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On November 3, 2026, Dr. Lee Moon-won's third column, "Prevention needs reliable records," was published on the opinion page of The Korea Herald.

Preventing hair loss means knowing the changes that come before it becomes a disease, yet no one remembers those changes. This column describes how Korean medicine's long-standing ideal of prevention can be built on the most accurate records.

📰 Column Highlights

1. "When Did It Start to Change?"

• It is the first question at every first consultation. Many women from the Middle East say their hair changed after several childbirths; young patients from highly competitive countries say it began after nights of study or work.
• Hair speaks the same language across borders, but the reasons differ from country to country.

2. Changes No One Remembers

• We look in the mirror every day but cannot see the difference between yesterday and today. Most patients cannot recall when the itching began or in which season more hair fell.
• Thinner strands, a more sensitive scalp, seasonal shifts in shedding: these signals can be read only when compared across months and years. A change that comes before the disease disappears if it is not recorded.

3. Korean Medicine's Old Ideal, and the Missing Memory

• Korean medicine has long held that the physician who manages a condition before it becomes a disease is greater than the one who treats it afterward.
• That ideal never became reality not because the philosophy was lacking, but because there was no memory.

4. Recording Patients from 103 Countries with the Same Indicators

• Because one doctor's memory has limits, the clinic lets records accumulate in a system. Patients from 103 countries fill in the same intake form and are recorded with the same indicators, so they can be compared across borders.
• A woman whose hair changed after childbirth and a young patient whose hair began to fall after sleepless nights can be placed on the same line, showing for the first time which changes follow which life events. Training AI on these records is under development.

5. Numbers, Conversation and Relationship

• The scalp is recorded at regular intervals, and when a change appears, it is followed by a conversation. Numbers alone cannot read a person's life, and conversation alone cannot hold on to change.
• People tell those they trust about their daily lives. Memory comes from relationship.

"The era in which patients must answer 'When did it start to change?' from memory will soon end. The oldest medicine has begun to acquire the most accurate memory." — Dr. Lee Moon-won, Chief Doctor

🔗 Read the Full Column in The Korea Herald

• Column title: [Lee Moon-won] Prevention needs reliable records (Nov. 3, 2026)
• Column link: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10923155

📚 Dr. Lee Moon-won's Column Series in The Korea Herald

1. Hair loss focus turns to prevention (Sept. 17, 2026) · Original
2. Wellness is a relationship (Oct. 1, 2026) · Original
3. Prevention needs reliable records (Nov. 3, 2026) — this post · Original
4. Wellness is a system; it needs maintaining (Nov. 13, 2026) · Original

See also: The Korea Herald Interviews Chief Doctor Lee Moon-won: "From Seoul to 103 Countries"