Medically reviewed by BookMedi.
Medically reviewed by BookMedi.
Treatment Overview
Price
From £ 1,300
Timescale
4-8 Hours
Stay
5 nights Hotel
Recovery
5 to 7 Days
Result
After 3-12 Months
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Robotic hair transplants, such as the Artas transplant, are the latest development in the field of hair restoration treatments. Using robots, surgeons can work much faster, as many parts of the procedure become automated.
Robotic transplants do not leave a linear scar in the donor area, and the robots can precisely identify the best hair follicles for transplantation.
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How Much Does Robotic Hair Transplant Cost in Turkey?
Many people are looking for affordable but high-quality medical services. Robotic FUE hair transplant Turkey is one such service. Turkey is one of the most popular destinations for medical tourism, and its hair clinics are among the best in the world. When you get a hair transplant at Bookmedi, you can be sure you are getting a world-class procedure.
The average price for a robotic hair transplant is £1700. While robots make the surgery easier and faster, and, thus, less expensive, the high prices of the robot make the cost of a robotic hair transplant only slightly lower than that of a conventional one. Nevertheless, Turkey’s prices for hair transplants are much lower than in the UK.
Prices of healthcare are proportionate to how much the average citizen earns. As the average income in Turkey is lower than in the UK, the prices for hair transplants are lower, too. Turkish hair clinics are still able to purchase high-quality medical equipment due to the financial aid issued by the government. The result of this combination of factors is world-class healthcare that is available to any medical tourist.
How is Robotic Hair Transplantation Performed in Turkey?
Robotic hair transplants are also called automated follicular implantation, or IFA. IFA uses a modification of a manual hair implantation technique that is called FUE, or follicular unit extraction. This technique is different from the ones used in the past in that each graft, the extracted hair follicles, is collected right from the donor area.
Before this technique, a surgeon would cut a thin strip of skin out of the donor area and then divide it into grafts externally, leaving a scar on the donor area. FUE hair transplants do not require removing any skin, as each graft is extracted by a special punch. In manual FUE, this punch is called a Choi pen, while the punch devices used by robots do not have a specific name.
Regardless of what type of IFA is used for hair surgery, the first stage of treatment is always the same – the surgeon applies local anaesthesia to the shaved donor area. The next steps are determined by which robot is used for the surgery. The effects of any IFA procedure can be improved by a PRP (platelet-rich plasma) treatment after the surgery.
Artas Hair Transplant
Before this technique, a surgeon would cut a thin strip of skin out of the donor area and then divide it into grafts externally, leaving a scar on the donor area. FUE hair transplants do not require removing any skin, as each graft is extracted by a special punch. In manual FUE, this punch is called a Choi pen, while the punch devices used by robots do not have a specific name. Artas robots are the most widespread brand used for IFA hair transplants. There are two models currently in use. Both models are equipped with cameras that help the robots map the patient’s scalp. Special software can analyse the images taken by the robot to determine what hair follicles are more suitable for extraction and where to implant each collected graft to maximise the effectiveness of the robotic hair transplant.
Both robots also have punch devices, which they use to extract the hair grafts from the donor area. The surgeon only needs to oversee the process, as both models completely automate the hair extraction stage of the regular FUE procedure.
The older model of the Artas robot places the collected hair grafts in a saline solution to keep them viable. After this model has completed the extraction, the surgeon must anaesthetise the recipient area and make shallow incisions into which the grafts will be placed. Then the surgeon, aided by the digital map of the patient’s scalp made by the Artas robot, implants the follicles into the incisions.
The newer model of the Artas robot has all the functionality of the older one but also can implant the grafts by itself. The surgeon numbs both the donor and the recipient area, and the robot extracts and implants the hair by itself, with the surgeon making slight adjustments and overseeing the process.
NeoGraft Hair Transplant
NeoGraft robots are quite different from Artas ones. They are better thought of as very advanced follicle extraction devices. A NeoGraft robot can’t perform any stage of robotic hair transplantation by itself, nor can it make digital maps of the patient’s scalp. Instead, NeoGraft has a pressurised punch that extracts grafts via suction. It makes the extraction process much easier and quicker, so the surgeon can better concentrate on the implantation stage of the surgery. The NeoGraft hair transplant is the same as a manual FUE one otherwise.
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Robotic Hair Transplant in Turkey Before and After
Advantages of robotic hair transplantation in Turkey
Robotic hair transplant Turkey has many advantages, such as the following:
- Robots reduce the burden on surgeons, allowing them to focus on the implantation stage of the surgery.
- Robotic hair transplants do not leave scars and are quicker to heal than conventional hair restoration surgeries.
- Artas robots can make detailed follicle maps, allowing the surgeon to implant hair follicles without fear of making mistakes.
- Some Artas robots can implant the follicles by themselves, cutting the surgery time by half and allowing the transplanting of more follicles in a single session.
- NeoGraft robots can make the extraction stage of the surgery very brief, as they can extract several grafts at once.
Disadvantages of Robotic Hair Transplantation in Turkey
IFA hair transplants also have some disadvantages:
- The costs of the robots are very high, making the IFA treatment available only at large hair clinics.
- The viability rate of extracted follicles is slightly lower during automated extraction compared to when the grafts are extracted by a very experienced surgeon.
- The automatic implantation, as performed by the newer Artas robot, can’t reach the maximum possible density of manual hair implantation because the Artas punch is slightly larger than the one used in the manual FUE technique.
FAQ
FUE is the name of the manual hair transplantation technique. A robotic hair transplant is one of the several types of FUE hair surgery performed with the aid of robots.
Before performing any hair transplantation surgery, the patient’s scalp is anaesthetised. As a result, the patient shouldn’t feel any pain during the surgery. As robotic hair transplants are minimally invasive, the chances of feeling pain after the surgery are also low.
Robotic hair transplant in BookMedi clinic is a permanent treatment for pattern hair loss, also known as alopecia. The transplanted hair follicles are healthy and are more resistant to the effects of a hormone called DHT. This hormone is the leading cause of hair loss in both men and women. After the implanted follicles heal, they should produce healthy hair without any additional aid or treatments.
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