Dr. Dong-pil Shin

Dr Dong-pil Shin (신동필) is the representative director of The Black Hair Transplant (더블랙성형외과의원), a plastic surgery clinic in Jung-gu, Daegu, whose site is built around hair transplantation 12. The clinic says he studied medicine at Kyungpook National University, where he also took a master's degree and a PhD 1. It says he trained in plastic surgery at Kyungpook National University Hospital, was a plastic surgery fellow there and later a professor of plastic surgery at Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital 1. Before The Black he ran his own plastic surgery clinic 1. The clinic's Daegu team includes two other doctors, Dr Hong Jin-cheol and Dr Lee Dong-geol, and staff including follicle separators, 15 people in all 1. His bio lists two books on hair 1.

The clinic offers hair transplants for men and women, hairline and eyebrow transplants and pubic hair transplants for atrichia 2. It also offers hair loss treatment with medication and injections, and scalp care 6. The site also has a separate cosmetics section 2. The clinic says the Daegu clinic operates on more than 600 people a year, a figure for the whole clinic 1. The homepage claims 20 years of hair transplant experience 2. The site does not say which surgical steps Dr Shin performs himself 1.

The clinic's fee notice, posted in December 2022, lists fixed amounts by procedure type without a hair or graft count 4. It gives KRW 5,000,000 for a male hairline, KRW 4,500,000 for a female hairline and KRW 3,000,000 for eyebrows 4. The notice asks patients to phone for details 4. There is no figure for 3,000 grafts 4.

The clinic is on the 3rd and 4th floors of Yemian Tower, 2118 Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu, near Banwoldang Station 1. It is closed on Thursdays, Sundays and public holidays 1. The clinic's English site also lists a Seoul office in Gangnam 3. The clinic's YouTube channel carries his name and posted videos in October 2026 5.

He is listed as a member in the member finder of the Korean Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (KSHRS) 7. The clinic says he is a full member of the KSHRS and of Korean societies for aesthetic plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery and microsurgery 1.