Possible cause of male pattern hair loss: subliminal tension of the facial and masticatory muscles

In modern, anonymous, populous societies, the face (especially the mouth, eyes, eyebrows) is the primary tool for interpersonal communication, interaction, and identification. A wrong or inappropriate facial expression can have serious, life-threatening consequences – depending on the situation:

Example 1 (exaggerated): a wrong facial expression in an area characterized by crime and violence → physical attack by easily provoked/violent individuals → injury/death

Example 2 (exaggerated): a wrong facial expression in a job interview → no job → no income → no money for food → hunger/death

Through interpersonal mimic and verbal interaction, humans are conditioned since birth to have their facial expressions under control so as not to provoke unwanted/wrong interpretations and associated reactions from their fellow humans that could have a detrimental effect on their lives in the short or long term, directly or indirectly. The basis for this conditioning is the association of emotion and facial expression anchored in the human mind or predefined by society. Each emotion is assigned a corresponding facial expression. It is a widespread assumption that a person’s facial features (facial expressions) basically represent his or her emotional state at all times, since everyone has adjustable facial expressions. This means, for example, that when someone relaxes his/her facial muscles, his/her face, and thus he/she as a person, then also makes a relaxed or neutral impression on other people.

“Problem”: some people have a facial shape that does not make a relaxed or neutral impression on other people when physically relaxed. These people are consciously or unconsciously conditioned through interpersonal mimic interaction, but also through verbal communication, to keep their facial and masticatory muscles permanently in tension in order to be able to adjust their facial expression if necessary, since their physically relaxed face triggers undesirable/wrong interpretations and associated reactions in other people. This permanent, subliminal tension (increased muscle tone) of the facial and masticatory muscles possibly sets off a chain of effects that ultimately causes hair loss.