Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE)

In this technique, individual clusters of hair roots, called follicular units, are harvested. The manual FUE method involves the removal of small circles measuring between 0.8 and 0.95 mm in diameter using a punching device. It is very important not to damage the hair follicles when doing this if they are to grow well at their destination later on.

Robot-assisted hair transplantation is a more advanced version of the manual FUE method. The biggest advantage of FUE over FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation) is that it avoids a visible scar. Usually, hardly any scars are visible with FUE; at most, there will be small dots visible on the scalp. The FUE method also has a clear advantage for young patients in whom age-related hair loss cannot yet be predicted. The FUE method has undergone significant advancement in recent years. It was originally developed due to the desire to transplant more grafts per treatment with less scarring. Scarring was kept to a minimum by using smaller punches.

The Artas® robotic system from Restoration Robotics is the latest technology from the USA. It is a unique and novel method that takes hair transplantation to a whole new level.

Robotics technology has already found its way into many areas of medicine. It is already widely used in the USA, and robot-assisted surgery has also become established in Europe in the fields of cardiac surgery, endonasal surgery, kidney transplantation, and many others. Now this new technology is also being used in the field of hair transplantation, which makes the FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) method even safer with even better results.

FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) and in particular the Artas® FUE hair transplantation method, have a clear advantage over the FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation) method because there is no risk of a clearly visible scar at the back of the head.