I found this on an Alopecia Q & A in the NYTimes, just wondering if any of you have heard of it or tried it. Thanks, Susan

http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/expert-answers-on-alop...

There is a "cure" for Alopecia Areata if you have had it less than five years. My son has Alopecia and we were lucky enough to "stumble" upon Dr. Richard Strick, a dermatologist affiliated with U.C.L.A. He has been "curing" people with Alopecia (a 90 percent cure rate) for over twenty years. He uses a cream called DNCB, a compound which he makes the patient allergic to. The lymphocytes, or white blood cells then attack the cream on the scalp instead of the hair, allowing the hair to grow back. I am frankly shocked that the work that Dr. Strick does isn't common knowledge to more people in the medical community. Our first dermatologist also recommended steroid shots and Rogaine etc., -- it didn't work. This cream is applied for ten minutes a day and our son who lost every hair on his head and body -- eye lashes, eyebrows -- everything -- now has 85% of it back and by summer he should be without a hat. He is ten and this year going through Alopecia was really traumatic. I think what Dr. Strick is doing should be shared with the world!