TEXAS SURGEON DOUBLES CAPABILITIES IN 2012
WITH INSTALLATION OF SECOND ARTAS SYSTEM FROM RESTORATION ROBOTICS
The ARTAS Procedure Redefines the Focus of Doctor’s Practice
Mansfield, Texas –.DATE– Restoration Robotics, Inc. announced today that Dr. Mark Bishara, with offices in both Mansfield and Southlake, Texas, will be the first surgeon in the United States to install a second ARTAS® System for his practice. The ARTAS System is the first and only FDA cleared physician controlled, computer assisted technology for harvesting follicular units directly from the scalp, offering hair restoration physicians and patients unprecedented levels of safety, efficacy and patient comfort. Dr Bishara became one of the earliest adopters of the state-of-the-art system with his Mansfield office installation in January 2012. Now, a second ARTAS System will be installed in Dr. Bishara’s Southlake office, complete with the construction of a central command center allowing the doctor to control both systems simultaneously.
Dr. Bishara currently performs three-four ARTAS procedures per week and within three months anticipates an increase to 32 cases per month – on average. Hair restoration now represents about 70% of his practice, which he attributes in great part to the ARTAS system completely redefining his focus and adding to his practice’s capabilities.
“The reason to purchase a second ARTAS system is so that I can train another team and we can make ourselves available to our patients in a timely fashion,” said Dr. Bishara. “There is certainly a huge allure to robotic hair restoration that needs little explanation to those providers who are in touch with the direct to consumer approach. We are just trying to give the consumers what they want, when they want it and at an extremely high level of precision.”
Hair Loss by the Numbers
Over 35 million men are affected by male pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) in the United States alone.
Approximately two-thirds of American men will experience appreciable hair loss by age 35; by age 50, 85% will see significant loss in hair thickness. Genetic hair loss, which typically begins between late adolescence and before or during middle age, is largely untreatable outside of surgery.
About Dr. Mark Bishara
Dr. Bishara is a member of the American College of Surgeon (ACS), the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS), the Dallas County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association. A native-born Texan, Dr. Bishara received his Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University and worked in multi-specialty charity clinics in underserved areas of Latin America before returning to the United States for two years of clinical training at New York Medical College. After completing a five-year residency in general surgery at Morristown Memorial Hospital, which is affiliated with the prestigious Mount Sinai Medical School in New York, he founded the American Plastic and Reconstructive Research Association, a think tank for novel concepts and respective clinical applications in plastic surgery. He also completed a fellowship appointment in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In addition to hair restoration surgery, Dr. Bishara’s specialties include cosmetic surgery of the breast, rhinoplasty, abdominoplasty (tummy-tuck), liposuction, cosmetic surgery of the face and body contouring after major weight loss.
About Restoration Robotics
Restoration Robotics, Inc., a privately held medical device company, is dedicated to revolutionizing the field of hair transplantation by developing and commercializing its state-of-the-art image-guided ARTAS® System. This interactive, computer assisted system uses image guided technology to enhance the quality of hair follicle harvesting for the benefit of physicians and their patients. To learn more about the ARTAS System and its unique technology, visit www.restorationrobotics.com or www.artashair.com.
One of the most common questions that I receive regarding robotic hair transplantation or even FUE hair transplantation is with the ARTAS procedure what will my hair look like. Surgical hair transplantation provides extremely natural looking results. Most patients experience minimal scarring that is frequently undetectable in the donor area.
Usually at a week, both the donor and transplanted areas are undetectable.
Patients can get a hair cut within a few days of the procedures and the can ultimately wear their hair at any length or style with confidence.
Another question that comes up frequently is., “ How does the ARTAS procedure results look different from strip grafting or the old fashioned hair plugs from the past that Dad got several years ago?”
The unnatural appearance of plugs came from harvesting larger patches of hair and placing them in awkward and unnatural places. The ARTAS robot uses a computer assisted robotic arm and digital mapping to pinpoint the individual follicular units from the donor area before dissection, or harvesting.
This specific advancement in this device allows the surgeon to provide more precision and control with dissection of the hair- no matter what any other hair transplant surgeon says…this is a simple fact. The punch sizes are not 1.65 mm either. This is misinformation and frustrating to dispel what other providers are seemingly and rambunctiously publishing within their patient education materials. The dissecting needle is 1.0 mm and we have smaller devices available in Q1 of 2013.
Because the ARTAS robotic hair transplant system offers reproducibility and accurate harvesting, I am consistently able to extract healthy and robust hair for optimal growth.
I am also consistently answering questions about the permanent results of the the procedures that are performed. The simple answer is that when we are taking hair from the back of the head and placing it in the hairline or on the vertex where hair is thinning we are dealing with genetically different types of donor hair follicles. These that come from the so-called universal donor area can often last a lifetime because they do not miniaturize under the effects of DHT- they are indeed resistant genetically to DHT.
Moreover, many people ask how long the procedure takes. It can range from three hours on up to seven or eight depending on the number of hairs that I need to transplant. During this time you can stand up and take breaks, go to the bathroom, make phone calls, buy and sell stocks, keep office tasks going remotely etc. We also take a short break lunch but for the most part- patients are situated in an ergonomic chair face down for the initial part of the procedure. Then for the last half of the robotic hair transplant patients lay back in a ultra comfortable chair and watch TV or read from their smart phone, Ipads, or Kindles. Others chose to sleep.
For more information on the robotic hair transplantation process with ARTAS system please press the button above or below this post and download the Ebook!
Mark Bishara, M.D.
Medical Director
The ARTAS procedure restores your hair by transplanting permanent hair from the back or side of the head into thinning areas on the scalp.
The ARTAS robot system uses its digital imaging software in areas of the back of your scalp that identifies hair existing the scalp and it’s natural groupings of 1 hair, 2 hair, or multiple hair follicular units. Using image guided robotics the ARTAS system dissects out individual follicular units.
The hair is then transplanted by the surgeon into different areas. The robot allows for specific and precise dissection individual follicular units or natural groupings of hair during the hair transplantation process
The recipient sites are previously placed by the surgeon are then filled in with hair removed by the robot.
The typical steps of the ARTAS procedure include preparing the area of donor scalp by trimming the hairs so that the imaging system can recognize the direction of hair follicles to be dissected
The ARTAS system then digitally maps the donor area which analyzes the position in the direction of the hair follicles leaving the scalp of the donor area.
With Dr Bishara’s guidance the system will harvest hair in a random fashion which helps to mask any potential problems with thinning in the donor area. This leaves the donor area in its natural state.
This process is repeated until the required or desired amount of hair has been achieved. Then the recipient sites that are strategically placed by the surgeon into areas or thinning hair or balding hair
What happens after the transplant procedure?
About nine months one can expect a natural looking area of hair that will last a lifetime.
The hair is then transplanted by the surgeon into different areas. The robot allows for specific and precise dissection individual follicular units or natural groupings of hair during the hair transplantation process
The recipient sites are previously placed by the surgeon are then filled in with hair removed by the robot.
The typical steps of the ARTAS procedure include preparing the area of donor scalp by trimming the hairs so that the imaging system can recognize the direction of hair follicles to be dissected
The ARTAS system then digitally maps the donor area which analyzes the position in the direction of the hair follicles leaving the scalp of the donor area.
With Dr Bishara’s guidance the system will harvest hair in a random fashion which helps to mask any potential problems with thinning in the donor area. This leaves the donor area in its natural state.
This process is repeated until the required or desired amount of hair has been achieved. Then the recipient sites that are strategically placed by the surgeon into areas or thinning hair or balding hair
What happens after the transplant procedure?
About nine months one can expect a natural looking area of hair that will last a lifetime.
Also patients are quickly returning to the normal activities of often within 24 hours after the procedure.
Both the donor and recipient should have a similar appearance as they did before the procedure within several days in most patients
In approximately six months most and patience enjoy noticeable improvement in their overall hair.
What is a follicular unit?
Many people don’t realize that your hair in your scalp has multiple hairs in one specific grouping exiting the skin. These groupings can collectively be called follicular units. Single hair follicular units are used in hair transplantation to design very natural appearing hairlines. Multiple hair follicular units are used to gain density on the interior and along the middle scalp and lateral fringe to provide density in the transplant process.
Many people don’t realize that your hair in your scalp has multiple hairs in one specific grouping exiting the skin. These groupings can collectively be called follicular units. Single hair follicular units are used in hair transplantation to design very natural appearing hairlines. Multiple hair follicular units are used to gain density on the interior and along the middle scalp and lateral fringe to provide density in the transplant process.
For more information on robotic hair transplants please download our Ebook here.
Robotic Technology Is the Future of Hair Restoration Surgery
With all the press surrounding health care reimbursements and related topics, it’s easy to forget that there are still new and exciting procedures you can offer patients for the benefit of both your patients and your practice.
Robot-assisted hair restoration is one such procedure. The ARTAS System enables physicians to offer their patients a minimally invasive procedure that leverages image guided robotics to deliver permanent, natural looking results. Demand for a less invasive hair restoration solution has seen a very substantial increase over the past few years and patients are willing to pay a premium price for the benefits.
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When balding becomes an issue that affects your self-esteem you may decide to do research on ways to treat your situation. You may be enticed by commercials to use spray on hair, or gels and creams that promise you a miracle. When you are the one suffering and looking for answers it is easy to be taken in by these empty promises.
If you are in this position you should look for a real solution. One that gives you real results. During your research you may have heard about hair transplants. This is one of the best solutions that has been used by many men with the same issues as you. And it has been very successful.
When you consider hair transplants you will learn about a couple different procedures. You will learn about FUT which stands for follicular unit transplantation and FUE which stands for follicular unit extraction. FUT has been a very popular technique that has helped many men regain hair growth in areas of hair loss. With this procedure a strip of skin from the scalp is removed and follicular units are microscopically dissected to be transplanted in the area where hair is missing.
With FUE surgeons have refined a surgical procedure harvesting bald resistant hair follicles by using a punch which extracts the donor hair follicles which are then transplanted into areas where the hair is missing using a small incision. Follicular unit extraction is being used by many more men due to the fact that the procedure is much less invasive than FUT with quicker healing time at the donor sites than the site where the donor strip of skin is taken during the FUT procedure.
When you have done your due diligence and choose follicular unit extraction you will be very satisfied with your decision. You will enjoy a quicker recovery time, less pain in donor areas, no noticeable scarring and results that will give you back the self-esteem you have been missing.
When comparing the procedures please note that follicular unit extraction does take more physician time which makes this technique more expensive than FUT. The decision is yours. Only you know your personal circumstances and your financial limitations. This can be a life changing decision giving you back that missing self-esteem, so making the choice to go with follicular unit extraction seems like the right one.
The next step for you at this point is to make an appointment to see Dr Bishara who will go over the details with you and get you scheduled for your procedure. Don’t let baldness put a cramp in your personal life. Get yourself an appointment today.
Mark A Bishara, M.D., P.A. Medical Director
Bishara Cosmetic Surgery and Hair Restoration
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