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Does creatine cause hair loss?

The evidence says no. The whole fear traces back to one small 2009 study of rugby players that measured a hormone and never counted a single hair.

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Creatine makes you bald. This one comes from a single 2009 study of rugby players that measured a hormone, not hair. Nobody counted a follicle. In 2025, a proper twelve week trial did. Creatine against placebo, hair actually examined. No change in the hormone, no change in hair. One small study started a rumor that outlived it by sixteen years.

In 2025 a twelve-week randomised trial finally looked at hair itself, creatine against placebo, and found no change in the hormone and no change in hair. One small study started a rumour that outlived it by sixteen years.

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