The ARTAS is safe when used by Physicians who are experienced as well as have an experienced staff. A lot of time you run into the ARTAS being used by technicians with minimal knowledge and experience with the ARTAS and this is Unsafe. However, safe is one category. The other is whether the ARTAS is a good tool to achieve excellent, natural looking results using it for an FUE procedure. The biggest issue I find with the ARTAS is the large punch size to extract the follicles. Its about a 1.3mm punch which is fairly large when compared to a skilled FUE surgeon performing the procedure by hand. In our practice we generally use 0.8mm punches and we measure the punch diameter in front of patients before we start so they can verify that. There are many other downfalls to the ARTAS. I would recommend finding a physician who has performed hundreds of surgeries using the ARTAS before having this type of procedure done.
The ARTAS robotic system is very safe. There are multiple safety systems that monitor the safe operation and retract the needle mechanism in the event of any problems. The system is well designed. The company constantly makes improvements to fine tune the system's operation.Sincerely,Bernardino A. Arocha, MD
That was my first question when I heard about ARTAS robotic system I was one of the first in the world to adopt this technology and from the begging was focused on safety and results. Now , after hundreds of patients treatged in my center I can say with confidence : it is safe and it works - and it works great. We have never encounter safety issue and the results speak for themselves - just check our before/after gallery which is probably the most extensive in the world
