Majid I, Sameem F, Sultan J, et al. - In the present study, the researchers sought to explain and evaluate the reliability of a new scoring system ‘Alopecia Areata Severity Index’ (AASI) for measuring the severity of alopecia areata (AA) of the scalp, beard, and upper face. Scalp hair, beard hair, upper face (eyebrows and eyelashes) were individually evaluated and the severity of AA was scored from 0 to 100 (0-50 in case of the upper face). AASI was then calculated as a sum of all these individual scores as AASI= AASI (scalp)+AASI (upper face)+AASI (beard)+. AASI score is a reliable scoring system for assessing the severity of AA in patients with involvement of one or more body areas.