AGE FOR IGF-1 USE
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If you read through the post on IGF that Koz posted, you'll see this:
This is why it is inadvisable for youth to be messing with IGF. You may actually grow taller if your growth plates have not closed--that can be one effect (if it only worked that way)--BUT that is not the only thing that can happen. IGF affects about everything it touches: the size of organs, only your hands, feet, and jaw may increase in size instead of getting taller, or you may get some combination of these effects in disproportionate amounts. This is what is actually meant by "longitudinal growth" in the above quote, and that's why it is better to wait until you are older if you are not at least 21 or so. 21 is the age that most people are done growing and their growth plates have closed.
This is why it is inadvisable for youth to be messing with IGF. You may actually grow taller if your growth plates have not closed--that can be one effect (if it only worked that way)--BUT that is not the only thing that can happen. IGF affects about everything it touches: the size of organs, only your hands, feet, and jaw may increase in size instead of getting taller, or you may get some combination of these effects in disproportionate amounts. This is what is actually meant by "longitudinal growth" in the above quote, and that's why it is better to wait until you are older if you are not at least 21 or so. 21 is the age that most people are done growing and their growth plates have closed.
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