Dr. Mark Unger

Dr Mark Unger runs a Toronto practice that his site says is dedicated exclusively to hair transplantation 1. He trained in medicine at the University of Toronto, did postgraduate training at the University of Ottawa and completed a hair restoration fellowship with the ISHRS 1. The site says he has two decades of clinical experience 1. It says he follows the approach of his father and mentor, Dr Walter Unger 1. It says he edited the 5th edition of the textbook Hair Transplantation and contributed to the 6th 1. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, teaching plastic surgery and dermatology residents 1. His publication list includes a 2024 newspaper piece in which he describes himself as an emergency room physician 2. The contact page gives the address as 199 Avenue Road, Unit 1C, while the site footer and his ISHRS listing give 21 Bedford Road 34.

The practice offers FUE and FUT, shaven and unshaven approaches, and short-hair and long-hair transplantation 1. It says most of its patients choose no-shave FUT 5. It recommends FUE for patients with less severe hair loss who prefer shorter hairstyles or need fewer grafts 5. Patients are given medication to relax and local anaesthesia 5. The FAQ says a typical session is 2000-3000 grafts for men and 1500-2000 for women 6. It says grafts are usually placed at 30–35 follicular units per square centimetre 6. The site does not say which surgical steps Dr Unger performs himself 5.

The practice publishes no hair transplant prices 3. The FAQ says it gives an estimate of the number of grafts but does not guarantee a number 6.

Consultations are with Dr Unger and carry a nominal fee 3. Patients return the morning after surgery and again 7–10 days later, when FUT sutures are removed 5. The site says most of the final result can be judged at about one year 5.

He is an ISHRS Full Member, a member since 2020 per his listing 4.