Dr. Gabel strives to seek holistic solutions for hair loss patients and incorporates both surgical and non-surgical treatment plans into his practice. No two patients are ever completely identical and every individual must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Dr. Gabel is always careful to evaluate the efficacy of treatment options as they arise and […]

Surgical Restoration for Straight Hair Certain hair characteristics will shape the surgical treatment options best suited for a particular patient. People with straight hair are generally considered better candidates for FUE graft harvesting than curly-haired patients. Harvesting the individual follicles from patients with straight hair is much less labor intensive when compared to patients who […]

Post-Operative Care of Your Hair Transplant in Portland, Oregon For our patients who had hair restoration in our Portland, Oregon practice, postoperative care is vital for optimal results. In fact, even though the actual hair transplant lasts 8 to 12 hours, the postoperative care and instructions last for a few weeks. The most critical time […]

Calculating Your Hair Grafts The amount of hair needed to create a cosmetically impactful hair restoration is an art as much as a science. It requires the aesthetically trained and experienced eye of a hair transplantation surgeon to evaluate each patient based on their goals, treatment plan, personal physiology, age, and a variety of other […]

One of the most important factors in evaluating a hair transplant candidate is the availability of their donor supply. If the available donor area has been depleted by past procedures or by physiological factors, it may restrict what a hair restoration surgeon can address in the future. It’s vital that responsible techniques are used to harvest […]

How Many Men Suffer from Significant Hair Loss? The American Hair Loss Association has observed that approximately two-thirds of men will notice some degree of thinning or baldness by the age of 35. By the age of 50, however, approximately 85 percent of men will have significantly thinner hair or baldness. Hair Loss Can Occur […]

It is estimated that 55 million people in the United States suffer from hair loss. Given its societal importance, the psychological impact of hair loss is often a negative emotional response that hinders a person’s self-esteem and personal well-being, particularly in younger hair loss sufferers. Studies indicate that men and women with hair loss suffer […]

At the Gabel Center, we strive to accommodate and assess every hair loss patient in a holistic and customized manner. For patients with extensive baldness that exceeds their donor area’s ability to safely provide grafts for transplantation, alternative sources of donor hair can be found and evaluated throughout the body. Harvesting body hair allows surgeons […]

An experienced surgeon can minimize risks to a hair transplant’s successful outcome, but the best way to ensure optimal protection for hair grafts is to follow all post-operative instructions closely. Among the most crucial is avoiding sun exposure for several months after undergoing hair transplant surgery. After the trauma of surgery, the scalp requires ample […]

Dr. Gabel strives to seek holistic solutions for hair loss patients and incorporates both surgical and non-surgical treatment plans into his practice. No two patients are ever completely identical and every individual must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Dr. Gabel is always careful to evaluate the efficacy of treatment options as they arise and […]