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HERO Institute (Hair Evolution By Robotics)
Medellín, Colombia
Dr. Juan Carlos Maldonado ✓ verified
HERO Institute (Hair Evolution By Robotics) is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Medellín, led by Dr. Juan Carlos Maldonado (verified in an authority-body directory). This clinic does not publish its own price; the market-level estimate for the region is Market average: $0.95–$1.9/graft. Cross-checked against 3 independent sources; ratings below are shown per platform, unblended.
Surgeon & safety signals
What Reddit and forum users actually argue about: who does the work, and whether it's a "hair mill". We state only what's verified; the rest is honestly marked not disclosed.
Surgeon
Medical Director; ABHRS Diplomate (verified in ABHRS directory) AND ISHRS Full Member (verified in ISHRS Find-a-Doctor); noted as the only ABHRS-certified hair transplant surgeon in Colombia; private practice since 1998
Verified profile ↗ (HERO Institute team page (heroinstitute.co/meet-the-best-hair-transplant-surgeons))Pricing
Market average: $0.95–$1.9/graft (~$2,400–$4,300 all-in for ~2,500 grafts). Clinic-specific price not published. not confirmed on the clinic's own site · source: graftcost market estimate (country-prices.js, 2026-08 sourced research pass, high confidence, country average)
Market-level estimate for the region, not this clinic's own published price. Source: graftcost market estimate (country-prices.js, 2026-08 sourced research pass, high confidence, country average)
Contact
| Website | www.heroinstitute.co/ |
| Phone | +57 601 9196727 |
| +57 314 7418831 | |
| [email protected] | |
| Google Maps | View on Maps |
| Accreditations | ISHRS (surgeon Full Member), ABHRS (surgeon Diplomate), SCCP, ASPS, ISAPS |
Notable
Colombia's longest-standing hair restoration clinic (since 1998). First/only Colombian clinic with robotic FUE (ARTAS); also manual FUE and FUT. Bogotá second office (Calle 117 #6a-60).
Sources & verification
Compiled into the 2026-08-14 dataset build. No separate re-verification date is recorded for this clinic. Placed by verification, never by payment.
- heroinstitute.co/meet-the-best-hair-transplant-surgeons
- ishrs.org/doctor/603859/
- abhrs.org/directory/listing/juan-carlos-maldonado-e-md
Editorial note: STRONGEST of the set. Maldonado confirmed CURRENT and independently in TWO authority bodies: ABHRS directory (abhrs.org/directory/listing/juan-carlos-maldonado-e-md) and ISHRS Find-a-Doctor (ishrs.org/doctor/603859/). No red flags. WhatClinic 5.0 exists but is an excluded commission aggregator, not counted.