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Walter Unger,
M.D.,F.R.C.,
P(C), F.A.C.P
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Hair Transplant
Specialist
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710 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10021
Tel. 212.249.9393
99 Yorkville Ave., Suite 214
Toronto, ON Canada M5R 3K5
Tel. 416.944.9393
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY MOVED TO 710 PARK AVENUE.
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 the
U.K., Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany, Korea, Japan, and China, as well as many from
Canada and the USA. He 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. In addition to his academic and clinical work, Dr. Unger is the
author of chapters on hair transplantation in 31 medical texts, has published numerous
articles in medical journals.... More...
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The Principal
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. More...
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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)?
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. More...
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