Dr. Robin Unger

Dr Robin Unger runs Unger Medical, a hair restoration practice at 710 Park Avenue in New York 1. Her bio says the practice is exclusively dedicated to hair restoration 2. It says she has over 25 years of experience in the field 1. She previously shared the practice with her father and mentor, Dr Walter Unger 2. Her bio says she is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the dermatology department at Mt Sinai Hospital 2. It lists an MD from Sackler School of Medicine 2. A second doctor, Dr Zinaria Williams, also works at the practice 3. The practice says about 40% of its patients are women 4.

The practice offers FUT and FUE 1. It says most of Dr Unger's surgeries are FUT 5. Her bio says she designs the recipient zone, removes and sutures the donor strip and makes each recipient site 2. It says she also takes part in graft preparation and placement 2. It says she operates on only one patient a day 2. Technicians dissect the grafts under the doctor's monitoring 5. For FUE, the practice says its doctors do the extraction themselves, with a technician pulling the grafts 6. It gives a punch size of generally 0.8mm to 1.2mm 6. It also offers a long-hair FUE variant for patients who do not want the donor area shaved 6. The hairline is made with 20G sites and the area behind it with 19G or 18G needles 5. The practice also lists eyebrow and beard transplants, PRP, Alma TED and scalp micropigmentation 3.

The practice publishes no hair transplant prices 1. It says it does not accept insurance 1. The FAQ says the doctors do not promise a set number of grafts per surgery, and the number is estimated after assessing the donor area 4.

Appointments are requested through the contact form or by phone 1. Patients are given a prophylactic antibiotic before surgery and a sedative and local anaesthesia on the day 5. FUT sutures are removed eight to twelve days after surgery 5. The FAQ suggests taking 7-10 days away from work and social activities to keep the procedure private 4.

She appears in the ABHRS diplomate register as Robin H. Unger, MD 7. She is an ISHRS Fellow Member, a member since 2003 per her listing 8. Her bio says she holds positions on the ISHRS executive committee and board of governors 2. It says she co-edited the textbook Hair Transplantation, 5th edition 2.