Like a lot of people, I am new to alopecia. I am the mother of a 5 year old girl who was recently diagnosed by 2 dermatologists with alopecia areata. Since the beginning of April, her eyebrows gradually dwindled away. It is now the end of May and they are at a standstill (or falling out so slowly I cannot tell). She does not have any other patches of hair missing, nothing on her scalp. Prior to this occurring, she had her first bout with strep throat which took weeks to go away, due to the fact that they prescribed heavy antibiotics which caused strong side effects. When the dose was lowered to an appropriate amount, she was able to tolerate it and the strep went away. For the first 3 years of her life, she suffered from asthma, or I like to call it "reactive airway" because it only happened when she got a chest cold. She used albuterol and prednisolone but no longer suffers from this condition. She does get out of breath a little easily and tends to cough upon exertion sometimes. This year, allergy season has been awful and she developed atopic dermatitis on her face. She is a dead ringer for alopecia, according to my research. I am curious as to whether or not the strep throat may have triggered her immune system, as I have read many people experiencing this or another illness before the onset of alopecia. It is just so hard not to feel helpless. Like I said, I have not seen any progression on her eyebrows for weeks now, and her scalp is so far (thankfully) not involved. I am also curious as to whether or not anyone else has experienced AA in the eyebrows only??