One of the best things about being located in Portland, Oregon is the easy access to just about any fresh fruit or vegetable. If your hair is feeling dull and seems to have lost it’s luster, sweet potatoes may be one food that can help you to bring back those shiny locks. They contain the […]

  The Gabel Center was awarded the prestigious 3-year accreditation status which is the highest level an organization can achieve. This means that the Gabel Center has met rigorous, nationally recognized standards of quality of health care and requirements set forth by AAAHC. Prior to an on-site visit, the Gabel Center spent over a year […]

Dr. Gabel actively strives to holistically address a patient’s hair loss on an individual basis, and this means that he is mindful to remain an expert in both surgical and non-surgical treatment options that can be customized to provide treatment plans for a variety of different patient scenarios and considerations. One of the most talked […]

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 […]

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 […]

Post-Operative Care of Your Hair Transplant in Portland, Oregon For our patients who had a hair restoration in our Portland, Oregon practice, the 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 […]

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 upon their goals, their treatment plan, personal physiology, age, and a variety of […]

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 […]

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 is hindering to a person’s self esteem and personal well being, particularly in younger hair loss sufferers. Studies indicate that men and women […]