The cost of the ARTAS robot is $200,000 and the doctor must pay a fee of $1/graft for its use. That cost must be factored into the doctor’s overhead for the procedure (rent and surgical supplies). The robot will not lessen the cost of a highly skilled staff, so I am not sure if the […]
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We still use FUE2 in selected patients. The system in not automated, so it is more difficult to do it by hand, but we do use it. When I finally get it automated, I suspect that I will use it all of the time.
Note: The annual meeting of hair surgeons was in held in Alaska this past week. The following review is very selective and is biased by the things that were interesting to me and what I (Dr. Rassman) thought could be interesting to the readers. This is part 4. More to come… *** Which is better: […]
While it is possible, is highly unlikely that you will start finally seeing growth at 15 months. You should have seen most growth at about 6 to 12 months following your surgery. More importantly, the new hair growth will not appear as coarse stubble (like a beard). It’ll start off fine and grow as the […]
Snippet from the article: Read the rest — Leading hair transplant surgeon warns against media inaccuracies Dr. Farjo is a contributor to BaldingBlog, but this article caught my attention because what he’s saying is absolutely true. As a population addicted to reality TV and dramas, we are becoming critical of things that we often do […]
The great majority of men have a good donor supply (I’d guess in the 99% range). The question that needs answering is — how does the supply balance against the needs for the hair based upon the degree of balding? In men, under 1% have a condition called diffuse unpatterned alopecia (DUPA) where the donor […]
Their site says that it’s just follicular unit extraction (FUE) but the difference is, “the AHI variation of this method is that we use a specially designed implantation pen to place hair follicles…” Many clinics use FUE extraction tools and the implantation instrument they’re likely using is called the Choi Implanter. The Choi implanter has […]
Snippet from the article: Read the full story — FDA approves Restoration Robotics system for treating hair loss This product has limited use, as it only performs the FUE (follicular unit extraction) harvesting, not the implantation of the grafts, which is by far the most challenging technical aspect of the hair transplant process. The learning […]
This is in response to a post from earlier this week about technicians performing most or all of FUE procedures with a NeoGraft tool: Thank you for your comments. To put it simply, no matter how minor of a surgery (suturing a cut on the skin, making a cut on the skin, or even just […]
We’re taking a week off from posting new content — our first break in almost 6 years — so we’re using this opportunity to repost some older articles that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first time around. (Originally published on October 17, 2006.) — Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) has been in vogue with […]
We’re taking a week off from posting new content — our first break in almost 6 years — so we’re using this opportunity to repost some older articles that didn’t get the attention they deserved the first time around. (Originally published on October 3, 2008.) — I wanted to call your attention to yesterday’s announcement […]
Everyone is different and there’s no way I can tell you about success or failures without at least an examination. The texture of your hair doesn’t rule you out, though. If you are talking about actually lowering the hairline with a brow-dropping procedure then you need to be evaluated by a surgeon that does these. […]
A man came to see me last week with a problem following his hair transplant at another clinic over a year ago. The surgeon told him that 6600 grafts were transplanted (in three sessions) using the follicular unit extraction (FUE) technique, which he guaranteed has a yield of over 90%. The patient wanted to know […]
Just after I published a post about the NeoGraft tool, a phenomenon began occurring in the community. I’ve been seeing an increasing number of press releases that get brought to my attention from readers and from Google Alerts, announcing that some doctor with no experience in the art of hair restoration is now the first […]
Costs for follicular unit extraction (FUE) will follow a supply/demand formula. Although many physicians perform FUE procedures, the failure rate is very high, so buying 2000 FUE grafts may mean that you purchase the delivery of these grafts, but survival may not follow the delivery because of damage done at the time of extraction. There […]
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