Robotic Transplant - ARTAS

In recent years it’s become possible to use a robot to collect the follicular units by FUE method. The software is apparently able to determine the approximate angle of the follicular units in order to allow their extraction with the greatest possible success. Despite what the manufacturer and some physicians-users claim, the level of transections – damaged follicular units – can be as important, if not more important, than with manual FUE if the patient selection is not perfect. This means that the percentage of potential patients for this approach may be very small. Its biggest disadvantage is its cost, which is considerably more for the patient.

The selection of follicular units by robots is always done at random. The doctor doesn’t have control over the total number of hairs that will be implanted, which can reduce the appearance of volume. The technology is developing rapidly, however, and perhaps we will see robots becoming more efficient than the human hand in the future. This remains to be seen.