followed the baseball steroid and illegal substance scandals over the past few years, you’ve undoubtedly heard of human growth hormone, or HGH, a substance which can be used to dramatically increase the level of these hormones in your body, leading to incredible weight and strength gains, height gains, faster recovery from injury, and much more. These substances are considered dangerous though, and should be avoided.

Next is your spine, which many more often associate with the back, and posture, than to anything relating to height. Through regular stretching exercises, the length and elasticity of the spine can be increased, not only increasing height, but also flexibility.

Another way to increase height is to counter the effects of issues which may be causing a decrease in your natural height. There are a myriad of conditions which may decrease your height, and many of these can be easily corrected.

Years after you hit puberty, and thought the ceiling had been reached, lo and behold, it isn’t so. Height is possible well after puberty, and is relatively easy to accomplish all things considered. It just takes a little dedication and time until results will start coming your way.