JOTAROSON
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Growth hormone or a guide on how you can become a dwarf forever
A great many people still believe that by taking , they can outsmart their genes and easily grow taller than their genetic limit
In reality, things are far more disheartening.

HOW GH WORKS 
The growth hormone itself does almost nothing directly.
After a GH injection, the liver starts to produce IGF-1 — and it is this hormone that triggers the growth of cartilage tissue, the division of chondrocytes and the lengthening of long bones.
THE FIRST FEW MOUTHS
With GH, there’s often a real spurt of growth at the start.
But the problem is that this also
accelerates bone age
.So, you seem to be growing faster, but at the same time you’re bringing forward the moment when growth simply stops.
The body uses up the resources of the growth plates more quickly.
The result: euphoria in the first few months, then the growth plates close sooner than expected.

THE MAIN ISSUE
So why is there no point in taking growth hormone injections if you’re over >10 and don’t have a deficiency? It’s simple: in layman’s terms, growth hormone speeds up your puberty. The growth plates mature faster and eventually close. In other words, to put it bluntly, you won’t grow taller than your genetic maximum; in fact, if you don’t have a deficiency,
you’ll end up even shorter than you were
, because you’re essentially just speeding up your puberty. If your genetics mean you’re going to be short, then I’m afraid growth hormone won’t help you.
CONCLUSION
The bottom line on growth hormone:
This drug is good for body recomposition or for building muscle mass. But it is terrible for increasing height, because it accelerates puberty and closes the growth plates, thereby shortening your genetic height.
So what should you inject instead?
You should inject drugs that have no effect on puberty, but instead affect genes, osteoblasts and osteoclasts
