does creatine cause increased hair loss?
i am M16, 142 lbs, 5’10 and hopped on creatine 2 weeks ago, didnt load and taking 5g a day ever since. now, i am probably going to go bald when i’m older (basing this off of my genetics from my dad too), my hairline has always been more back and had a more receded look than the average person and i have long curly hair but i feel like it’s on the thinner side even though i have like a full big head of hair i guess. anyways, i have watched many videos and done research through all the established articles and papers and it all points to: no, creatine does not cause any increased hair loss or hair loss in general. BUT reddit on the other hand, just wow there are a crazy amount of people saying it does and they are very convinced. help me out, like i would obviously stop taking creatine if it did increase hair loss but there have been 6,000+ papers about it and none of them mention this hair loss besides the 2009 rugby thing which started all of this. so im stressing, please give me thoughts, i’m not trying to have increased/earlier baldness because of this but i just can’t see any actual evidence that links creatine directly to it. this has me worrying and it’s pretty frustrating…
Edit: sorry if you had a seizure reading this, i typed it up fast without looking over it