Lyakhovitsky A, et al. - A sum of 104 subjects (31 childhood-onset, 63 adult-onset, and 10 late-onset) were studied to assess the long-term course of alopecia areata (AA) in various age groups. They recorded 88.5% of subjects with mild, 3.8% moderate and 7.7% severe AA at first episode. No re-growth was reported in 13%, 3% and 0% of childhood-onset, adult-onset, and late-onset cases, respectively. A decrease in the prevalence of severe disease, the duration of an initial episode and the rate of relapses with older age at onset was also noted. They found an improvement in the outcome and the disease-free interval with age at onset. They did not find any impact of the contemporary treatment modalities on the long-term outcome.