Question:
Hello,
Has my height and penis stopped growing yet? Is it possible to increase them both?
I am 14 years old. According to the Tanner Stage Calculator, I am in Tanner Stage 4.0 to maybe 4.2. My dad has sideburns, a mustache, and a beard. I have a fine mustache and fine hair under my chin. There’s fine pubic hair on my groin, and it’s sparse. My testis Volume Estimate is around 17-25 ml, which I don’t know is normal for teens in Tanner stage 4. My testis is 4 cm in length and 2 cm in width. But my penis is only around 4.3 – 4.5 inches ( 11-11.5 cm) in length when erect and 4 inches (10 – 10.5cm) in girth. I’m really worried about my size down there. So, I wonder how many more inches (cm) I can grow in length and girth. I’m trying to eat more protein, exercise, move more, etc.
Another question that I want to know is if my height has stopped increasing. I don’t remember having a growth spurt, though I may have hit it already, and I didn’t notice. I was around 158 cm at the age of 12; now I’m 14, and my height has only increased to 163-165 cm. My average growth since the age of 12 is 3 cm per year. Last year, I didn’t notice my height increasing. It seems it only increased 1-2 cm, which is very little. Is my height just cooling down for the growth spurt or something? My friends are now taller than me. I’m planning on getting a growth plate X-ray soon.
Answer:
By the time you are in stage 4, you should have terminal hair (thicker hair with color) on your groin and under your arms. You may also have some terminal hairs in your mustache and on your chin. By describing these hairs as fine (vellus hair), I suspect that you are rating yourself further in your development than you are. If you leave out the testicle size, what answer do you get from the calculator? My guess is that you will see early stage 3. If so, then that likely means you have overestimated the size of your testicles.
An erect penis length of 4.3 to 4.5 is well within the normal range for an adult male. The normal range is anywhere from 3 to 8 inches. However, if my guess is correct and you are not as far along as you think, then your penis will be getting longer as you grow taller.