The robot picked out 2,000 grafts from his neck. It has a laser sensor that “sees” all the hair follicles growing in the skin -- the robot even looks a little into the skin. In doing so, it can see how the hair follicle grows and whether the hair follicles are of sufficient size and quality. The robot selects only the best hair follicles and does almost nothing damage in the extraction of the hair follicles.
Then the hairline and the area on the head where the hair follicles were to be planted were locally anesthetized. Artas for which the robot is named Hair Transplant then began to prepare where all the hair follicles would sit. It read off the skin and made small “channels” in the skin where the hair follicles would then be tucked down.
After about 45 minutes, all the channels were done. Since the robot can “see” all the hairs in the skin, it does not damage any existing hair follicles down in the skin.
The planting of the plucked hair follicles was then done manually and the procedure took a total of six hours. Fast, smooth and perfect result.
We have not yet implemented Artas in any of our clinics, but we are following developments with excitement.
