Hwang Sung Joo

Professor Hwang Sung-joo is one of Korea’s most renowned hair transplant specialists and an internationally recognized expert in hair restoration surgery. He is currently Director of the Hair Transplant Center at Myongji Hospital. With decades of experience in hair transplantation, he has performed both surgical and non-surgical hair restoration procedures and, according to Myongji Hospital, transplanted approximately 50 million hairs over 30 years of clinical practice. His expertise includes FUT and FUE hair transplantation, treatment of male and female pattern hair loss, hairline correction, and complex hair restoration cases.

Professor Hwang is the first Korean physician to have served as President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) and is a founder and former President of both the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons and the Korean Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. In 2006, he received the prestigious ISHRS Platinum Follicle Award for outstanding achievements in hair restoration. He also developed the DCT (Depth Controlled Transplantation) technique and a dedicated implantation device designed to optimize transplantation depth and improve graft survival. In 2005, he successfully performed Korea’s first hair transplantation between sisters after bone marrow transplantation. In 2025, he performed another rare case in which hair was transplanted from a mother to her teenage daughter who had previously received her mother’s bone marrow.

Education

• MD, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine
• Master’s Degree in Medicine, Kyungpook National University
• PhD in Medicine, Kyungpook National University 

Professional Experience

• Director, Hair Transplant Center, Myongji Hospital — Current
• Director of Public Relations, Myongji Hospital — Current
• Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Myongji Hospital
• Former Visiting Professor, Hair Transplant Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital
• Former Director, Hwang Sung-joo Hair & Skin Clinic 

Professional Activities

• Former President, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
• Founder and Former President, Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons
• Founder and Former President, Korean Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
• Former Executive Board Member, American hair restoration surgery organization
• Board Member, Korean Hair Research Society 

Awards

• Platinum Follicle Award, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
• Dong-A Academic Award / Best Paper Award, Korean Dermatological Association 

Books

• Lead Author, Korean textbook on Hair Transplantation
• Co-author, U.S. textbook on Hair Transplantation
• Co-author, Asian textbook on Hair Transplantation