A couple weeks ago, we wrote a post titled: FUE vs Strip — A Technical Analysis. In it, we discussed how the anatomy of SOME follicular units in SOME patients get disrupted, stripping off the fat from the lower part of the hair follicles. We had two patients this week that provided some good examples […]
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Snippet from the article: Read the rest — Oscar Nominees’ Gift Bags Include Free Hair Transplants In Chicago It’s award season, so companies are giving away everything from organic pet shampoo and hair transplant surgery to Las Vegas and Japan travel vacations. For those curious, the full list of free stuff is here.
Snippet from the article: Read the rest at Kaiser Health News — Questions Arise About Robotic Surgery’s Cost, Effectiveness Although this article reflects upon robots used for abdominal, prostate, cardiac surgery, etc… some of the questions asked will apply to the ARTAS robotic hair transplant FUE system. More from the article: “At this time, health […]
This is the last part in the series about follicular unit extraction (FUE). Here are the previous posts in this series — part 1, part 2, and part 3. — Neograft: We have heard a great deal about the Neograft automated system. This system has two components to it: A sharp drill that provides controlled […]
So far, we’ve looked at the history of FUE in part 1 and graft quality/survival in part 2… — FUE Today: The FUE market may reflect as much as 40% of the total hair transplant market today. I believe that 20% of the doctors offering FUE, are skilled in the process; however, a majority of […]
I received a question from a patient after an extensive meeting (over an hour) about the options of FUE vs strip (FUT) procedures, and he asked which of the newer FUE systems was best. He was particularly confused by the promotions of the ARTAS and Neograft systems. That prompted me to start writing. I’ve split […]
This was a question posted in the comments of this post about FUE failures: It comes with the territory. All FUEs produce punctate scars. Just as in strip scars, there are some people who heal better than others. Some of these people will stretch the punctate scars. In those that stretch the scars (particularly in […]
Snippet from the press release: Read the rest — Hair Restoration Pioneer Improves Robotic-assisted FUE Hair Transplant Procedures For those doctors that use the FUE robot (ARTAS), these procedures that Dr. Bernstein presented should help to minimize problems with graft growth.
I believe all electronic equipment, such as the computer monitor you are staring at and the microwave oven you cook your meals in, emit radiation. These aren’t hazardous levels of radiation, though. The ARTAS FUE robot likely emits some level of radiation like any other electronic equipment, but it isn’t anything to be concerned about. […]
There is a question arising out of the hair transplant community which is becoming polarized and lining up for a fight: Which is better, FUT (Follicular Unit Transplant with Strip) or FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction)? Some doctors have already specialized in performing FUE alone, so their opinion is already made up. Some doctors new to […]
I get this question quite a bit from patients who have already had the hair transplant strip surgery and then inquire about having a follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedure to follow it up. It makes little sense for the person that already has a strip scar (no matter how wide it is) to have an […]
Scalp laxity become tighter after successive procedure, but this is not usual. The use of scalp exercises solves the problem. It sometimes takes 30 minutes/day for 3 months to adequately address the scalp laxity. In our original article when we introduced the FUE technique a decade ago, we reported a situation where patients differed with […]
Every patient is unique, and their goals and expectations will be variable. For those who want high density, “dense packing” it is attainable, but as you state there are issues of the diminishing returns observed by several doctors who reported growth findings in dense packing studies. I believe your concern for transection of neighboring hair […]
I did try NeoGraft on one of our known FOX negative patients and the results were not good, but comparable to what we would have gotten using our own techniques in such a patient. A quick aside, the FOX test means that we ran a small FUE test to see if they are candidates for […]
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 […]