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If you are currently going through puberty, it is imperative that you follow this guide. Doing so will result in you ending up taller and with more facial and genital development.
According to the Tanner scale, which is used to measure stages of puberty, puberty ends when the growth plates close and adult features are developed. We can therefore prolong the period of growth and development by not allowing our growth plates to close.
So what causes growth plates to close?
The closure of growth plates, or epiphyseal plates, is mainly triggered by the actions of two hormones: estrogen and testosterone. These hormones are primarily responsible for the maturation of the skeletal system during puberty.
Estrogen, which is the primary female sex hormone, and testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, stimulate the production of bone matrix (the hard tissue that makes up bones) and are responsible for the fusion of the growth plates.
The exact mechanisms of growth plate closure are still not fully understood, but it is thought that estrogen and testosterone activate a protein called "Indian Hedgehog", which in turn stimulates the production of a protein called "Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2" (BMP-2). BMP-2 promotes the replacement of cartilage in the growth plates with bone tissue, resulting in the fusion of the growth plates.
You stop growing when the cartilage in your growth plates ossifies and turns to bone. Traditionally, looksmaxxers use aromatase inhibitors to prevent the conversion of testosterone to estrogen, which triggers the protein reaction that ends growth.
Aromatase inhibitors can cause long term side effects and can be very detrimental to your health, so DYOR if you plan on starting them. A little known consideration is that many aromatase inhibitors have an estrogen rebound, meaning that if you don’t take them consistently or you miss the half life, it will cause a spike of estrogen, which could potentially cause your growth plates to close.
Some alternatives to aromatase inhibitors include DIM, grape seed extract, and sulforaphane. These don’t work as effectively as real aromatase inhibitors but you can get them OTC and they don’t have as many side effects.
All of this is futile if you don’t live a healthy lifestyle, so do that also.
According to the Tanner scale, which is used to measure stages of puberty, puberty ends when the growth plates close and adult features are developed. We can therefore prolong the period of growth and development by not allowing our growth plates to close.
So what causes growth plates to close?
The closure of growth plates, or epiphyseal plates, is mainly triggered by the actions of two hormones: estrogen and testosterone. These hormones are primarily responsible for the maturation of the skeletal system during puberty.
Estrogen, which is the primary female sex hormone, and testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, stimulate the production of bone matrix (the hard tissue that makes up bones) and are responsible for the fusion of the growth plates.
The exact mechanisms of growth plate closure are still not fully understood, but it is thought that estrogen and testosterone activate a protein called "Indian Hedgehog", which in turn stimulates the production of a protein called "Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2" (BMP-2). BMP-2 promotes the replacement of cartilage in the growth plates with bone tissue, resulting in the fusion of the growth plates.
You stop growing when the cartilage in your growth plates ossifies and turns to bone. Traditionally, looksmaxxers use aromatase inhibitors to prevent the conversion of testosterone to estrogen, which triggers the protein reaction that ends growth.
Aromatase inhibitors can cause long term side effects and can be very detrimental to your health, so DYOR if you plan on starting them. A little known consideration is that many aromatase inhibitors have an estrogen rebound, meaning that if you don’t take them consistently or you miss the half life, it will cause a spike of estrogen, which could potentially cause your growth plates to close.
Some alternatives to aromatase inhibitors include DIM, grape seed extract, and sulforaphane. These don’t work as effectively as real aromatase inhibitors but you can get them OTC and they don’t have as many side effects.
All of this is futile if you don’t live a healthy lifestyle, so do that also.
