[giosine]

I'm 160cm tall people call me names girls challenge their height with mine I feel very short I even prayed to be atleast 170 cm that a good enough height for me people keep bringing me down I believe I can be atleast a bit taller I even gym body looks good but the height very short how can I improve my height????I really need this answer please

[Travelinglady]

Hi, giosine. I am not used to working with centimeters, so I am not sure how tall you are. At least in the U.S. the average man is probably something like 5 feet 9 inches tall and the average woman is something like 5 feet 4 inches tall. I never reached five feet tall, so I am definitely short.

Alas, there's nothing we can do to increase height unless we take growth hormones. But if you are still young, then you can certainly try to eat healthy foods.

Men can keep growing into their late teens and early twenties, so depending on your age, you might get taller.

[SnakeCharmer]

160 cm is just a hair under 5 foot 3 inches.

The answer to your question depends on several things. How old are you? And what is your genetic potential?

If you are under the age of 14 or 15 years, you can visit a medical specialist (often an endocrinologist) who can test to see if you can still grow and if medical assistance could help you.

I have a family member who was 137 cm at age 14. (about 4'6") The endocrinologist found that he lacked certain hormones in his body and when these were supplied, he grew another 36 cm. (around 14.5 inches)

The doctor said that if we'd waited another month to bring him in for medical help, it would have been too late because certain bones and joint capsules would have fused (a normal process of maturity) and no more growth would have been possible.

If you have reached a certain level of physical and sexual maturity, there is nothing that can be done to help you grow taller. All you can do is to accept yourself as a fully capable human being who just happens to be shorter than average.

My grandfather was 157 cm and he led a fully successful life as a husband, father and businessman. If you are too old to grow further, please accept yourself as you are, do what you can to gain confidence and, soon, the teasing from others will no longer bother you and it will probably stop as you exude self-confidence and vitality. Best wishes to you.

[-jimi-]

I don't even know why tall is an ideal. Everyone is just different.

[summerblueskies]

Originally Posted by giosine

I'm 160cm tall people call me names girls challenge their height with mine I feel very short I even prayed to be atleast 170 cm that a good enough height for me people keep bringing me down I believe I can be atleast a bit taller I even gym body looks good but the height very short how can I improve my height????I really need this answer please

Well I sure feel your pain !! I am a 5 ft tall woman ( very short in US). I get endless crap for it too. Unfortunately it gets worse each year because I have more adult responsibilities. I am 21 btw. I have to interact with other adults who do not take me seriously because they assume I am much younger than I am. I feel I am ignored and pateonized and I need to be taken seriously when I my first job too! Not to mention every time I meet someone new they have to comment on my height right away which is super annoying!!

[giosine]

I usually laugh with them so they don't see that I feel bad about it I like been short I think it fits my body its just that I want to be atleast 170 cm which I don't knw how much that is in feet nd inches. I think what u should do is start gyming u will see how u impress people with ure body size I used to feel very dipressed for been so short but now I sometimes love ny just been me its just when I walk pass by those vey tall people I feel very short and helpless cause the guy is so big

[Hellion]

I am short, barely 5 feet so barely 152.4 cm tall(according to internet converter thing i found). Beings I am 23 no chance of getting taller I don't think, not sure how old you are.

You don't need to improve your height even if that was possible, nothing wrong with being shorter....also my brother is pretty tall and he actually wishes he was shorter, so perhaps its not all its cut out to be anyways and might have difficulties of its own.

[(JD)]

Wear heels!

I used to be tall. Now as I age, I am becoming shorter.

Keep proper weight, good posture, eat foods that build bones, don't take meds that destroy bones...and...
wear heels!

[Perna]

I see you are in Namibia. Do you play rugby? I think I would take up rugby and then they might not make as much fun of you? For a guy, you are on the short side but I don't know that there is much you can actually do about it. I'd be glad if the girls are comparing their height to yours, you don't "threaten" them or make them feel small, etc., you can probably get more girls that way!

[Jenni855]

I am almost 29 and that height.

[giosine]

Lol maybe $ore girls I had enough girls remember this is not about getting girls but to feel good about myself lmao but still I feel quit better about myself after talking to you guys I feel much better may God bless each one of you for making people feel bettert about themseves and I don't play rugby used to but dislocated my shoulder didn't try playing again

[buzz bee]

Im a shorty too, 5 foot. I was reading on height and movie stars and singers, there are some shorties there as well, they just wear heels.

Im not a heel person. I wear them every so often (if I must). Im short and petite, how cute is that?

Guys like short women. I dont know if they feel they can protect us easier or what. I guess I learn to embrace it because there is nothing I can do about it. Just how I was made.

Now buying pants is a pain in the butt.

[giosine]

I did something very wrong on saterday a guy that argued with me 3monthd ago that I approached telling him that he ws wrong 3months ago I was drunk and the guy apologised to me I accepted his apology but later I wanted to fight him for argueing with me 3 months ago I believe the way I acted on things were very inapropraite but now I don't know how to ask him to forgive me cause what if we cross paths again and he wants to fight cause I won't stand stil and watch someone beat mee up so I don't know how to handle this if anyone of u can give me advice on what to do if we cross paths again cause it also depend on how he acts nextyme we cross

[giosine]

Sorry for posting this here I could find the place where I need to ctreate new thread sory and the thing is ure a girl I think girls look so beautifull short but for me I'm n male I can't wear heels lol

[buzz bee]

Originally Posted by giosine

Sorry for posting this here I could find the place where I need to ctreate new thread sory and the thing is ure a girl I think girls look so beautifull short but for me I'm n male I can't wear heels lol

Snort, I guess you are. Sorry about that. I guess we got on the short train. Wonder how tall that is in feet?

It does suck to be a short guy. But I have seen high heels for guys.......

[buzz bee]

I just looked up "high heels for men" on goggle. I was very surprised on my findings.

[SnakeCharmer]

Giosine, if I have acted in an offensive way toward someone which I later regret, I don't ask them to forgive me. I apologize and tell them I am sorry I acted the way I did. Then I leave it up to them to decide to forgive me or not. So far, not everyone has forgiven me, but no one has tried to continue the fight.

When I apologize and admit I erred and say that I'm sorry for the way I acted, I'm focusing on my own actions and my own responsibility. That all comes out as "I" statements.

If I ask someone to forgive me, then I'm actually making a demand that they do something. Even if I say it nicely and humbly, I'm still expecting them to do something to make me feel better over the fact that I acted badly. That often doesn't work. It will work if the other person is mature and calm, but that's another demand -- they must act maturely and calmly in order to make me feel better. If the other person is actually kind of hot-headed, asking for forgiveness may rile up their temper.

If you won't feel right unless you can ask for forgiveness, start out with a sincere apology for wanting to fight when you were intoxicated. Tell him that you were wrong and that you're sorry for causing turmoil in your drunken state.

I hope that when you do run across the other fellow you can both shake hands, that you can offer an apology for acting badly while intoxicated, and that he will accept your apology. Take care.

[giosine]

I don't see how this is helping me when everyone is complaining about their height along with at the end we are all the same short and nothing has changed we are like complaining about our height all the time no I want something new to chat

[InTheProcess]

Hey,

So, as others hve mentioned, Iam not used to CM but it seems to be about 5feet, 2 or 3in.
Also, not sure where you live maybe in your area females are taller. 5ft 2in is NOT really short, I beleive about 5ft4in is average.However, those models are ridiculously tall, I am about 5ft4in.

Some of my friends who are pretty short(yes totally shorter than you) consider it being 'fun sized' I would not mind being acouple inches shorter, however i would look even bigger than I do already.

Honestly, I am not sure why they poke fun at you about your height yu really arent that short.

Good luck and stay strong.

[Flynn Scifo]

At 29 I am exactly 5 foot even. And in my workplace that can be a challenge because the shelves there were built for people 5'6" and taller.

[MrMessy]

Well a lot people I care about are short. I don't think of it as "short", its just a different. Some people are big, some are small, some thin, some fat, some tall, some short.

I'm 5"11 myself and FAT