1324 Cryotherapy for the treatment of alopecia areata: A review

Cryotherapy has recently been examined as a potential treatment for Alopecia Areata (AA). AA can be managed with intralesional or systemic steroids but relapse rates among those longstanding disease are high. This review serves to describe the existing studies evaluating cryotherapy of and examine comparing steroid injection AA. A systematic literature from 1990 2022 was conducted looking keywords such “alopecia areata” “cryotherapy” in Google Scholar PubMed. Three assessed efficacy liquid nitrogen found roughly 60% patients responded achieved hair regrowth. Five compared injection. Differences were not statistically significant there is some evidence suggest that lower group. Not all valid due inconsistencies regarding number cycles used cryotherapy, dosage steroids, patient populations used. Some cases recalcitrant while other More research larger sample sizes similar experimental procedures necessary assess clinical