Dr. Joshua Hays, MD

About

Dr. Hays is a board-certified, fellowship-trained hair transplant surgeon practicing in the downtown Austin area. He is an Austin native who grew up in the Zilker neighborhood and attended Austin High School. He stayed local for his undergraduate studies, earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.

He then received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Following his residency, Dr. Hays completed a specialized, ISHRS hair transplant fellowship at the Physicians Hair Restoration Center in Houston and Chicago.

Dr. Hays has extensive experience in scalp and beard transplants, as well as managing complex cases. He specializes in handling poor-quality donor areas, correcting prior surgeries, and harvesting non-scalp donor areas (such as beard and facial hair) when needed.

Believing that consistent, high-quality results require a physician's direct touch, Dr. Hays is personally involved in your surgery from start to finish. He personally performs both the hair harvesting and the creation of the recipient sites.

Having manually transplanted over 500,000 hairs, Dr. Hays is dedicated to delivering natural-looking, life-changing results for his patients.

Education & Training

  • Undergraduate: B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin

  • Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch

  • Medical Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

  • Fellowship: ISHRS Hair Transplant Fellowship at Physicians Hair Restoration Center (Houston & Chicago)

Areas of Expertise

  • Scalp and beard hair transplants

  • Complex case management (including prior surgeries and poor-quality donor areas)

  • Hair transplant repair and revision

  • Advanced harvesting from non-scalp donor areas (e.g., beard/face, chest, abdomen)

Publications

  • Boukovalas S, Boson AL, Hays JP, Malone CH, Cole EL, Wagner RF. Upper Lip Anatomy, Mechanics of Local Flaps, and Considerations for Reconstruction – Published in Cutis. 2021 March;107(03):144-148, PMID: 33956606

  • Boukovalas S, Boson AL, Hays JP, Malone CH, Cole EL, Wagner RF. A Systematic Review of Lower Lip Anatomy, Mechanics of Local Flaps, and Special Considerations for Lower Lip Reconstruction. – Published in JDD. 2017;16(12):1254, PMID: 29240861

  • Hays JP, Malone CH, Goodwin BP, Wagner RF. Reactive Eccrine Syringofibroadenoma Associated with Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Histologic Mimicker of Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus. – Published to Dermatologic Surgery. 2018 May;44(5):738-740, PMID: 28902033

  • Malone CH, Hays JP, Tausend WE, Wagner RF. Interdomal Sutures for Nasal Tip Refinement and Reduced Wound Size. – Published to JAAD. 2017, Sep; 77(4): e107-e108, PMID: 28917475

  • Hays JP, Malone CH, Tausend WE, Goodwin BP, Wagner RF. Delayed Diagnosis of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Lip; The Possible Role of Incidental Multinucleated Foreign Body Giant Cells. – Published in Case Reports in Dermatology. 2017;9(2):50-4, PMID: 28690519

  • Reeves PT, Herndon DN, Tanksley JD, Jennings K, Klein GL, Mlcak RP, Clayton RP, Crites NN, Hays JP, Andersen C, Lee JO. Five-Year Outcomes After Long-Term Oxandrolone Administration in Severely Burned Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial. – Published in Shock. 2016 Apr 1;45(4):367-74, PMID: 26506070