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I got my period…am I done growing?
If you get your period, does that mean you don’t grow anymore?
Getting your period is a signal that your body is close to finishing the long business of growing up.
While some girls add inches until their college years (girls can grow in spurts that last until their mid-teens, and then shoot up another inch or so by the time they are 18), many are within an inch or two of full height about the time they begin menstruating. Generally speaking, your final height will be the average of your parents’.
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