Motorized Manual Follicular Unit Excision

Manual Follicular Unit Excision, or FUE, is a major advancement in hair restoration surgery over the previously prevalent strip surgery method (FUT). FUE is the process of extracting individual hair follicles from the patient donor area using a motorized FUE device and various types of punches.  This is much less invasive than the FUT surgery and has considerably less discomfort afterwards.  FUE requires a steep learning curve to master, patience, physical stamina and endurance, a delicate touch, excellent hand eye coordination, and excellent hand-motor skills. Given these innovations, modern motorized tools have become highly effective, and allow well-trained physicians to harvest large numbers of grafts in increased session sizes.

Pros:

  • Larger surgery size than with ARTAS technology
  • Less expensive than ARTAS method (mid-range cost)
  • Near painless procedure once local anesthesia has been given
  • Near scar-less procedure (no linear scar)
  • No scalpel, no stitches

    Cons:

    • Donor area must be shaved for harvest (although smaller areas of harvest may be hidden)
    • Slightly more time-consuming hair restoration option