Robotic-Assisted Follicular Unit Extraction for Hair Resotration: Case Reports

Follicular unit extraction (FUE) is a graft harvest technique for hair restoration that offers the benefits of minimal postoperative pain and absence of linear scarring in the donor area. The demand for hair restoration procedures has rapidly increased, but the majority of physicians do not offer FUE as a treat­ment option for hair restoration because of the intensive training and experience required for profi­ciency. The ARTAS System (Restoration Robotics, Inc), a computer-assisted robotic technology used to perform FUE, received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration and enables more physicians to perform FUE by minimizing the traditional learning curve, which has slowed the adoption of this technique. This article presents 2 clinical cases of patients with androgenetic alopecia who were treated with FUE.