About Harper College. Harper College is a 2-year public institution located in Palatine, IL, and serves a district including all or part of 23 communities. The community college sits on a 200-acre campus designed in the 1960s to resemble a small village.
Alopecia is the number one cause of hair loss in Black and African American women. If you've ever seen someone with bald, thin edges or temple hair loss you've seen alopecia's effects. Temple hair loss is usually caused by traction alopecia.
Interestingly, while overproduction of the estrogen hormone can lead to hair loss in women, it is the hormone that actually protects us from losing our beautiful locks in the first place. Typically hair loss is associated with men, hence the term, male pattern baldness.