after about 6 months using it it made my hair line thin , it grew back but fook that

I'm afraid of the monster I'll become.

It's a shame you can never tell if posts like this are a case of the hypochondriaz or what. I mean you can google pretty much any supplement you can think of and find all kinds of crazy stories about all kinds of crazy effects that all kinds of crazy people got from said supplement. But with that being said, I don't like to just automatically dismiss peoples experiences either..sigh...

As someones who's receding a little and likes his creatine, I wish I knew, but probably never will...

Spoiler!

I swear the people claiming it causes hair loss must have just read one of the jokes pretending creatine is an illegal supplement.

All the people claiming it raises DHT are the same ones who claim no fap raises your test. I’ve never seen any evidence of this in actual bloodwork. I mean, lower body fat raises test and lowers estrogen. So I guess be fat if you’d like?

Id rather not risk it

On a cold Friday afternoon, I had come home from school. I had been thinking of the gym all day. I was hungry, didn't have any lunch. In fact, I didn't eat because I spent the money. For the past month I was saving up for something. Something special which I bought at GNC. I was surprised they didn't ask for ID; I was pretty sure the cashier noticed how nervous I was. Anyways, my mom asked my how my day was when I got home, but I ignored her. I have more important things to do. I run to the bathroom and unpack my bag. In my school bag is a white plastic bag from GNC. I open the bag, first removing the receipt and flushing it down the toilet to get rid of the evidence. My heart was racing now. I unpack the creatine monster from the bag.
I wonder what people will be asking me when they see that I will be 50lbs heavier. Should I say I was just eating a lot? I remove the label from the tub and tear it into a thousand small pieces. I flush that down the toilet, too. It is time now. I run up to my room when my mom ask me what I am holding. I panic, sweat drips down my forehead and my teeth chatter. "Mom, it's just for a school project". "What project?" "I don't know mom I just started it!". A tear runs down my cheek. I run upstairs and open the creatine, scooping upservings into a clear water bottle. What have I gotten myself into? I fill it with water and drink it. There is no turning back now. The creatine monster is inside me now, it will control me. What should I do if I die? I cant let my family know about this.
I open the creatine tub and throw it all out the window; a white cloud of mysterious dust sparkles into the wind so graciously. I feel the substance taking control of me; I am now the monster. I walk downstairs, its time to work out; time to get big. Now I worry, I don't want to get too big; people will think I use steroids. I do use steroids. No I don't. Creatine. All I see is the weights now, I am almost downstairs when I hear "Do you want a cookie I just baked". I know I do not have time for this **** now. "No mom I do not want a cookie" I walk in the basement and drop to my knees before the weights, tears running down my cheeks. I turn to the right and look at myself in the mirror. Oh god, what have I done?

thats why i dont take it anymore

Kinda, but not really.

Any heavy lifting causes a rise in DHT. The study didn't include the fact that the creatine group were getting an extra rep, and more of a swell. More reps, more swell more DHT. If people are afraid of a rise in DHT, they shouldn't lift at all.

It may help with strength a little when you are generally weaker during a cut

Kinda, but not really.

Any heavy lifting causes a rise in DHT. The study didn't include the fact that the creatine group were getting an extra rep, and more of a swell. More reps, more swell more DHT. If people are afraid of a rise in DHT, they shouldn't lift at all.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10484567

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2796409

Test is a substrate of of the enzyme 5α-reductases making DHT. A raise in test without a reduction of 5α-reductases, will result in a raise in DHT. The subjects RNA dictates the DHT/T ratio.