Any “safe” hormones/peptides/etc…to help teenager maximize height?

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No. He's going to be the height he is going to be.

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My son is 14 and has always been short for his age, but he’s a really good athlete and, unfortunately, basketball is his favorite—and by far—his best sport. He’s good enough to play and start (I think he’s the team’s 2nd leading scorer) at this level, but I’m afraid his height won’t play once he gets to high school, and that will devastate him.

I know that seems shallow and could be a good life lesson, but I’m not just trying to protect him from high school sports disappointment. I’m more concerned about how being short will affect his adult life and overall confidence.

He’s 5’3” (ish) and certainly has time to hit a growth spurt, but he’s already in mid puberty, is starting to develop muscle mass, and his feet are damn near bigger than mine. I’m right at 6’, but I was about the same height I am now as I was at his age (I may have grown an inch in high school, but that’s about it). He’s got my athletic ability, but mostly takes after his mother physically (my daughter is a damn mini-me, weird how that works) and her dad (his paternal grandfather) is only about 5’5”. I’m not trying to find some miracle to get him to 6’2” or create an athlete in a lab or anything, but at least get him to 5’7” or 5’8” if possible.

And I know this may come off as me being shallow and a terrible parent, but let’s be honest, the world looks at and treats men differently when they’re that short and it, even if subconsciously, limits opportunities. And there may be nothing to do except instill as much confidence in him as I can and teach him how to handle and present himself no matter what and cross our fingers for a late growth spurt. But I would not be able to live with myself if there were something scientifically/medically to be done, and I didn’t exhaust all options available to at the very least be able to weigh risk/reward and make what we think is the best decision for his long-term future that has nothing to do with sports. And I know if there is such a thing out there, it would have to be done now. Anybody know of anything or where I can look?

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The recommendation should have been to see a pediatric endocrinologist, to leave it to the experts

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“Expert doctors” tell you to inject poison for a cold

Random people on the internet are the real medical experts

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nobody wants to be a short king. Sorry

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Short king here checking in to tell 777 to frick off

I'm 5'-7" when the weather is just right. While I was always one of the shortest in my class growing up, I never really felt that short (other than the typical short jokes, which I still get to this day because me and all of my friends are assholes). But that's probably because I grew up around a bunch of other short cajuns/coonasses. Probably only had 3 or 4 guys in my class that was 6ft+. I've dated a number of girls in the past that were not considered short for our area; around 5'-5" or 5'-6", so that was never an issue. And playing sports, my height never impacted how well I played, it was my extremely average (AT BEST) athletic ability that hindered my athletic career.

With all that being said, 5'-3" is pretty damn short for a man to be, and I'm grateful I'm not shorter than I am.

Would I have been happy if my parents put me on hormones and got me to a solid 5'-9" when I was younger? Sure. But we were poor, and I doubt my life would be any better than it is if they had done that.

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