Short Persons Support: Health : Scam Height Increase : Types of Products

Height increasing products can be grouped into four categories:

Supplements
These may include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and Human Growth Hormone. They come in pill, powder or liquid form. One company sells a skin lotion.
Options for adolescents and adults to self-prescribe Human Growth Hormone (HGH) supplements exist but we strongly advise against that approach. If an adolescent does not already have low HGH levels, taking HGH can have the opposite effect of prematurely closing the growth plates and limiting future growth. The best course of action is to consult with a pediatric endocrinologist and, if tests warrant it, let the doctor prescribe the correct type and dosage of HGH. For more information on HGH, and for height increase options for children, see Health : Children.
Use of HGH supplements by adults can produce acromegaly, a deformity in which bones that have not ossified (turned into bone) in adulthood, such as the jaw and facial bones, are induced to grow. This can result in a wide variety of symptoms and distorted appearances.
Instruction Books
Most of the books or pamphlets contain information on growth patterns, nutrition, vitamins, minerals, exercises, sleep advice, genetic conditions, posture, and dress. While some of the advice is worthwhile for healthy living and a better attitude, adults should not expect any permanent results. Adolescents who are still growing may see some small improvements, especially if they adhere to the nutritional advice. An important factor is age. Younger children may grow more with good diet and exercise than they will without it. Nutrition and exercise will not have much of an effect on adolescents whose growth rate has started to decrease. Finally, you must remember that genetics still plays the most important role in determining final height.
Devices
Some devices are quite strange. Several companies sell shoe insoles that claim to use acupressure on the feet to stimulate the bodies meridians to promote height increase. A recent addition is a CD that plays low frequency sounds, supposed to stimulate the pituitary gland.
Several devices are used in combination with stretching exercises. It should be noted that a person's height is slightly variable. People tend to be taller in the morning and can be almost an inch shorter by the end of the day as their spine compresses from standing and sitting. Similarly, some exercises can stretch the spine but the results aren't permanent. If you measure your height before and after an exercise session, you may see a small change but it may not last to the next day. You may gain some positive results by continuing the stretching exercises every day. However, even then you may achieve a height increase of only a fraction of an inch. Only you can decide if that amount is worth the time and effort.
Hypnosis
What can we say? We were amazed to find three companies that claim hypnosis can be used to grow taller. Hypnosis has been proven to be very useful in certain circumstances, especially pain management. However, humans simply can not think their way, consciously or unconsciously, to extra height.