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ARTAS Robotic Hair Restoration System

We would like to thank Hair Surgeon, Dr Greg from the Farjo Hair Institute for his expert medical help in compiling this information.

The ARTAS Robotic Hair System is manufactured by and has been since 2005. It was first launched into the UK in February 2013, with the first into a West London clinic in September the same year. It is used to automate the hair transplant and is available in a select number of UK and .

ARTAS claims to be the first, and still the only, robotic device for hair .

The primary function of the ARTAS robot had been to harvest hair follicular units, which are the occurring groupings of hairs containing 1- 4 . When a follicular unit is it is referred to as a graft. The donor area is the sides or back of the head, (FUE donor hair can also be taken from the beard and chest but not using the Artas robot). is now available to make recipient site incisions, and more recently, for automated implanting of grafts manually loaded into a canister, as a one-step .

The donor areas contain hair follicles that are not sensitive to the male dihydrotestosterone which causes the hair on the front, top and crown areas of the head to miniaturise and become dormant, lead to balding – known as Male Hair Loss (MPHL).

These non-sensitive hair follicles will continue to produce hair throughout life. hair follicles are in good supply in most people and if they are transplanted successfully they continue to grow hair in the recipient area.

The ARTAS robot is a device, which is controlled by the physician, and uses a three-dimensional optical system to follicular units for maximum preservation of in a FUE (Follicular Unit Excision) hair . This automation means that it is often to as Follicular Unit Excision (R-FUE), Robot-Assisted FUE or Robotic FUE. This invasive solution utilises sophisticated digital mapping and precision robotics.

Once the follicles unit is identified, the skin around each unit is incised using a punch device. The robot aids in the skin around the grafts with and speed that is said to manual (human) techniques performed in most . However, there are still many hair who will be able to make the incisions faster than the robot.

ARTAS also claims to eliminate practitioner fatigue.

Image provided courtesy of Farjo Hair Institute

After an initial with your hair doctor, you will be able to agree on the area to be treated and the of your hair transplant, such as the shape and position of your hair line. This should only follow discussion about your suitability for treatment, long-term expectations and likely results.

During your treatment, your head will usually be shaved, and the optical system will be directed to the back and sides of your scalp to healthy hair follicles. The spacing between incisions must be by the doctor to ensure that plenty of healthy hairs are left in place, so the donor site hair density continues to look normal. The extracted follicles are then under the microscope by trained hair surgical assistants for transections to ensure quality . Using the robot to make is also advocated to avoid damaging any hair in that area. The incision parameters can be set to ensure that the of hair growth is natural and appropriate in terms of angle, and density.

During any FUE technique, manual, automated or robotic, there is a risk of hair due to damage which is to as hair . A study in 2014, in the Journal Dermatologic Surgery* unit transection using the R-FUE procedure with the ARTAS system. The study found that robotic transection rates with FUE rates. The researchers found that the rate over many R-FUE was 6.6%. This rate compared to an manual FUE transection rate of 6.14% which was reported in another study in 2006.

Images provided of Farjo Hair Institute

European CE Mark – approved in July 2012.

U.S. FDA (Food & Drug Administration) – in April 2011.

Hair surgery of any kind should only be by and experienced doctors, who are and on the General Medical . The surgery should only be carried out at a Care Quality Commission clinic in or in a Healthcare clinic in Scotland, as appropriate, depending on the .

For more information about training, and relevant please view the information contained within the Legislation section of the Consulting Room.

Hair loss of the scalp, typically male or female pattern hair loss, but also in those who have scars to the scalp through burns, trauma, surgery or radiotherapy.

ARTAS is only licensed to treat hair loss in those people with dark hair as the recognition system needs a good colour contrast to work correctly, but light hair can be dyed to allow follicle recognition.

Because the donated hair follicles are resistant to hormone induced balding they should be a to hair loss. However, the outcome varies from person to person and the prognosis needs to be discussed in the and consultations.

A local injection of will be applied to the scalp (donor and recipient sites) during the to pain and discomfort. You may also be given a mild . It is common after a hair to have a tight, achy and scalp for a few days and to experience temporary where the hair was transplanted.

On completion, you will just see many small, dot-like scabs in an irregular in the donor area where hair was selectively harvested, rather than a line scar as is common with a Strip FUT (Strip Unit Transplantation) procedure which removes an ellipse of scalp for the donor hairs. You may not be to wear bandages or .

A hair is generally considered to be a safe procedure, but there is always a small risk of bleeding, or an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic. Your hair transplant surgeon should be able to treat these problems if they occur and will advise you on .

You should be very with your transplanted hair for the first 14 days after the operation, the newly transplanted grafts will not be secure in their new position initially.

Every hair transplant surgeon will have their own instructions which should be followed.

In general, you should be able to gently wash your hair immediately.

After 14 days, you should be able return to your normal hair care .

After a few weeks, the hair will often fall out, which can be quite disconcerting, but it will start to grow back again after a few months.

After six months, the results will start to become apparent.

After months, the full results should be seen once the hair follicles have to their normal hair growth cycle.

People with any skin diseases or in the area to be should be on additional risk or contra-indication to . Patients with bleeding disorders or on blood need special preparation, and those who need endocarditis prophylaxes should be identified. Generally, however, there are very few medical reasons why most healthy people should not undergo this hair restoration treatment but with who smoke constitute a high-risk patient population for wound problems and Medicated Skin Care .

and women would be advised to wait before having a hair transplant, until levels return to normal as changes in hair volume including significant postpartum and post-lactation shedding can occur.

The time taken for a treatment session will depend upon the number of grafts required, but a typical case of up to 2,000 grafts would likely take up to 8 hours.

The minimum number of grafts to make the use of the ARTAS robot (and cost effective) in a clinic depends on the model used by the clinic with some clinics opting only to use the ARTAS for cases over 1,200-1,500 FUE grafts.

The cost of treatment on many factors but primarily on the number of grafts required. It is important that patients are clear on whether they are being per (hair) or follicular unit (graft).

Prices for an ARTAS FUE hair restoration procedure will typically range between £5,000 and £10,000.