If you live in San Francisco, San Mateo, or Palo Alto (or elsewhere in the Bay Area) and are suffering from hair loss or completely bald spots, the first thing to know is that you are not alone. The majority of people over 40 – in particular men – suffer...
August 1, 2021 - San Francisco, California. Silicon Valley Hair Institute, a best-in-class hair transplant clinic located in the San Francisco Bay Area at is proud to announce a new post focused on the needs of women. (more…)
If you are suffering from thinning hair as many people do, then you may have heard about a hair transplant using a robot. To be strictly accurate, it is known as the ARTAS robot and was invented and produced by a company called Restoration Robotics Inc. (more…)
Have you noticed in the last few months how the cost of many things has been rising – and not just a little bit, but by huge increases of 15%, 20%, and even 30% in some cases! Perhaps it’s because of the pandemic and all the “stimulant” cash that is...
If you are suffering from thinning hair and are considering a hair transplant, you are not alone. Quite a large percentage of the population does – both men and women. That's true not only in San Francisco but also in San Mateo, Palo Alto and - in fact- pretty much...
When it comes to something as important as a hair transplant, you need to see a specialist. You want state-of-the-art technology and someone who is highly trained. This is much the same as if you were looking for a dental implant for missing teeth: you wouldn’t ask a general dentist...
August 27, 2020 - San Jose, California. Silicon Valley Hair Institute, a best-in-class hair transplant clinic in Foster City and serving the Bay Area from San Francisco to Palo Alto to San Jose, is proud to announce a new post on FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) transplant, which is often called...
At Silicon Valley Hair Institute, we do get asked by our patients what FUE means. It stands for Follicular Unit Extraction and is a fancy way of referring to a robotic hair transplant. Of course, we then get asked how a robot works and why we should use one, so...
People here in the prosperous San Francisco Bay Area still get fixated on hair graft costs, but is that really a rational way to evaluate your hair transplant needs? You can get a really cheap cost for hair grafts, especially if you travel down to Mexico, and then spend the...
If you live in the Bay Area and have thinning hair and/or bald patches, you are not alone. It is thought that around 50% of men over 50 have some degree of hair loss, although it can start much earlier than that. Furthermore, around 40% of people who have hair...