Currently, I am 27, and I have been loosing hair from the age of 17. My current hairloss level is at a norwood 5V. After getting so many stares toward my see through scalp and hearing remarks about my hair loss, I have decided to spend some time researching information on hair restoration doctors.
Hair transplants are just too expensive, so I have been spending time looking for options overseas. On my next set of blogs I will post information on various clinics that I have sent my photos to, and I will provide my feedback on those replies. Currently, I am interested in the FUT procedure over FUE because its cheaper, and the hair grafts from the hair transplant result are thicker. This means more density and coverage. In my view FUE should only be used to modify the hair line or cover smaller bald areas.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Restoration Robotics Latest Automation Device For FUE.
Just this April, the Food and Drug Administration approved a revolutionary technology -- the ARTAS System from Restoration Robotics, Inc.
"It's a level of precision that can't be matched anywhere else," said Dr. James Harris with Hair Sciences Center of Colorado in the Denver Tech Center.
Harris uses a robotic arm, controlled through a remote control, to remove follicular units, one by one, from the scalp.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/28881883/detail.html
At the moment this device is to expensive. Dr Rassman on balding blog provides more information about its cost.
This new technology will make follicular unit extraction (FUE) more popular and easier for most doctors, but it will not likely drive the cost of a hair transplant down as the robotic Artas system is quite expensive for the clinic ($200,000 for the machine) plus the company charges an additional $1/graft.
http://www.baldingblog.com/2011/08/25/in-the-news-first-robotic-hair-transplant-performed/
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