A man in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, sought to address his baldness issue by undergoing a hair transplant at a certain clinic. Dissatisfied with the results post-surgery, he believed the clinic had "skimped on the hair transplant," and filed a lawsuit demanding the clinic provide him with an additional 910 strands. However, the judge found that the clinic had actually provided an extra 489 strands, ruling his request unreasonable and dismissed the case.
According to a report from Liberty Times on the 6th, the judgment stated that on January 25th last year, a man surnamed Hsu consulted at a hair transplant clinic. They agreed to transplant 3,640 hairs to address his receding hairline and M-shaped hairline, at a cost of NT$314,200 (about MYR 44,240), averaging approximately NT$87 (around MYR 12.30) per hair.
The next day, after his hair transplant at the clinic, Hsu felt the results did not meet his expectations. He accused the clinic of "skimping on the hair," and when he requested verification of the transplanted hair count, the clinic staff deleted the data on the hair count instrument. Consequently, he sued for 910 additional hairs and an additional NT$50,000 in emotional damages.
During a summary court session at the Kaohsiung District Court, the clinic denied "stealing hair," claiming that before the surgery, they allowed Hsu to enter the operating room to verify the process of distributing and counting hair. Moreover, during the actual surgery, the doctor performed the transplant of 4,192 hairs, exceeding the agreed number by 489 strands.
The judge examined the operating room surveillance footage provided by the clinic and found that before the hair transplant surgery, Hsu was accompanied by clinic staff into the operating room to verify the distribution and counting process, after which his attending doctor confirmed the transplant number as 4,192 hairs before executing the procedure. Thus, it was determined that Hsu's request was baseless, resulting in his loss of the case, though he could appeal.