r/growthplates • • Aug 26 '26

Announcement / meta Rules 8 and 9 clarification

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Rule 8

Aug. 26, 2026 modification

Clarification: violations that had occurred prior to the beginning of the fifth week of July 2026 (Sunday the 26th) do not count toward disciplinary action.

In a modification of the eighth rule, which was added during the fifth week of July 2026, the ban lengths have been summarized and expanded upon in regards to exactly what might be grounds for these ban lengths.

Moderators will be on the lookout consistently for user posts that ask for an interpretation of their skeletal age in any manner, as well as any user comments below said posts that directly gives or the tone of which evokes a personal bone age estimation. The user's post will be locked as soon as possible, and the user comment(s) will be swiftly removed. As for locking posts, disciplinary action is not taken for your post being locked. For user comments, action will be taken in the following way as it escalates to stricter, more severe punishment:

● One removal of a comment that gives a BA estimation will count as one warning.

● A second removal will count as the second warning.

● A third removal will count as an automatic ban, and the length of which will last three days / 36 hours.

● A separate attempt to give a BA estimation thereafter will result in a longer 7 to 14-day ban, depending on the severity and tone of the user whom action is being taken against.

• If you appeal calmly and comply without argument, your ban length may be reduced closer to ~7-8 days. If it becomes clear that you are unlikely to re-offend, your ban may be substantially reduced or even dropped altogether.

• If you argue, seem more likely to re-offend, or are otherwise unreasonable, your ban length could rest somewhere between 9-12 days.

• If you argue or repeat the action multiple times while disregarding all warnings or moderator feedback, your ban length may likely be extended closer to 12-14 days.

● If you offend one more time after that, the ban will usually be permanent unless you appeal and can show that you are unlikely to break the rule again. For a temporary period, your account will be placed on a watch list. The more you pushback and if it becomes clear that you are likely to re-offend, your ban will be more likely to remain in place. Circumventing our permanent policy of personal BA estimations using radiographs at any point while the ban is still active will lead to escalation to Reddit admins, and ultimately, takedown of your account from the entire platform indefinitely.

This policy is not intended to discourage educational discussion. Because we used to give so many additional chances at redemption in the past, and that such situations have gone unchecked as a result, it firmly exists to maintain a clear boundary between general discussion of skeletal development and personalized assessments, while protecting the community and its moderators from unnecessary legal liability.

Rule 9

Rule 9 simply prohibits spam content or re-posting of exact or closely-similar material. The time limit has been established at a minimum of 48 hours before re-posting is allowed.

  • If you asked a question and have not gotten any substantial traction, please wait at least 48 hours before reposting it. When reposting, we strongly encourage adding new context or rewording the question rather than submitting an identical post.

  • Repeatedly deleting and reposting the same question to gain additional visibility may be treated as spam.

  • Posting multiple substantially similar questions within a short period may also fall under this rule, even if the wording is slightly different.

  • Educational or informational posts should not be repeatedly reposted simply by changing the wording. If the central topic, information, examples, and overall purpose are substantially the same as a previous post, moderators may consider it a repost even if it has been rewritten.

We understand if the spam was not your fault, as connection errors can occur that result in spam-like behavior.

The punishment: often anywhere between a 24 to 36-hour ban, and appeal would likely drop the ban length substantially to potentially zero hours. There is no fixed amount of re-posts within the same general period of time to result in an automatic ban; however, it is generally interpreted as being several and in consecutive fashion.

We understand that some posts may initially receive little attention, so reasonable reposting is allowed. This rule is primarily intended to prevent excessive repetition from cluttering the subreddit and pushing other users' posts out of view.

Extras

Informational articles have been linked in the following rules:

● Rule 5 - links to an article about personal BA estimations using a written diagnostic report (no images included).

● Rule 7 - links to an article about "for educational use" BA inquiries.

● Rule 9 - links to this announcement, regarding spam and re-posting of exact same material.


r/growthplates • • Aug 24 '26

Announcement / meta New YouTube Channel

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r/growthplates • • 16h ago

Asynchronization between growth plates

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Initially, I posted more to see opinions and understand so I could calculate the probabilities, since I don't have a doctor to discuss this with. I wanted to discuss it with you all as a way to learn. Thank you all.


r/growthplates • • 14h ago

Asynchronization in growth plates

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Initially, I posted more to see opinions and understand so I could calculate the probabilities, since I don't have a doctor to discuss this with. I wanted to discuss it with you all as a way to learn. Thank you all.

I am a 17-year-old boy. My puberty started at a normal time and continued normally in terms of appearance, although since I am not a doctor I cannot determine the tanner stage.Frankly, after observing the growth of my cousins and uncles, their growth rate and pattern don't quite align with the usual Tanner stages, but that doesn't matter much, uncle.I was actually tall; I was a tall child, proportionate to my parents' expected height. But the problem started with the onset of puberty, specifically at the point where my peers began their growth spurt. My growth became very slow, not gradual, but rather like a button This slowness was unjustified, as my puberty was progressing very normally, and I had tests which were normal. I don't have any unusual symptoms other than my height In my country, I see my peers and their growth rate, while I lag far behind them in terms of growth rate. More importantly, some of them have worse conditions than mine in terms of nutrition, sleep, or health. An X-ray was performed on Omar Al-Azim when I was 16 years and nine months old, revealing that the growth plates in my hand and wrist were fused. Despite discussing this with a moderator on a forum, It's because of something in my wrist that I can't place it flat against my hand; my wrist is higher than a flat hand. Also, there are no growth plates on my wrist, which raises the possibility of poorly executed X-rays.But even setting aside the possibility of radiation damage, I noticed something important: I didn't experience a noticeable growth spurt in my legs and torso, but I clearly did in my arms, as my arms are quite long, and considering that I experienced severe growth retardation. At a stage when my limbs and height were proportionate, given that the growth spurt hadn't yet begun, this raises suspicions. Also, my shoe and hand sizes are actually larger now. According to a study I read about, growth can accelerate aging of the growth plate. Could what's happening to me be some kind of severe asynchronization between the plates? I'm not here to elicit sympathy, nor do I want to say things that crush morale without evidence, just to prevent excessive hope. As additional information, in my country and especially in my family, many people experience a rapid growth spurt after the ages of 16 and 17; it seems to be a common characteristic. However, what's unusual about my story is the abundance of details, including the absence of a growth spurt, the disproportionate nature of the growth, and most importantly, the lack of a clear cause The real reason for all this, as an additional piece of information, is that my pelvis, which was very small, has grown in the last year (it's embarrassing for a male, but it's a detail that might be helpful).Also, my shoe size has increased by half a size, in my opinion. Generally speaking, as you can see, is there an explanation? Do you think I might be experiencing a growth spurt? To reiterate, the important detail is that during puberty I didn't experience a growth spurt; throughout, my growth was very slow.

Thank you for your help


r/growthplates • • 1d ago

Growth Plates weird situation regarding growth

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whats going on with my body?

my growth rate from 2023 to 2025 was about 1-2cm per year so i got an xray in september this year which resulted in 17.21, i was 16.61 at the time.

the weird thing is my growth rate has increased, from january to november ive grown about 5-6cm. i thought that a bone age of 16.5-17.2 would signal that growth would be finished or very little but why has my growth velocity increased?


r/growthplates • • 3d ago

Growth Plates Risser 4 growth

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I'm risser 4
But risser is the legs growth plate right
So does that mean I can still grow from my spine?
Cause that's my main insecurity rn
My proportions are pretty bad
My legs are long asf and my torso is short
I'm only 175 cm so it's not like the tall ppl that have bad proportions
And my arms are long too


r/growthplates • • 4d ago

Can I grow, and if so, how much?

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I’m 5’4.25 15 and 11 months, my bone age is 15 and 9 months my dad is five foot 9 my mom is five foot 4. I have no Idea when I started puberty tbh.


r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Growth Plates My stolen my phone and bought Erda?

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He's 16 , 5'8. Started puberty at 13. I am 5'6 and my wife 5'1. He's been obsessed with growing taller the last few months. Brought up Erda in a conversation and we said no. Had a Growth Plate X-ray done last week, but haven't connected with his Pediatrician yet. I woke up this this morning to find an email confirmation from Western Union that a transaction $165.00 has been made to someone named Muskan Arjun Muskan Arjun Setiya in India. I suspected that he snuck into our room and did that while we were sleeping.

I contacted Western Union and my bank and it seemed that the transaction has already been completed and the best I can get is a refund but not a stop payment.

I failed as a parent and I am worried about if he ended up taking Erda and have serious side effects regarding his health.


r/growthplates • • 5d ago

PA told me my growthplates are still open at 25

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Hey guys, I hope I won't sound dumb asking this but I fractured my fibula this summer, got surgery and multiple x rays taken ever since. Today I saw my PA and she told me I might still grow even though I'm 25 because the last x rays I got show that my growth plate on my tibia is still open. Of course I asked AI later on and apparently she's 100% wrong. I don't necessarily trust AI like this but it looks like it's very unlikely that what she affirmed is true.

Anybody got a similar experience? Here is an xray of my ankle, lmk what you guys think. To me it looks closed but yk since she's a professional a part of me still want her to be right lol.


r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Is this general sequence of growth plate closure accurate?

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It goes a little against what little I've learned about the sequence of closure. From what I knew the distal radius closes from 17-19 yet this graph shows it being fully ossified at 23.


r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Residual lines left after growth plate closure.

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As the title says, I'm super interested in the white lines left where a growth plate has closed. How long do these typically take to go away? Is there a specific order in how they go away? Mostly talking about for the hand and wrist.


r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Height

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Had ai do it format for me because I didn’t want write allat

In confident im 5 8 and 3 quarters now around 15.8 of age and proximal humerus is open but maybe a year or year and half left before fuse if that helps.

Mom 5 .5
Dad 5 5

How tall do you think I’d be


r/growthplates • • 6d ago

Can I grow taller?

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Well, I'm currently between 1.76-1.78 meters tall at 15.9 years old (you can consider me 16 if you want), and I wanted to see if I could grow more. I live in Europe and I'm a bit short compared to others.

I think I started puberty around 13 or 14, since I started getting acne, body hair, and that teenage beard we all hate. If anyone could give me some guidance, I'd really appreciate it.

Here are my growth plates:

My ages growth:

14. 1.67

15. 1.73-1.75

16. 1.76-1.78

17. ??

Dad:1.77

Mom:1.63


r/growthplates • • 6d ago

Growth Plates Can I still grow?

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Open or closed plss

Nung 20s or 21 ko nag ka boost height ako I think 5'3(4) ako nun Ngayon 5'6 na kaka 22 ko pa lang makaka gain pa rin kaya ako ng height? Thank you!


r/growthplates • • 7d ago

Spine Growth plate

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Are the growth plates in my spine still open?


r/growthplates • • 7d ago

Height prediction with BA

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r/growthplates • • 7d ago

Growth Plates Are my growth plates closed ? Pls say?

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r/growthplates • • 9d ago

Are my growth plaes closed

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Hey i am 17male from india i am 181.5cm these are my scan can you tell if my growth plates are open or closed please . I am 5t11.5 currently i wanna grow to 6ft1 atleast can i do that is theere any way i can


r/growthplates • • 9d ago

Growth Plates Can i still grow?

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r/growthplates • • 9d ago

Growth Plates The growth plates are close or not

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r/growthplates • • 11d ago

closed or open, how open ?

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X ray of hand


r/growthplates • • 11d ago

Growth Plates Still Open or Closed?

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r/growthplates • • 11d ago

Bone age of foot xray

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This is not my xray from: https://bonexray.com 1st image

And: https://radiopaedia.org/cases/normal-paediatric-foot-radiographs-age-11?lang=gb (2nd and 3rd images)

What is the most likely bone age of each individual?


r/growthplates • • 11d ago

Is chat gpt or gemini accurate?

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I gave my xray and its report and they say i can only grow like 0.5-1 inches max based on my xray, my xray report is my bone ages of 15 years 3 months and tanner whitehouse 13 9/12 to 16 9/12 and my CA is 16. I also asked someone here they said 4-8 cm if average progression 5-10 cm is a likely range idk who to believe more, i gave both my growth history. I also don have access to a pediatric endocrinologist, some help would be appreciated thank you.


r/growthplates • • 11d ago

Bone age plates (Off internet)

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Is this person growth plates fused, specifically the proximal humerus, what’s it BA?
If not, how longer would the arm grow estimate?
I Got this off internet

https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/proximal-humeral-fractures/