Can A Hairclip Help Cure Migraines? I Asked A Doctor

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68bee82f19000056ed34c65d.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="A claw clip" data-caption="A claw clip" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="12photostory via Unsplash" />A claw clip</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>If it had had less attention and fewer follow-up videos, I’m afraid I would have ignored the viral TikTok clip in which a poster said that placing a claw clip on her eyebrow helped with her migraine. </p><p>It just sounds so – unexpected, doesn’t it? But here @SmåVanerStortLiv’s post is, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@smvanerstortliv/video/7546344940364860695" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">with almost nine million views</a> as of the time of writing, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marina.emlife/video/7547351016354729238?q=hairclip%20migraine&amp;t=1757340678692" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lots of app users</a> seconding the advice.</p><p>At that point, I figured, it’s worth asking an expert whether there was any medical merit to the approach at all. </p><p>So, we spoke to Dr Suzanne Wylie, a GP and medical adviser for <a role="link" href="https://www.iqdoctor.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-vars-item-name="IQdoctor" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68b835e4e4b042094acfb6f0" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.iqdoctor.co.uk/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="3">IQdoctor</a>, about wh