# Ever use Creatine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-creatine/370902>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 31, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-creatine/370902 "2006-08-31T11:56:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-creatine/370902/21 "2006-09-02T00:09:32Z")

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[QUOTE=createAnAccount]  
To provide even more anecdotal evidence, neither me nor anyone I have ever heard of has ever broken out in acne from creatine (maybe sterioids, but not creatine). YMMV. Searching the web, some others seem to have a problem with it, but they are all at the ages where acne could be a problem anyways (15 - 18)  
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Someone in the thread \*\*Jackknifed Juggernaut \*\* linked to also mentioned developing back acne, which is what I’ve seen. Probably doesn’t happen to everyone-- maybe people who are predisposed to have acne in the first place? Dunno, and cool for you if you don’t have this effect. Just thought I’d mention it.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-creatine/370902/22 "2006-09-02T02:38:21Z")

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I took it as a freshman in high school and I went from being a skinny weak kid to having a pretty powerful physique. The only thing is, I don’t think that the creatine actually made me stronger or more muscular. I think that I just worked out more because I was more enthusiastic about it, thinking that I was going to be incredibly ripped and huge.

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**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-creatine/370902/23 "2006-09-02T03:06:55Z")

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\*\*createAnAccount \*\* has provided the most accurate and informed info in this thread. I myself have been a lifelong weightlifter and after a 1 year hiatus am 2 weeks into a new regimen. That’s 6 workouts and plenty of creatine and the results are outstanding. People who know me can’t believe it. Muscle memory plays a large part but creatine’s role as a cell volumizer through water retention plays a large part as well. Don’t buy the fancy expensive stuff, just pure creatine monohydrate (it’s inexpensive) and judge for yourself.

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