There are previous articles which features temporary hair loss and their symptoms. Permanent hair loss is different from temporary hair loss and their features. On permanent hair loss, the pattern between men and women vary. For example, for male pattern baldness, termed also as andogenetic alopecia, begin early, maybe in the teens or early twenties. It is characterized by receding hair lines, usually either at the top of the head, or the temples. It will result to partial or complete baldness.

Female pattern baldness or androgenic alopecia has different thinning patterns which starts at the front, sides or crown. Women are more lucky on the issue of hair loss, because complete baldness is a rare experience, and frontal hair line is usually maintained.

A more rare alopecia is the scarring alopecia, which occurs when certain inflammations create damage and scars to hair follicles, and thus causing permanent hair loss. Those patches are sometimes paired up with slight itching or pain.