TLDR Hair transplants can temporarily help with eyebrow hair loss.
A case study from 2005 demonstrated that a hair transplant could provide significant temporary relief for chronic eyebrow alopecia areata unresponsive to traditional treatments like intralesional triamcinolone. The patient received 85 mini and micrografts in the right eyebrow and experienced 8 months without alopecia. Although the condition eventually relapsed, it became manageable with six annual intralesional cortisone injections, a treatment that had previously shown only modest benefits. The patient was satisfied with the results.
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