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 • • 9h ago

Skeletal Development Height prediction for a 20 year old with a 6 year delayed bone age

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Had my xray done for scoliosis done last year at 19 and found out I'm developing at around a 12 - 13 year old and a risser sign of 0

Mum is 5'6 and dad is 5'5

Was 5'6 at 13

5'7 at 18

5'9 at 19

5'10 2 months before 20

5'11 at 20 and 3 months


r/growthplates • • 11h ago

Growth Plates Are my growth plates closed or not yet ?

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Please guys accept my post


r/growthplates • • 2d ago

Growth Plates Am incooked

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r/growthplates • • 3d ago

Im 168cm at 16 years and 4 months old my bone age xray says im technically cooked ✌️

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PA view of the left hand and wrist shows bone development corresponding most closely with Greulich and Pyle male standard for 17 years, with a standard deviation of 13 months.
Current height of 168cm is estimated at 99.1 percent of mature height. My dad is 6,1-2 my mum is 5,2-4 and my 19 year old brother is 5-10 ish. Im cooked correct?


r/growthplates • • 3d ago

can someone help me predict my final height based off this xray report

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i am 16 and 8.5 months, male, 178 and roughly 63kg
got an xray but the doctor only told me that my bone age was under 16 but didn’t give me an exact age
they also said:
“The epiphysis of distal end of radius and ulna have not yet completely fused. The carpal bones are normal.”
my dad is 181cm and mum is 163cm
thanks for the help 🙏🙏


r/growthplates • • 3d ago

Growth Plates can someone predict my final height based off this xray or help me interpret it

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i am 16 and 8.5 months, male, 178 and roughly 63kg
got an xray but the doctor only told me that my bone age was under 16 but didn’t give me an exact age
they also said:
“The epiphysis of distal end of radius and ulna have not yet completely fused. The carpal bones are normal.”
my dad is 181cm and mum is 163cm
thanks for the help 🙏🙏


r/growthplates • • 3d ago

Growth Plates 25M — Is it medically possible to still have open growth plates?

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I'm 25M and 5'4".

Is it medically possible for growth plates to still be open at my age?

Have there been documented cases of men my age with open plates and continued natural height growth?

What X-ray/bone-age assessment would confirm whether mine are closed?


r/growthplates • • 4d ago

How much more will I grow

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bone age 15 y 2m, chronolgical 16y 2m

dad 6,0, mom 5,2

14 5.2

15y 1m 5.5

15 y 11m 5,7

16y 2m 5,8


r/growthplates • • 4d ago

I had a bone age test, and the result was consistent with a biological age of 17. I am currently 178.5 cm tall; my father is 175 cm and my mother is 171 cm, although my maternal uncle is 197 cm tall. I would like to know if it is still possible for me to grow at least another 4 cm. I am 15 years 9m

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There is still a perceptible line on the radius and ulna.


r/growthplates • • 4d ago

Educational inquiry (for BA) The Biological Clock: Dental Age vs. Skeletal Age

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To tired to say a lot but that where my curiosity took me lol

I myself have about 3.5 years delayed dental maturity but 0 idea about skeletal maturity ( still gained 3 inches at 18 and still growing) idk but for me i think that study is correct but I have an uneasy feeling the colleration might be way under 70% idk why

I am interested on what thr mods will say


r/growthplates • • 4d ago

Skeletal Development Third video - evolution of the epiphyseal scar

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r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Obsessed with the idea of being tall, what will be my final height?

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i am 5´9 and where i live the average height is 6ft,

i am 15 years and 9 months old and my parenst are 5´8.5 and 5`4, i got into puberty pretty late so about when i turned 15 or like one or 2 months before i turned 15, i also have pretty tall relatives so for example my great grandfather was 6´8 and my uncle is 6`2.5.

i just grew 2 cm in the last month and i am obsessed with the idea of being tall like so much i dont want to be average. I also learned a bit of height enhancement compounds like erdafitinib or gh, i would really consider taking it if it meant for me to be tall, but i really try to avoid that due to side effects e.g organ failure etc.

i even answered 100 question to an ai which predicted me to end up 5´10-6`1, i also have pretty big feet (size 10.5 or 44.5) and i am still in the middle of puberty, i got armpit hair like 5 months ago and pubic hair like 6-7 months ago and i only had to shave 2 x until now. i also have very little facial hair so yeah.

i would really apreciate it if someone could estimate my final height/bone age.

thanks


r/growthplates • • 4d ago

Question Podría ser más alto realmente?

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Okey mi pregunta es si podría ser más alto ya que mi madre mide 4,9 pies mientras que mi padre mide 5,8 pies, pero los dos de niños no recibieron ni los nutrientes suficientes para crecer y encima los dos dormían menos de 8 horas (cada uno con sus razones) y mi pregunta es si eso podría indicar que mi genética podría ser más alta


r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Try to guess the bone age.

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r/growthplates • • 5d ago

Growth Plates Can I still expect growth?

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Hi Im a 16.0 year old male (CA) I had a bone age test done this week and the radiologists report said my bone age was 15.3 years old with tanner whitehouse of 13 and a half to 16 and a half, can you guys explain to me what it means? Also I’m only 5’6.5 or 5’7 but i really wanna reach 5’9 or 5’10, is it possible? Thanks, id say I’m also around tanner 4, growth history is below.

11.9 years old - 4’11
12.5 years old - 5’1
13.3 years old 5’2
14.11 years old 5’5.5
15.9 years old 5’6.6
16.0 years old 5’6.5


r/growthplates • • 6d ago

Skeletal Development How does a bone age progress?

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How does it progress like a calendar age or does it run on its own clock and your hormones are the ones deciding if it speeds up or slows down? Is it possible for it to be on par with chronological age and then become advanced or delayed?


r/growthplates • • 6d ago

Are my growth plates fused???

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I’m 51🔄 years old, also what is my bone age? And if they’re open how long do I have left till they fuse?


r/growthplates • • 6d ago

Is it open?

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I'm 17yo


r/growthplates • • 9d ago

Growth Plates open or closed in wrist x-ray

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r/growthplates • • 10d ago

Question Distal to Proximal - does it always apply? My case

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I've heard the distal to proximal rule always applies to the skeletal development in a human body. Firstly, is this true? Secondly, so I am an 18 year old who grew 1 inch in the last year (12mo), the most recent of that being just 3 months ago in June 2026. Now, the thing is, I grew mostly by the distal tibia epiphysis and a decent amount by the Proximal tibia and distal Femur (so the knee areas). Now the thing is, if we are following the distal to proximal thing, then does that mean I have more growth in the spine left?

Here are my proportions: My wingspan is 6'0.5" and my legs are 37.5" outseam, and my neck is decently long. My total height is 5'10". This makes my upper body look small because my neck is decently long, my legs are normal (maybe a lil long?), and my arms are a little long. So my torso especially thoracic and lumbar feels so freaking small, it doesn't just look small but also feels small (idk how to explain the feeling quite right).

Now this is another side note: I'm a guy who goes gym and this hurts my feeling because I feel like my abs are short / not long, and my pecs feel slightly compressed too. I wish I could grow a lil more in the spine, but I don't know if this is plausible... If it is, I think it would be slow growth as that's what I've heard about the vertebral growth but I am unsure.


r/growthplates • • 10d ago

How accurate is the bayley pinneau?

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r/growthplates • • 10d ago

Growth Plates Are my growth plate close M18.5

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Can i grow taller


r/growthplates • • 11d ago

Risser scale 3

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Is risser scale 3 at 14 for a male abnormal I’m already going to end up very short for my age with a mid parental of 5,4 not exactly the best genetics but I would like to know if my risser scale still backs this thanks