Dr. Walter Unger is a board certified dermatologist in both Canada and the USA. He trained in dermatology in London, England, Philadelphia and Toronto. He was one of the first physicians to limit his private practice entirely to transplanting hair many years ago, and began a long career of not only practicing it in Toronto and New York but also teaching it. He has trained physicians from various countries throughout the world including most European countries, nearly all Middle Eastern ones, India, China, Korea, and Japan, as well as many doctors from Canada and the USA. Currently, three of them, Dr. Robin Unger, Dr. Carlos Wesley and Dr. Marla Rosenberg are in private practice with him in New York and Toronto, respectively. Dr. Unger is currently Clinical Professor in the Department of Dermatology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine New York, Associate Professor (Dermatology), University of Toronto, and was Adjunct Professor (Dermatology) at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 2003 to 2007. Dr. Unger is the author of chapters on hair transplantation in 34 medical texts, has edited 5 editions of the reference textbook "Hair Transplantation," and has published numerous articles in medical journals...
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The Procedure
The Principles
Hair Transplantation depends on the now well-established principle that transplanted hair follicles (roots moved from their original location to another area) will behave as they did in their original site. For example, even in the most advanced cases of common Male Pattern Baldness (MPB), a horseshoe-shaped fringe of hair persists. Hair follicles moved from this hair-bearing fringe (the donor area) to a bald or balding area on the same patient's scalp (the recipient area), will take root and grow.
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Common Questions
Q: What is a reasonable long-term hair transplant goal for a man with an average-sized area of Male Pattern Baldness (or who is destined to develop an average-sized area)?
A: In the long term, the answer is of course the same, whether someone is already bald or is only destined to develop an average-sized area of Male Pattern Baldness (MPB). However, let’s begin with a definition of “average”. Figure 12 shows the “types” or degrees of MPB as defined by Drs. Hamilton and Norwood.
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