HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

Hi,

I was wondering what Dr. Cole thought about the NeoGraft machine and it's acceptance by other physicians in the past few months? What are the differences between the CIT method/tools and NeoGraft i.e., Pros and Cons. I had read somewhere that a few hair restoration doctors were concerned about the drying and mechanical trauma which occurs (in NeoGraft) during the extraction and implantation process. Thanks,

William Holst

Neograft is using a lot of marketing. I personally don't know much about the neograft but i heard concerns about high transection rate.
CIT (Dr. Cole's version of FUE) has one of the lowest transection rates in hair transplantation.

Hi,

Thanks for the quick answer...What about CIT vs. ARTAS System? I am considering the FUE as the method for hair transplant but was curious as to how the different processes overcome the following issues: drying of hair grafts & mechanical trauma (torsion/twisting). Since posting the question regarding CIT vs. NeoGraft - I have researched NeoGraft a bit more and it appears that their grafts do experience significant drying. Thanks,

William Holst

I personally don't know much about the ARTAS System, it's very new.
But i will ask you a simple question...will you put your head under a robot that will automatically make holes on the back of your head?

Hi,

You raise a valid point - optimum solution would have a Doctor with a lot of experience controlling the semi-autonomous machine...I was just curious if Dr. Cole had an opinion regarding this latest entry into the FUE market and how CIT addresses "drying" and mechanical trauma during the extraction phase. Read somewhere that Dr. Cole has a full time engineer on staff who is constantly implementing improvements to the CIT instrumentation and was thinking that your team may have a new solution to address the two issues. BTW, I noticed that Dr. Bernstein had recently purchased an ARTAS unit and he appears to be a rather conservative and reasonable person in terms of evaluating, critiquing and adopting technology. Thanks,

we will have to wait for Dr. Cole to respond on the rest. maybe the drying is an issue but i heard something about high transection rate.
I was also surprised that Dr. Bernstein got it. There is still a need for a good study on this machine, not to mention results.
Don't forget that there is a little hype on this and for some it can be a good marketing tool

The Neograft is ok. It does not have many variables though and the punches are not very good. it's still probably much better than the robot. it had a very high transection rate until the adopted some form of depth control. not sure where that idea came from or who gave it to them, but it made the device much better. they have very few transection rate studies and not as many consistent results. the suction adds no value at all.

Still it's better than alot of other equipment on the market today.