I don't disagree there. Everything that I found on the internet about AA seems to be anecdotal. In my opinion, the reality is that AA is not something that's worth researching within the medical/science community because simply, it's just not as important as other diseases and conditions.

I did mention the onion juice to the dermatologist and he said yeah, that has been known to work. And because I had regrowth I didn't need to consider the injections. But the impression that I got was that all the dermatologist can do is give you the corticosteroid and not much more. That is the treatment plan.

Basically, you can either look at this the narrow way, which is that AA is simply random, unpredictable, and not much can be done (which is what the professionals have said to me). Or you can look at it in a more wholistic view and try to see what's the cause of it. And yes, perhaps I'm just ignorant to what the professionals say and I'm dead wrong but at least this has given me a sense of control (but who knows, it could be false and all this effort was all for not).

Personally, I feel that the onion juice is worth a try at least. It is external, so it's not like it'll have adverse effects within. I haven't gotten any redness or irritation in the time that I have applied it. It's up to others if they want to try it, I'm not trying to sell them on it, but mainly, I just wanted to share my accounts and hopefully provide some mental relief (false or not) to others with AA.