California Surgeon Leads Robotic Hair Restoration FDA Trial

Bay Area hair restoration surgeon, Sara Wasserbauer, M.D., is
leading a research study involving the recently FDA approved
robotic hair transplant technology. One of only two sites, Dr.
Wasserbauer is studying how effective the interactive image-guided
robotic system is at removing and implanting hair grafts on a
scalp. The Restoration Robotics ARTAS System is an interactive,
computer assisted technique utilizing image-guided robotics to
enhance the quality of hair follicle harvesting. Operated under the
direction of a physician, ARTAS has the potential to solve most of
the technical challenges inherent in the manual follicular unit
extraction (FUE) techniques. During the two-year study, Dr.
Wasserbauer has been collecting data on the effectiveness of the
ARTAS technology by itself and compared to manual hair
transplantation techniques. Entering the final stage of the
research, Dr. Wasserbauer will be examining the rate of hair growth
in patients nine months after having their ARTAS System hair
transplant. .