Here's something everyone has probably thought about before starting Creatine. Does creatine cause acne? Is it true? Please share any personal experiences. Especially to those who HAVE an acne problem. Thanks.

Your diet actually has a lot less to do with acne than popular belief would have you think. Creatine isn't going to give you acne, unless you start working out like crazy and stop showering. My skin actually improved while I was using creatine--not at all because of the creatine itself, but because of all the water you need to be drinking while using it.

Originally posted by stevebk108:
Your diet actually has a lot less to do with acne than popular belief would have you think..

BULLSH1T. BULLSH1T BULLSH1T BULLSH1T.

The one thing that i can tell you with 100% certainty is that diet and excercise have made my skin baby smooth. Since i would excercise 30 minutes per day for nearly a year, and my skin didn't improve until i changed my diet... what do you think caused the change in skin condition.

I'm 22 years old. People told me that i looked older-- what they really meant is that my skin looked like that of a 70 year old sailor who smoked.

My skin now looks and feels baby soft. Not a blemish at all. I used to get these anomalies that were unmistakable and massive. I also cleaned my face properly, and often. Another note is that my backne (back acne) has cleared up as well. I don't use anything special on it.

What changed it was decreasing carbs, simple sugars, and eating natural foods like fruits, veggies, chicken, and fish. I have started ketogenic diet which has added foods like dairy and salami (and oils, mayo, etc) and my skin is still beautiful so far (14 days). I track my vitamin intake and i get well over 100%RDA of everything. I eat like half a pound of spinach every day.

It's tough to tell you how certain i am that diet changes your skin. I'm a biochemical engineer and i do understand the biochemical pathways that take place in your system. Scrub your face until the skin comes off, it doesn't matter-- your diet has a huge impact on your skin. I feel that it's easier to diet and not worry about cleaning my skin more than once a day (with soap), and my skin is clear and baby soft.

I also began using vitamins for my skin, including biotin, vitamin c, vit A, D, zinc. My skin was already close to perfect- now it is essentially perfect.

I've read about the biochemical pathway that creatine causes which would theoretically cause acne. I can't remember exactly what i read, but i can tell you that i don't take creatine due to the likelyhood that it would mess up my new face. I would prefer to go all natural. If you feel that you want quicker gains, and you want to see what will happen to your dermal layer, than by all means it won't mess you up for good-- give it a shot.

It's a good thing you pointed out the fact that I said it had nothing to do with it. Oh, wait, that's not what I said. Oh well, at least you've pointed out the fact that biochemical engineers are the leading authority on skin condition and not dermatologists. Well, since you decided to be a prick in your response, I'm likewise happy to oblige--though I will try to keep my vocabulary at the adult level and point out some verifiable information for the actual concerned party.

“If you look at the medical textbooks on dermatology, specifically the medical texts on acne, it’s spelled out loud and clear that diet has no effect on acne,” says health professor Lorn Cordin from CSU.

"Because acne is formed primarily from overactive Sebaceous glands doctors cannot say that acne is directly linked to diet." www.curing-acne.com/diet-and-acne.php (http://www.curing-acne.com/diet-and-acne.php)

"doctors rarely ask patients to amend their daily diet as a means of reducing acne breakouts. Certain foods MAY aggravate acne, but will not cause acne." http://www.dietbites.com/acne.html

"Some would wonder why I have not heretofore mentioned the effect of diet on acne. Numerous studies have shown NO effect of diet on acne, despite the conviction of many people that certain foods do affect acne." Jeff Cersonsky, MD, FAAP (Oddly enough engineers don't seem to spend much time on the issue)


"a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concurred, 'Diet plays no role in acne treatment in most patients…even large amounts of certain foods have not clinically exacerbated acne.'" www.acne.com/p_diet.php (http://www.acne.com/p_diet.php)

You know I wouldn't have even bothered responding to your comment, because in all honesty I couldn't care much less about the ins and outs of the effects of diet on acne. The fact of the matter is that a good diet is going to generally improve every aspect of your body, and unless biochemical engineers have proved otherwise, the skin is still a part of that system. So until I offer hurtful advice to someone, there is no need for the childish language.