Manual vs. Motorized FUE Which is Better

[Melvin- Admin]

This questions seems to come up constantly, I'm really interested to hear what the community thinks, do you guys feel one method is better than the other? 

Manual VS Motorized FUE Which Is Better?

[kirkland]

My understanding is that motorized punches reduce surgeon fatigue. But, like anything else, a good surgeon will still be a good surgeon, with a manual or a motorized punch. An improved punch system won't reform a sub-par skillset.

[Al - Moderator]

There are some really good motorized punches out there these days that have variable speed rotation that can oscillate at a very slow speed if the Dr wants/needs it to depending on the patients scalp.

 

[LonelyGraft]

This used to be a huge topic back in the day. The debate used to go something like:

 

“manual is better bc there is more tactile feel for the surgeon/tech and less stress/heat on the grafts since the hand is rotating the punch handle at low speeds”

“but motorized leads to less fatigue for the surgeon/tech and leads to less out of body time since you can extract quicker”

 

repeat

 

from the results I’ve seen, I think Melvin is correct, it’s not about the tool (unless we’re talking about artas or other crap tools like neograft) but more of the skill of the person using it.

 

ive seen amazing results from clinics using both

 

when I consulted with hasson they moved from manual over to the waw motorized system and he even showed me pics of examples of extracted grafts (waw vs strip) and the quality of the waw trumpet punch was great. Many top clinics are using the waw system nowadays 

 

ive also seen clinics use no name Chinese punch systems like cinik and I believe dr Ferreira with great results.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2020 by LonelyGraft

[Melvin- Admin]

7 hours ago, BeHappy said:

There are some really good motorized punches out there these days that have variable speed rotation that can oscillate at a very slow speed if the Dr wants/needs it to depending on the patients scalp.

 

Yea, there’s a really good tool that I saw firsthand with Dr. Mohebi, it was the trivellini system. 

[Melvin- Admin]

7 hours ago, LonelyGraft said:

This used to be a huge topic back in the day. The debate used to go something like:

 

“manual is better bc there is more tactile feel for the surgeon/tech and less stress/heat on the grafts since the hand is rotating the punch handle at low speeds”

“but motorized leads to less fatigue for the surgeon/tech and leads to less out of body time since you can extract quicker”

 

repeat

 

from the results I’ve seen, I think Melvin is correct, it’s not about the tool (unless we’re talking about artas or other crap tools like neograft) but more of the skill of the person using it.

 

ive seen amazing results from clinics using both

 

when I consulted with hasson they moved from manual over to the waw motorized system and he even showed me pics of examples of extracted grafts (waw vs strip) and the quality of the waw trumpet punch was great. Many top clinics are using the waw system nowadays 

 

ive also seen clinics use no name Chinese punch systems like cinik and I believe dr Ferreira with great results.

 

 

 

 

Honestly, it was because Dr. Lorenzo, who at the time was as hyped as Cuoto did only manual. So people thought, he’s the best he does manual, therefore, manual is best.