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Dr. Steven Gabel

Founder and medical director·Gabel Hair Restoration Center (Gabel Center)

Portland, United States

$21,500 for 1,800 grafts Patient reported, Jul 2026 · Cost details

Background

Dr. Steven Gabel is the founder and medical director of the Gabel Hair Restoration Center in Portland, Oregon 1. The clinic states he has performed hair transplants since 2001 and describes him as the Northwest's most experienced FUE surgeon, with his first FUE case in 2004 1. It states he personally performs all consultations and surgeries, is the only surgeon at his practice, and is not affiliated with an outside franchise 2. It adds that he schedules only one transplant per day to focus fully on that patient 1.

Procedures and techniques

The clinic offers FUT (strip) and FUE donor harvesting 5. It also lists non-surgical options: finasteride, minoxidil, and PRP 8. It describes the implantation approach as microscopic, ultra-refined follicular unit grafting, placing single-hair grafts at the hairline and multi-hair grafts elsewhere for fuller coverage 2. It performs megasessions, defined as more than 3,000 grafts (sometimes over 5,000) in one sitting, calling this a significant time and cost benefit to the patient 4.

Pricing

No procedure prices are published on the clinic's site. Its payment page instead lists accepted methods (Visa, Mastercard, personal checks up to two weeks before surgery, or certified bank checks closer to the date) and financing through Cherry and CareCredit for qualified patients 6. The site states that results are not guaranteed and vary by individual 5.

Booking and aftercare

The clinic considers the in-office consultation essential to treatment planning, and has patients fill out a questionnaire beforehand covering the concerns Dr. Gabel needs to understand 3. For those who cannot attend in person, it offers a virtual consultation by phone or Google Meet, with photographs showing the patient's desired hairline drawn on for reference 3. Before either format, patients are encouraged to think through goals such as more density, a lower hairline, a fuller crown, or repairing a prior transplant, and may bring a friend or family member for support 3.

Credentials and memberships

The clinic states Dr. Gabel is a diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, board-certified in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and board-certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1. It states he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and holds membership in the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians and the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons 2. He is listed in the ISHRS surgeon directory as FISHRS 7.

Sources

Facts on this page were compiled from these pages, checked October 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation. Something wrong or out of date? Suggest a correction.

  1. 1. https://www.gabelcenter.com/about-us/about-dr-gabel/
  2. 2. https://www.gabelcenter.com/about-us/the-gabel-difference/
  3. 3. https://www.gabelcenter.com/consultations/
  4. 4. https://www.gabelcenter.com/hair-transplants/megasessions/
  5. 5. https://www.gabelcenter.com/
  6. 6. https://www.gabelcenter.com/resources/financing/
  7. 7. https://ishrs.org/doctor/45931/
  8. 8. https://www.gabelcenter.com/dr-steven-gabel-portland-oregon/

What patients say on reddit

33 people shared their experience with Dr. Steven Gabel across 73 reddit threads between 2013 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.

One of them is a woman who had or booked her transplant with Dr. Steven Gabel. More on women’s transplants and the doctors women chose: hair transplants for women.

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