Dr. Gabel strives to make sure patients experience optimal healing and minimal scarring after their hair restoration procedures and he has made certain that his methods are conducive to reducing scar tissue and mitigating the cosmetic impact of potential scars. Scarring After A Hair Transplant A scar is a byproduct of your body healing an […]

Dr. Steven Gabel offers his patients many treatment options for hair restoration and strives to stay on the cutting edge of modern medicine. The most common cause of hair loss in men is male pattern baldness, however, there are factors beyond the genetic predisposition of certain individuals that can lead to hair thinning or balding. […]

Recently, Dr. Gabel was featured on CNN due to his expert knowledge of facial hair restoration. Here is a snippet of the article, with a link to the entire piece on CNN.com. Take a look at Hollywood’s leading men, the White House press secretary and the hipsters strolling through Brooklyn. It’s obvious beards are in, […]

Restoring the Lost Hairline When mapping out a hair restoration surgery, an experienced surgeon will take into account a number of different factors. This allows the surgeon to design a hairline that looks natural and undetectable. Each hairline should be unique for every individual and is as much about a surgeon’s artistic aesthetic sensibilities as […]

Although we highly recommend hair transplant’s as the hands down, most effective way to restore your hair, we would be remiss to at least mention some of the ingredients in some of the more natural remedies for Hair loss. In fact, if you aren’t giving your hair the support of nutrients such as protein, iron, […]

In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that regulatory T cells (Tregs; pronounced “tee-regs”), a type of immune cell generally associated with controlling inflammation, directly trigger stem cells in the skin to promote healthy hair growth. Without these immune cells as partners, the researchers found, the stem cells cannot regenerate hair follicles, […]

38 Yr Old Male has 2nd procedure with Gabel This patient is a 38-year-old gentleman who was concerned about his deep front-temporal hair loss in the front of his head. The young man underwent a follicular unit hair transplant strip surgery, his second procedure with Dr. Gabel, at his Portland Hair Transplant office. In total, Dr. […]

  We came across this article on weird baldness cures this weekend and just had to share it! Sometimes you really have to wonder how these weird baldness cures came about. We can’t really recommend any of these treatments, except the ;last one of course, but they’re fun to read about! This entertaining article comes […]

Follicular unit excision (FUE) Follicular unit excision (FUE) is gaining popularity for a variety of reasons.  In most consultations with patients desiring a hair transplant at our Portland Hair Restoration Center, Dr. Gabel discusses the virtues and pros and cons of FUE. There is a misconception that FUE is scarless surgery – this is absolutely […]

Enhancing The Frontal Hairline This patient is a 57-year-old gentleman who desired to enhance his frontal hairline due to a slow recession of hair in the frontal region. Rather than bringing his hairline down significantly, he wanted to increase the density of that area to make his hairline appear fuller. The patient underwent a follicular […]