Can girls continue to grow taller after menarche?

When girls enter puberty and start menstruating, their height growth slows down and their bones may close at any time, stopping their growth and development earlier than boys. But can girls still grow taller after their menarche? Let's take a look at this question below.

During puberty, an important feature of girls' sexual development is the onset of menstruation. The age of menarche varies greatly, generally ranging from 10 to 16 years old. In the past, people believed that girls would not grow much taller after their menarche. In fact, this is not the case. Girls' height still grows slowly for 1-3 years after their menarche, and the extent of the increase varies depending on the age of their menarche.

According to a large number of observations by some domestic experts, from the time girls reach menarche to the end of their development, they can grow as much as 8-10 cm in height, or as little as 1-2 cm. The key lies in the degree of development of the body's tubular bones.

At the time of menarche, the degree of fusion of the metaphysis of the distal phalanges of the II and III fingers is closely related to the future height potential. That is, the lower the degree of fusion of the epiphysis of these two phalanges at menarche, the greater the potential for height growth; conversely, the higher the degree of fusion, the smaller the potential for future height growth.

The above is an analysis on whether girls can still grow taller after their menarche. I hope the above analysis will be helpful to patients. There are many height-increasing products on the market nowadays, but girls should not use them indiscriminately for the purpose of increasing height. Sometimes these height-increasing products not only fail to increase height, but may also harm girls' health.