Hi Dr.Rassman. If you were to incorporate one of those fue robots in your practice would it lower the cost of an fue session? I know time limit would be lessened. Which method of the fue session is most labor intensive, the extraction process or the implanting one? I heard you have an interest in the success of these robotic systems. Please educate the public docter.
I am told the robot will cost about $250,000. I think that this has to be paid down and the result should be a more expensive hair transplant. At least initially. I am just speculating, though, as we don’t have the robot in our practice.
This may be an issue of quality, not cost alone. Don’t focus on costs. A poorly done FUE procedure will cause permanent loss of your donor hair (not uncommon) and that costs you much of your future hair supply. How does one put a price on quality?
Note: The robot at the right is not going to be doing the FUE procedure, though it would be kind of neat to see.
Let’s be honest; leading providers of HT services will have no problem “paying down” a $250,000 purchase, especially one that stands to ultimately reduce costs and increase bandwidth over time (it would take 2-3 months, tops).
It would be cool to get the robot from Rocky IV to start doing transplants.. “Happy Birthday Paulie”