My daughter has had alopecia for two years and recently developed new patches. She took 40 mg of steroids twice a week for a year, and after stopping, she is now taking Dicaris 50 mg tablets twice a week. Based on this medication history, can you please help diagnose the specific type of alopecia she has?

Based on your daughter's history of patchy hair loss and her treatment, she most likely has **Alopecia Areata**. This is an autoimmune condition where the immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles, causing patchy baldness. Her medications?pulse steroid therapy and Dicaris (Levamisole, an immunomodulator)?are classic treatments used to suppress this abnormal immune response and encourage hair regrowth. The appearance of new patches after stopping steroids suggests her condition is currently active. I highly recommend consulting her dermatologist to evaluate if her current maintenance therapy with Dicaris needs adjustment to better control this recent flare-up.