If you play sports, you will have heard of creatine, a supplement that is used to improve sports performance and increase muscle mass. But you’ve probably heard that consuming creatine can make you bald. Is this statement true? Dr. Antelm Pujol answers your question.
According to the doctor and popularizer on social networks: “The fear of going bald with creatine comes from the study done on Rugby players who were divided into two groups”
- Group 1: 10 grams of creatine daily + regular training
- Group 2: placebo + usual training
“The group that consumed creatine experienced an increase in DHT (hormone related to baldness) of 50%. This result set off alarm bells, but this value that may seem so high (50% increase) and alarming really is not,” says Antelm Pujol.
According to the doctor: “The difference in DHT in absolute A value between the placebo group and the group taking creatine of 0.50 nmol/L after 21 days of supplementation. This difference in absolute value of 0.40 nmol/L is not clinically significant. That is, having 0.4nmol/L more DHT will not make you go bald.”
“At a statistical level, the big difference between absolute and relative values comes from the fact that initially, the group that received placebo has 20% less DHT than the group that received creatine in the randomization. Capricious things of statistics and randomization,” says the popularizer.
Conclusion
The doctor concludes: “There is no scientific evidence that creatine increases the probability of going bald. Genetic inheritance is the main factor that will determine your predisposition to baldness.
