Do you grow after WLS

Ok, kinda a random question, but since my surgery, people have commented that I seem taller. I don't know if that is from actually being taller, or from having a little more confidence and seeming taller. I know, I should just get a measuring tape and see (and once I find a measuring tape I will). Anyway, I am just curious if anyone else has had this experience. Thanks

This may sound crazy but this is what I was told, that as you loose weight your body is not as compressed from the effects of gravity so when you stand up you are a little taller!!!

I was wondering if it was something like that. You know, how they say that you are taller in the morning b/c of gravity. If it's true, then sweet, bonus wls perk #432. Thanks

It happened to me, I've been 6' tall since I was about 21, but after losing 250 pounds, I seemed to tower over people I hadnt before.  My wife is 5'7", and since I lost all the weight I have to bend down to kiss her.  I think the weight caused me to slouch and it just became like a permanent thing until I became lighter.  It's good to be tall again, the air's a little lighter up here. John

I've heard it is possible, but kind of rare. There are a couple variables.  One, naturally, is how much you lose.  The other is your age.  I would think a younger patient might have a better chance. I'm 46 and was 5' 9.5" in high school.  I'm two years out from surgery and have not gained any height back and am still 5' 8"  from when they measured me before surgery.  I did talk to the doctor at my last annual checkup about it and he mentioned that their practice has only experienced one or two who have actually gained any height out of the hundreds of patients they've worked with. Good question!  I was hoping to regain a little height, but it doesn't look like it.

The theory is that with less weight pressing down on the spinal discs, the space between them eventually increases (or at least returns to "normal"), thus gaining an inch or two in height, depending on amount of weight lost and age.  Obviously this would be less likely to happen to someone who has been carrying their extreme weight for many years vs. someone who has for only a few years.   I say "theory" b/c this effect still doesn't seem to happen in some WLS patients.      I know one old VBG patient (the surgery, not the patient) who lost pver 300 lbs., who discovered only some time after his phenomenal weight loss that ALL the discs in his back were crushed due to his many years with the excess weight on him.  This sad condition, oddly enough, didn't come to light to him until he had re-gained about 1/2 the lost weight.   Apparently he hadn't even felt the  pain from the condition due to his weight.   I guess as he got more active and then couldn't be as active again did it make itself felt, quite painfully.  He has since had several back surgeries in an attempt to correct the condition as best as possible, and is pretty much disabled for the time being.   &:-(...   Again on the topic of increased height after WLS, the lack of excess weight I think also causes the appearance of additional height, based on proportionality and perspective, btw .   People around me (esp. people that were taller than me before surgery) seem to think I look taller now - even taller than them!

So, I'm one of the oddballs here (not that that is anything new), but YES - I have documented an increase in height of  two full inches.  Prior to surgery, I was just under 5'10" and as of a couple of weeks ago, I am fully 6' 0".  Fortuantely for me, I have a good chiropractor who was able to show me before and after x-rays and there is proof that my discs have expanded and realigned since losing the weight.  Maybe I should submit an article to NEJM as the first "documented" evidence??