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Group I consisted of 31 patients who were injected with 1\u00a0ml of LC hair essence serum diluted with 0.5\u00a0ml of 0.9% normal saline once weekly for 8\u00a0weeks, and Group II involved 31 patients who were injected with 50 units of botulinum toxin A. 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