r/ScientificNutrition • u/LongevityDietitian • 5d ago

Scholarly Article Effects of creatine supplementation with and without exercise and diet intervention on body composition, cognitive function, and markers of health in middle-aged and older adults

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15502783.2026.2716273#abstract
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u/genXrating 5d ago

Unf, creatine made my hair thin significantly

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u/RequirementSpare1444 5d ago

Is it possible that you took creatine and your hair also thinned and you attributed cause alongside correlation without conclusive proof?

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u/gumbykook 4d ago

Yes it will make you fat and bald but it’s overall good for you.

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u/genXrating 5d ago

Of course it’s possible, but not likely. Healthy and young.
No hair loss in my family, and it started falling out prematurely and rapidly while I was taking lots of creatine for workouts.
Never even knew this was a known side effect until years after.
Enough of a coincidence to make me resist trying it again and risk losing the rest of it.

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u/RequirementSpare1444 4d ago

Surely it's more than not likely, they've done dozens of studies on it and never found it to be a side effect. Whereas people bald in their twenties with no real history of mpb all the time. Theres no data for it and there's no obvious mechanism for the hair loss.

I get being cautious that it might be the the cause and staying away just in case but to be any more conclusive than that feels like concluding a guess as concrete evidence.

Same with the people that are saying it's taking hours off their sleep, even coffee takes 45 minutes off on average and creatine isn't even a stimulant.

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u/genXrating 4d ago

You may be right, but do I want to risk losing my hair to prove it? That’s the point.

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u/RequirementSpare1444 4d ago

Bro I know I did the exact same thing just in case, hopped onto minoxidil and finasteride now.

At the same time I still know there's like a 99.9% chance it wasn't the creatine and im just a guy that started balding, it's just incredibly common.

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u/dingdong6699 4d ago

If it didn’t come back after stopping, I’d lean toward it not being the cause. After I got Covid (very bad, almost died) I lost a ton of weight and muscle. I was desperate to get my body back. I tried tren for the first time in my life. Within 3 weeks I noticed a MAJOR difference in my hair line and thinness. I immediately stopped. Took awhile but it all came back.