Alopecia Areata - Symptoms

Following are the symptoms of alopecia areata:

• Hair fall in patches;
• Excessive hair fall noticed on the pillow and in the shower;
• Increase in the number of patches;
• Hair loss from beard, moustache, eyebrow and other parts of the body;
• Patches of baldness filling up while new ones appear;
• Patchy hair loss after a period of stress.

The table below lists patterns of hair loss that alopecia areata can give rise to, along with their symptoms.