creatine hair loss study
The speculation that creatine causes hair loss was most likely a response to the findings of a 2009 study by van der Merwe et al, which noted an increase in both dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and the DHT:Testosterone ratio in college-aged Rugby players after a three-week intervention of creatine supplementation vs placebo.
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