Hello to anyone and everyone who reads this, and thank you in advance for any information or answers you can provide.

I am a 22 year old female, I weigh 75lbs and I'm 4'7" tall. All of my life I've tried to accept the fact that I'm extremely tiny. In my childhood it wasn't so bad. People mistakenly thought I was a toddler when I signed up for school, and through my elementary or primary school years it wasn't much of an issue. Even through Middle school and most of High school I wasn't bothered much about this. Now that I am a young adult, I'm finding it hard to deal with.

I am always mistaken for a 12 year old. Everyone I come in contact with knows that I am not the age I look because of the maturity in my voice, the clothes that I wear, but I constantly get asked "excuse me, ma'am.. how old are you?" and usually I shrug it off. It is upsetting but I'm trying to learn to live with this.

I recently went to get an annual exam at my GYN's office and it was the first visit I've had with this specific doctor. He told me I was abnormally small and asked me if I ever looked into what may have caused this. My parents really haven't done much because I'm a very healthy person and as a child it never seemed to bother me. He also asked if I have ever consulted with an endocrinologist (I think that is what he spoke of).

Now I know of a young guy, around 15 years of age I think, who is taking injections of what I believe is the Human Growth Hormone. And I know that people of the older generation take this to slow down aging (hopefully I'm correct - this is what I understand from online research)

What I'm asking is if this hormone would help me. What exactly is this hormone, what does it do, and am I too old to take this to get adequate results for what I would be expecting?

Do you have any info, answers, or words of wisdom that can help me?

Again, thank you so very much.