Hair transplantation is not merely about “inserting” hairs; it is a continuous sequence of decisions. Thousands upon thousands of decisions are repeated.
And importantly, most of these decisions are not ones that can all be made in advance before surgery. They keep changing at every moment—each time we examine the patient’s scalp, pick up a single follicular unit, and place it.
That is why, even if two physicians work at the same clinic and understand each other’s surgical styles extremely well, every decision cannot be identical. This is not an issue of technical skill. It is because each person’s judgment and aesthetic sense are different.
What may seem minor at a glance is, in my view, the very sort of detail that accumulates to determine the overall completeness of a procedure.
Hair transplantation is a time-consuming surgery. Operating alone is demanding. It is physically taxing, and it requires sustained concentration over a long period.
Even so, I consider that burden to be part of the surgery itself. The ability to maintain focus is also an important skill. I cannot say that it is easy.
Yet the patient chose me after seeing my designs and trusting my results. In that case, I believe it is only right that I take responsibility for the surgery from start to finish.
Because thousands of small decisions come together to form a single outcome, and I believe that responsibility for those decisions cannot be shifted onto someone else.