Will the FUE Robot Make Surgery Cheaper?
Hi Dr.Rassman. If you were to incorporate one of those fue robots in your practice would it lower the cost of an fue session? I know time limit would be lessened. Which method of the fue session is most labor intensive, the extraction process or the implanting one? I heard you have an interest in the success of these robotic systems. Please educate the public docter.
I am told the robot will cost about $250,000. I think that this has to be paid down and the result should be a more expensive hair transplant. At least initially. I am just speculating, though, as we don’t have the robot in our practice.
This may be an issue of quality, not cost alone. Don’t focus on costs. A poorly done FUE procedure will cause permanent loss of your donor hair (not uncommon) and that costs you much of your future hair supply. How does one put a price on quality?
Note: The robot at the right is not going to be doing the FUE procedure, though it would be kind of neat to see.
Let’s be honest; leading providers of HT services will have no problem “paying down” a $250,000 purchase, especially one that stands to ultimately reduce costs and increase bandwidth over time (it would take 2-3 months, tops).
It would be cool to get the robot from Rocky IV to start doing transplants.. “Happy Birthday Paulie”