Miguel Canales, MD Silicon Valley Hair Institute

Foster City, California ARTAS, FUE, FUT

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About the Clinic

Silicon Valley Hair Institute operates from an office in Foster City, California, and serves patients across the Bay Area, including San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Palo Alto. The practice performs ARTAS robotic hair transplantation, in which an image-guided robotic system extracts follicular units from the back and sides of the scalp and creates recipient sites, with the grafts then implanted manually. The procedure is done on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia and does not require stitches or staples; sessions of fewer than 2,500 grafts generally take one day, while larger FUE sessions may be spread over two consecutive days. Consultation and planning can include ARTAS Hair Studio software, which builds a 3-D model of the patient's head to show how planned results would appear.

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Miguel Canales, MD

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Miguel Canales, MD practices hair restoration for men and women in the San Francisco Bay Area, working in FUE minimally invasive surgery. His procedures include hairline restoration, hairline lowering, eyebrow and beard transplantation, and feminizing hairlines for transgender patients, along with mega-sessions for extensive hair loss. He also treats hair loss medically, having created the "EPIC Procedure," in which the scalp is micro-injected with a personalized mix of medications such as dutasteride, finasteride, minoxidil, copper peptides, and nutrients; his clinic also offers scalp injections of plasma-derived growth factors. His work in hair transplantation began in 2005, and he teaches his techniques to surgeons from other countries.

Procedures Offered

FUE
FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) is a minimally invasive hair transplant technique where individual hair follicles are extracted one by one from the donor area using a small circular punch tool. The harvested follicles are then carefully implanted into the balding or thinning areas of the scalp. This method leaves tiny, nearly invisible scars rather than a linear scar, resulting in faster healing and the ability to wear shorter hairstyles. Because of this, FUE is the most popular hair transplant technique today.
FUT
FUT (Follicular Unit Transplantation), also known as the "strip method," involves surgically removing a narrow strip of scalp from the donor area, typically the back of the head. The strip is then carefully dissected under a microscope to separate individual hair follicles, which are implanted into the recipient areas. While this technique leaves a linear scar that requires longer hair to conceal, it allows surgeons to harvest a large number of high-quality grafts in a single session, making it cost-effective for patients needing extensive coverage.
ARTAS
ARTAS is a robotic hair transplant system that automates the FUE process using advanced imaging and artificial intelligence to identify, select, and extract individual hair follicles with precision. The robot works under the surgeon's guidance to harvest grafts more consistently than manual extraction, potentially reducing human error and procedure time. ARTAS can offer enhanced accuracy and less fatigue-related variability, and is only available at select clinics with this specialized technology.

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