Male-Pattern Hair Loss: A Supraorbital Nerve Entrapment Syndrome?

January 1980 in “ Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research ”

Caledonia Gunn, Mathew H.M. Lee

male-pattern hair loss neuropathy supraorbital nerve transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation TENS acupuncture trophic factor nutritional factor hair follicles supraorbital foramen male-pattern baldness electrical nerve stimulation

TLDR Hair loss might be due to nerve issues, treatable with electric stimulation or acupuncture.

Male-pattern hair loss may be caused by neuropathy of the supraorbital nerve, which can be treated with transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation (TENS) or possibly acupuncture. Hair loss results from the deprivation of the trophic or nutritional factor of hair follicles and may occur anywhere on the body. Further investigation is needed to determine the relationship between hair loss and supraorbital foramen.

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