2450 FUE ARTAS grafts before, immediate post-op, & 1 year post-op

This 42 year old male had 2450 FUE ARTAS grafts transplanted in the crown and frontal area in a single session. The photos show the patient before surgery, immediate post-op, and 1 year post-op. The patient is very pleased with results of surgery.

That’s a really nice result! Dr. Charles, do you think the grafts extracted by the ARTAS grow better than the grafts removed by the hand drills or by manual punches? The ARTAS results that I see being posted seem to look better at least as far as hair growth than some of the other FUE with similar number of grafts. Is it that the grafts grow thinker in diameter from ARTAS and if so why?