Taking estrogen can prevent you from reaching your real height ?

[it's happening]

I just got this confirmed with my doctor, that if you take estrogen before or during puberty, your height won't reach what it would really be.
This was done in the 40's/50's to prevent tall girls from getting too tall.

This makes me wonder how many of us are not at our actual height because we started taking birth control for birth prevention, or acne, or cramps. It is given so freely to teens nowadays.
Since everyone starts puberty at different ages, and it doesn't seem that puberty stops until you've reached adulthood, out of your teens completely, i think doctors have been irresponsible giving estrogen to anyone in their teens since this is really true.

I started taking estrogen for cramp control barely after turning 19 and i think i have been effected by this.

 

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[it's happening]

ok sounds good.
but either way, id like to know others experience with this matter.

 

[Sephora_Socialite]

I rather not grow a few inches than be really sick.

I should be one of the tallest girls in my family, but I had problems that required me to take birth control...

Anyways, have there been any medical research articles on this? Since you're not allowed to put medical advice, maybe it would be a good idea to post a article to support what you were saying.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Just wanted to note that birth control pills contain a "balance" of hormones, not just estrogen.

Additionally, while guys can continue to gain height into their mid-20s, we can get ours early. I had all of mine in junior high, and I did not take the Pill in my teens.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

while guys can continue to gain height into their mid-20s

Pretty unlikely even for boys. On average boys reach adult height at 17.5 years old (Tanner JM, Davies PS. Clinical longitudinal standards for height and weight velocity for North American children). It's 16 for girls.

 

[Hipkitten]

I rather not grow a few inches than be really sick.

I should be one of the tallest girls in my family, but I had problems that required me to take birth control...

You took the words right out of my mouth! I had awful problems before I got on the pill; if it stunted my growth then it was well worth it!

EDIT: I just found this article that says there is no link between estrogen and height: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/343/345614.html

Although growth-suppressant patients in particular haven't been studied, "there is no evidence, to my knowledge, of early estrogen exposure and long-term consequences," said Sanfilippo, who edits the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology that printed Barnard's survey.

In fact, young girls seem to suffer no harm when given birth control pills for other reasons, such as irregular bleeding, that contain similar estrogen amounts, he said.

 

[it's happening]

i was told this by an ARNP at a hospital that it is true, and did work for stunting the height of girls in the past, and it also is cited in books like "Survival...Prettiest."

if it isn't true, why would they say it, and why would a nurse base her reputation on such comments?

 

[tangerine]

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if it isn't true, why would they say it, and why would a nurse base her reputation on such comments?

Nurses and doctors, even the most highly regarded ones, are still human and can only make a best guess based on their knowledge and experience.

Sometimes they are wrong.

I am not saying that is the case here. I have no idea if taking estrogen before/during puberty affects one's final height. I'm just saying that medical professionals are mortal and can be wrong.

There are many areas of medicine in which experts are divided on effects of treatments.