Patients were instructed to apply topical 1% diclofenac sodium gel twice daily for 2 months to all affected patches with gentile massage.

The results of this study showed that 6 in group A, 21 (62.5%) patches showed complete hair regrowth till the end of second month of therapy and one patch showed a relapse at the end of 4 months follow up. While 3 (9.37%) patches revealed partial response at the end of second month of treatment, 2 of them showed complete hair regrowth at the end of 4 months follow up. A total of 22 (65.9%) patches showed complete hair regrowth at the end of 4 months follow up. Nine (28.12%) patches showed no response until the end of this study.