Earlier this year when our surgeon Dr. Carl B. Shory attended the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY 19TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 14-18, 2011, he learned that they are trying to use robotics for hair transplantation.
Dr. Shory wasn't impressed -- in part because they weren't able to demonstrate the robotic arm actually doing the job. When I asked him for this thoughts on the success of such a device, he said, "If you put the patient in a coma, it might work." His biggest concern: even if it DID work, how would you possibly keep the patient's head still?
At Latham's Hair Clinic we don't use any sort of anesthesia beyond a local injection in the scalp. Our patients sit upright and watch a movie or converse with the surgical staff while having the the hair transplant procedure. And when they're done, they drive home. Simple!
Since the conference, it has been reported that a doctor in San Franscisco is using robotics for hair transplantation.
The jury is still out.
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