Let's see.
According to the doctor and most people who use the SAFE scibe. They can achieve 5% or less transection which is the same claim as the Artas and the safe scibe costs about $4000, and has a smaller Outside Diameter than the Artas needs and and the Artas its slower and it costs about $195,000 more, plus maintenance.
So to some it up.
Slower
More Invasive (last i heard Artas needed a 1.2mm punch - this is 33% larger than a 0.8mm punch)
Higher costs to patients to make up the overhead
ohhh and it can't do dark skinned people.
I am all for innovation. But seems like a step backward to me and anyone else with common sense would be a fool not to agree. The Artas is just a big giant, slower SAFE Scribe with a larger punch diameter which has something aginst dark skinned people.
Why would a doctor not want the SAFE Scribe? Maybe - Marketing? Robots are cool, dental drills not so much.
Regarding your comment that technicians should not be performing surgical procedures - who is the one who is being foolish now.
Every single case that the technicians are involved with ARE performing surgery.
In the Eyes of the Law, there is no difference between removing tissue and transplanting LIVE tissue back in the human body.
Besides there may be only a handful of clinics where a doctor does all 100% of the FUE harvesting.
Any doctor who says that THEIR clinic is better because the doctor does all the FUE harvesting and then leaves up the implanting to the techs is totally full of poo.
Same goes for FUT.
Ask your self this. What is more important -taking it out or putting it in? Which is harder? Taking out or putting in?
If the grafts are not handled with care and then properly placed, the hair may not grow. This is the exact reason why patients go to the doctor - hair growth. Why would doctors leave the most important aspect (potential hair growth) up to someone other than themselves - the actual doctor.
This is the dirty little secret to the Hair Transplant industry. Its all about the Techs.
Its about time Techs get the credit for actually performing the bulk of the surgical procedure.
Does a plastic surgeon, replace the hand and then leave the fingers up to techs? No, they perform the entire procedure. From start to finish.
What other surgical procedure in medicine has unlicensed people performing (the bulk) surgery?
I would love to hear any doctor explain how he/she can justify techs implanting live tissue back into the body. But has major concerns with the same techs removing the tissue.
The beauty of this entire issue is that the doctors know this dirty little secret and they don't want the medical boards anywhere near this issue. Because if they start making a big stink about techs doing the bulk of the harvesting in FUE cases.
The logical question to be asked by the medical boards is? If technicians can't take tissue out why is it OKAY for technicians to put tissue back in?
As soon as that question is asked (and not anwsered) hair transplants as we know them will stop and prices will go through the roof.
Only then will doctors be able to say....They DO the entire procedure from start to finish.
If doctors really truly cared about techs doing the bulk of the harvesting in FUE cases, they would petition medical boards in every single state. But this will not happen for fear that the medical board will turn around and not let any tissue be handled by any person who is unlicensed. I would say a PA at the lowest level of license.
But Hair Transplant doctors are not going to want to pay Techs who are also a Physicans Assasitant - the kind of money which they demand. Because as we all know Techs are not paid that well.:rolleyes:
Please let that sink in for a moment!
IF Hair Transplant doctors truly wanted what is best for the patients. They would either do the enitre procedure themselves or at the very least have only PA's doing all the implanting.
Let's see. According to the doctor and most people who use the SAFE scibe. They can achieve 5% or less transection which is the same claim as the Artas and the safe scibe costs about $4000, and has a smaller Outside Diameter than the Artas needs and and the Artas its slower and it costs about $195,000 more, plus maintenance. So to some it up. Slower More Invasive (last i heard Artas needed a 1.2mm punch - this is 33% larger than a 0.8mm punch) Higher costs to patients to make up the overhead ohhh and it can't do dark skinned people. I am all for innovation. But seems like a step backward to me and anyone else with common sense would be a fool not to agree. The Artas is just a big giant, slower SAFE Scribe with a larger punch diameter which has something aginst dark skinned people. Why would a doctor not want the SAFE Scribe? Maybe - Marketing? Robots are cool, dental drills not so much. Regarding your comment that technicians should not be performing surgical procedures - who is the one who is being foolish now. Every single case that the technicians are involved with ARE performing surgery. In the Eyes of the Law, there is no difference between removing tissue and transplanting LIVE tissue back in the human body. Besides there may be only a handful of clinics where a doctor does all 100% of the FUE harvesting. Any doctor who says that THEIR clinic is better because the doctor does all the FUE harvesting and then leaves up the implanting to the techs is totally full of poo. Same goes for FUT. Ask your self this. What is more important -taking it out or putting it in? Which is harder? Taking out or putting in? If the grafts are not handled with care and then properly placed, the hair may not grow. This is the exact reason why patients go to the doctor - hair growth. Why would doctors leave the most important aspect (potential hair growth) up to someone other than themselves - the actual doctor. This is the dirty little secret to the Hair Transplant industry. Its all about the Techs. Its about time Techs get the credit for actually performing the bulk of the surgical procedure. Does a plastic surgeon, replace the hand and then leave the fingers up to techs? No, they perform the entire procedure. From start to finish. What other surgical procedure in medicine has unlicensed people performing (the bulk) surgery? I would love to hear any doctor explain how he/she can justify techs implanting live tissue back into the body. But has major concerns with the same techs removing the tissue. The beauty of this entire issue is that the doctors know this dirty little secret and they don't want the medical boards anywhere near this issue. Because if they start making a big stink about techs doing the bulk of the harvesting in FUE cases. The logical question to be asked by the medical boards is? If technicians can't take tissue out why is it OKAY for technicians to put tissue back in? As soon as that question is asked (and not anwsered) hair transplants as we know them will stop and prices will go through the roof. Only then will doctors be able to say....They DO the entire procedure from start to finish. If doctors really truly cared about techs doing the bulk of the harvesting in FUE cases, they would petition medical boards in every single state. But this will not happen for fear that the medical board will turn around and not let any tissue be handled by any person who is unlicensed. I would say a PA at the lowest level of license. But Hair Transplant doctors are not going to want to pay Techs who are also a Physicans Assasitant - the kind of money which they demand. Because as we all know Techs are not paid that well.:rolleyes: Please let that sink in for a moment! IF Hair Transplant doctors truly wanted what is best for the patients. They would either do the enitre procedure themselves or at the very least have only PA's doing all the implanting.