February 5 2007, 12:31 pm PT | Posted in: Drugs (Cause Hair Loss) + Hair Loss Causes + Hair Products
I was wondering if there was any correlation between hair loss and creatine usage. I’ve been working out 6 - 7 days a week for the six weeks while taking creatine every daily, and have noticed increased hair loss.
Although as far as I know, creatine does not cause hair loss, I found a couple of sites that tell stories that would dispute that. Remember, just because you read about it on the internet, it does not necessarily make it true. Take these with a grain of salt:
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some years ago while on a fittness kick I started lap swimming and used creatine. that same year the hair on the top part of my my head thinned out dramaticaly! and never thickend back again, was it the creatine or hereditary hair loss I do not know;I was 28 at the time. It is just that it happend very fast (over about 2-3 months)and coincided with the time I was taking creatine.
I should also point out that I was only taking the minimum recomeded dose 3 times a week to coincide with my swimming days, so there was not much in my system and was not realy getting any noticeble benifits.
I have started weight training and other exercise recently and was planning to start creatine usage again, but use it properly daily to hopefully notice the benifits. was researching the net to find possible side effects and found the whole hair loss thing along with the normal dehydration stuff, and has left me unsure if it is worth the risk of losing the hair I have left. I am 35 now - too young to be bald :))