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Inclusion Criteria: * African-American women, ages 18-60 years old * with a clinical diagnosis and biopsy-proven CCCA, with Central Scalp Alopecia Scale severity 1 through 4 will be included in this study * These subjects will be seen and treated in Wake Forest Baptist Health Dermatology Outpatient Clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with other forms of hair loss in addition to CCCA will be excluded * Other patients to be excluded are those with other forms of inflammatory scalp disease (with the exception of mild seborrheic dermatitis) * patients who have had topical treatment for CCCA within the past 4 months (including topical steroids, topical minoxidil, or any other topical hair regrowth medication) * patients who have been on a long-term oral antibiotics for hair loss within the past year * patients who have undergone more than two rounds of intralesional steroid injections to the scalp in the past one year.