Kelly,

Welcome to our forum. Your results look awesome (and so do you by the way). It's amazing the amount of fullness and density you got after only one session.

It's great to see a woman in particular participate on this forum community. There are so many men on this forum that I'd imagine most women probally think they've stepped into a mens locker room when they visit this forum. I hope your story provides encouragement for many other women who have suffered from similar hair loss. Kudos to you and Dr. Gabel.

For those who don't know him (yet), Dr. Steve Gabel is recommended on the Hair Transplant Network in Oregon. In addition to being a great guy, he is totally committed to doing ultra refined grafting using the lateral slit technique and clearly it shows.

Personally I'd like to continue to see his impressive results and some day have this community grant him membership in the Coalition. He has "all the right stuff".
His profile is at http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com...s.asp?DrID=633

Kelly congratulations on your extremely nice make over.

Pat

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Thank you for the warm welcome, Pat (and...um...for the flattering comment as well). This is a wonderful forum/website/resource that you've put together. I'm happy to have found it.

Yes, the predominance of men does lend itself to a particular perspective of hair loss which can make research a bit more difficult for us women. When I began researching in early 2004, I either missed this site or was scared off . I'm sure I would have devoured the info here had I run across it, regardless of the 'men's locker room' theme. This is an excellent resource and now that I'm aware of it, I will certainly recommend it if I ever have the chance.

I agree, I would also like to see more of Dr. Gabel's patients post their results. I believe he is an up and coming hair surgeon here in the Pacific Northwest. And btw he just moved into a brand new clinic across the street from his former location.

I'm afraid I wasn't prepared for the volume of responses and comments I've been receiving, as a result I'm getting behind in answering some of them. Let me try to do some 'catch up' now if that's OK...

To HK500 (2/12): Thanks for your initial congratulatory welcome. As my moniker says, I'm a 'Happy Camper'!

To NervousNelly (2/13): Thank you for your nice compliment, I'm glad you like my results...so do I, it really is awesome! Not sure about the 'ugly blokes' comparison but you guys are definitely the most complimentary bunch of 'blokes' I've run across in a long time. And the best looking too!

To Bill (2/13): You aren't related to Prince by any chance are you? I took your advice (and btw thank you for suggesting it) and I posted two more photos showing density, one before the fut's are in place and one after the session was complete. I'll let the photos speak for themselves. Thanks again for your advice, it was a good idea.

To nobuzz4me (2/13 and 2/14): I, too, hope my weblog and photos will be of some help to someone someday. That's the whole point as far as I'm concerned. I didn't post for my own sake, after all I get to see the results everyday. Yipee!!

Hey, are you 'carding' me? Actually I AM younger than my posted age which, due to some software glitch I suppose, shows 57. I'm really just 56...hey, one year is important at my age. But thank you for the compliment, that was very nice of you. I'm having a hard time seeing the 'men's locker room' in evidence here. You are all perfect gentlemen.

To Mrjb (2/14): Hey JOBI, good luck to you next month, I'm sure you'll love the results. Yes, I know what you mean about thin hair in women, just a couple of weeks ago I saw a woman, probably in her 60's, with such thin hair that her entire scalp was visible through her hair, her scalp was shiny and was reflecting light from the overhead store lighting. I felt really bad for her, but I'm sure she was fine with it. If not, she would probably have been wearing a wig. It served as a reminder though that women have hair loss issues too. I'm glad to have been able to remedy mine.

Finally, once again to Pat, thank you for your kind words not only to me, but regarding Dr. Gabel as well. I think you'll be hearing/seeing more of him in the future.

Take care guys,

Happy Camper

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Kelly,

Thanks for posting the immediately post op pictures. I agree...Dr. Gabel's work seems to be top notch...I like his use of lateral slits and dense packing...quite the "ultra refined" hair transplant. And your results speak for themselves....amazing! 56? Are you serious? You look a heck of a lot younger than that....seriously! I don't say things just to say things either...I figure why lie when you can just be silent .

Am I related to Prince? lol. No, I'm related to the "Artist formerly known as Prince" . Hahaha. There is actually a thread somewhere...lol...where people are ragging on me simply due to the high number of posts I have here...so that as well as the "I have no life hair club member" were jokes I decided to add to my alias

Pat,

Thank you for posting the link to Dr. Gabel's profile. I'd also like to continue seeing more work from him and then as long as consistency occurs, see him become a coalition member.

Bill

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