Hayes Valley Medical Esthetics
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What is Hayes Valley Medical Esthetics?
Hayes Valley Medical Esthetics is a medical spa with locations in San Francisco (Hayes Valley, at Gough St, and Cow Hollow, at Fillmore St) and in Larkspur. It opened in 2014. The medical director is Yngvar A. Hvistendahl, MD, and the clinical team also includes nurse practitioners Denise Ellison, Victoria Kuo, Kate Ratto, Cristina Sykes and Melonie Thompson.
The bulk of what it does is cosmetic: injectables, laser and radiofrequency facial treatments, facials and peels, body contouring, and hair restoration. GLP-1 medical weight loss sits inside that list as one offering among many, grouped under a Weight Loss section alongside body contouring options like CoolSculpting. The weight loss page describes GLP-1 in general terms, as a medication that mimics a hormone involved in appetite regulation, without naming a specific brand or compound. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This listing is for its Larkspur office at 265 Magnolia Ave #201.
What does it cost?
No price is published anywhere for GLP-1 or for weight loss consultations. There is no stated consultation fee, no mention of what a monthly program would include, and nothing about insurance, HSA or FSA use, financing, or membership terms for the weight loss service specifically. The only cost-related detail available at all is a financing FAQ referenced in the site's navigation, which does not break out numbers for weight loss.
If cost matters to your decision, which for a cash-pay GLP-1 program it almost certainly does, you will need to call one of the locations and ask directly.
What should you ask before you book?
The weight loss page does not name which prescriber signs off on GLP-1 treatment specifically, so ask who on the team, the medical director or one of the nurse practitioners, actually evaluates and prescribes for weight loss, and whether that person is the one you will see at follow-ups. Ask whether the medication itself is included in any quoted fee or billed separately, and whether what is dispensed is a brand-name product or a compounded version.
Ask what the first visit involves (labs, a physical exam, a telehealth option) since none of that is described on the weight loss page. Ask how follow-up visits are scheduled and priced, what happens if the medication needs to be adjusted, and what the cancellation or refund policy looks like if you decide to stop.
In its own words: "At HVME, our medical professionals will guide you through the process, providing support and monitoring your progress." That is the extent of what is said about how the program runs, so the specifics of that support are worth asking about directly.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you are already drawn to a med spa setting for injectables or skin treatments and want to ask about adding GLP-1 under the same roof, across its San Francisco or Larkspur locations. It is less of a fit if you are looking for a practice built specifically around medical weight loss, with published pricing and a dedicated weight loss protocol, since that is not how this one presents itself.
Sources: hayesvalleymed.com, hayesvalleymed.com/conditions/excessive-body-weight, hayesvalleymed.com/treatments/weight-loss, hayesvalleymed.com/treatments/glp-1, hayesvalleymed.com/blog/loose-skin-after-weight-loss-how-i-laser-1940nm-tightens-skin-from-face-to-body
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Hayes Valley Medical Esthetics’s own website on 2026-10-10. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “GLP-1 is a breakthrough medical treatment for weight loss that works by mimicking a natural hormone involved in appetite regulation.” source
Hours
Mo-Sa 9:00 AM-5:00 PM