Compare ARTAS vs. Hand Held FUE

ARTAS is clearly superior to handheld FUE, hands down.

If you want to compare ARTAS with other FUE procedures, look no further.  FUE became popular for patients looking for a minimally invasive procedure that didn’t leave behind a linear scar so they could wear their hair very, very short.

Early hand FUE procedures were inaccurate, hard to perform and extremely time consuming.  What would take 3 hours with FUT took 9 hours with early FUE. Worse, Hair Transection (killing of hairs in the harvesting period) could approach 50% or more.  This meant results suffered, significantly. Quickly, hand FUE procedures gave way to automated hand held systems with foot pedals and ergonomic handles.  But they were still long, arduous, inaccurate procedures yielding less than impressive results.

Then came ARTAS robotic assisted FUE.  Robots do automated tasks better than humans. They are more accurate and precise than humans.  Just what FUE needed.  ARTAS did away with the slow, inaccurate, arduous task of harvesting the follicles by hand.  It is quicker and much more effective than hand and automated hand FUE systems.  ARTAS is the latest state-of-the-art hair transplant system, and certainly better than automated and hand FUE systems. So let’s look at the comparison.

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ARTAS vs. Hand Held FUE
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	ARTAS	FUE
TIME The speed of the ARTAS system is superior to manual FUE, shaving hours off the procedure. Bigger manual FUE cases span over 2 days. Less time spent outside the body is better for the survival of the hair.
PRECISION Manual FUE is no match for the precision of a robotic hair transplant. Even motorized hand-held devices are less accurate than the ARTAS. The biggest issue with non-ARTAS FUE is transection (accidental destruction of the hair follicle). Transection always means less than spectacular, mediocre results.
SCAR Both ARTAS and Manual FUE result in small circular scars. The ARTAS out performs Manual FUE because of a sophisticated algorythm that makes better choices when choosing which hair follicle to harvest and how close the neighboring area will be.
RESULTS The ARTAS wins hands down resulting in less transection, healthier follicles and better results.
COST Although the ARTAS may appear to be slightly more expensive than motorized or handheld FUE, the reality is that the ARTAS is more cost effective. Less transection means more hair and less surgeries.