Category: Hair Loss

We have several patients asking about the medication, dutasteride, for their hair loss. At the Gabel Center, we practice evidence-based medicine in our comprehensive treatment recommendations for our hair loss patients. Androgenetic alopecia, commonly known as male pattern baldness, is a prevalent condition affecting millions of men worldwide. It is primarily driven by the androgen […]

Is Finasteride Effective for Hair Growth? In a prior blog, I wrote about the efficacy of topical finasteride. More hair restoration patients (especially male pattern hair loss patients) are interested in topical finasteride because they heard that the risk or rate of side effects is lower compared to oral finasteride. In terms of the efficacy […]

Does Topical Finasteride Work for Hair Growth? Topical finasteride is gaining interest among patients. The oral form of finasteride has been approved by the FDA since 1997 at a dosage of 1 mg daily. Patients feel that it is an easy form of treatment as a daily pill. Additionally, it is probably the most effective […]

ISHRS LAUNCHES FIGHT THE FIGHT PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT HAIR RESTORATION FRAUD WORLDWIDE CHICAGO, IL. – November 1, 2019. In an effort to warn unsuspecting consumers about the growing problem of fraudulent, illicit clinics performing hair restoration surgery to promote hair growth, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) is launching a multi-pronged public […]

FUE Hair Transplant Timeline – This 40-year-old male patient had been affected by alopecia. Dr. Gabel recommended an FUE transplant procedure to restore the patient’s frontal hairline. During this procedure, Dr. Gabel transplanted 2,181 hair follicles into the frontal hairline in one session. The following photographs were taken during the first 10 days including just […]

Recently this 71-year-old man had two hair transplants at the Gabel Center and stopped into the office for a follow-up appointment. Before his surgeries, he had been concerned with his significantly thinning hair and had searched throughout the Pacific Northwest, before finding Dr. Gabel and the Gabel Hair Restoration Center. After meeting with Dr. Gabel […]

Dr. Steven Gabel is honored to join several prominent leaders in the Hair Restoration field as a faculty member at the 2019 hands on cadaver lab and live surgery workshop in Istanbul, Turkey. The three day workshop will take place April 19 – 21, 2019. At this event, each step of the Follicular Unit Excision […]

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 […]

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 […]