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A 28-year-old male engineering student presented with the complaint of patchy loss of hair on the scalp for 1 week. One day he noticed a loss of hair in a small area in the front portion of the scalp while combing his hair, which gradually increased in the area. On examination, there were two circumscribed oval-shaped patchy hair loss on the anteromedial part of the scalp with demarcated borders. There were no signs of scaling or redness. On the basis of examination, the condition was clinically diagnosed as Alopecia areata and was treated as Indralupta [2] in Ayurveda. Assessment of alopecia was done using photographs taken before and after the treatments. The treatment was carried out in three phases- shodhana cikitsa, raktamokshanam and rasayanam. In the follow up after 1-month healthy hair growth started on the affected areas of the scalp. A follow-up conducted after 1 year revealed healthy regrowth of hair in affected areas.