Treatments and supplements · Intralesional steroid injections
Do steroid injections in the scalp help alopecia areata?
What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.
Studied in controlled trials
3 studies, of which 1 is a controlled trial in people with a hundred participants or more. No overview combining them yet.
4 Large controlled trial 1 study
3 Small study in people 2 studies
This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.
Appears under: Hair and nails
The studies
- 4 Large controlled trial
Comparative Efficacy of Intralesional Steroid Injections vs Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Alopecia Areata.
2025 · Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD · 118 participants
- 3 Small study in people
Comparing the Efficacy of Combined Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide With Topical Calcipotriol Versus Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide Monotherapy in Scalp and Beard Alopecia Areata: Results From a Randomized Single-Blinded Clinical Trial.
2025 · Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery
- 3 Small study in people
Evaluating the tolerability and efficacy of etanercept compared to triamcinolone acetonide for the intralesional treatment of keloids.
2008 · Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD