title: Role of platelet-rich plasma in chronic alopecia areata: Our centre experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of chronic alopecia areata (AA).
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a prospective study that was conducted at Kamal Hospital, Kaushambi in which 20 patients who attended the outpatient department were enrolled for the study. All the patients had h/o patches and taken various line of treatments for a duration of 2 years. All the patients were biopsy-proven positive for AA disease. There was no randomisation done since all of them were healthy young adults. The patients'age ranged from 25 to 35 years, and none of them had any co-morbidities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 20 patients, only one patient had a relapse. None of the patients had any side effects, and all of them tolerated the procedure well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We wish to conclude that PRP has a definite role in treating AA infections. However, still more long-term follow-up, studies are required for further validation of results and labelling it as a 100% cure for people suffering from AA with recurrences which are so common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Kamal Hospital, Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sukhbir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Alopecia areata; cicatricial alopecia; platelet rich plasma