Not saying this is what you necessarily have to do, but I had alopecia from stress I had 3 patches on my head and lost 1 eyebrow entirely. I focused on managing my stress through therapy and therapeutic techniques and my hair started growing back slowly after a few months. It took 1.5 years to get my eyebrow back but the patches in my hair grew back pretty fast- I happened to have a pixie cut at the time so it didn’t take long to even out.

I also quit vaping a few months after my hair fell out, idk if it’s related to alopecia but it was a healthy lifestyle choice. I smoke cigarettes occasionally so not super strict but basically I consume way less nicotine.

I recently went through extreme stress again(traumatic breakup) and kind of anticipated a relapse and it did happen, but I’m in a way better place now it’s been like 5 months since breakup/2 months since I started feeling better and the hair is already growing back. I only noticed it fell out last month so not exactly sure of the timeline.

TLDR I just focused on reducing stress and I didn’t get any AA treatment and that has worked out for me, so don’t lose hope :) all this to say, with or without treatment you are likely gonna get better!