UNIQUE CREDENTIALS / MEDICAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First Triple Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in the nation

Author of 5 chapters in Plastic Surgery texts

Over 150 papers and presentations for plastic surgery in the last 20 years

Voted "Best Doctor" for Plastic Surgery by Best Doctors®.

Selected as one of "America's Top Plastic Surgeons" 2008 by the Consumers' Research Council of America.

Chosen a "Super Doc" by Texas Monthly® Magazine for Plastic Surgery, 2004-2009

Picked as a "Top Doctor" in Plastic Surgery 2003 – 2010 in Inside Houston Magazine, H Texas Magazine

Founder of Texas largest private aesthetic surgery practice

Featured surgeon in local and national magazines, papers and broadcasts

Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at two training programs

Active on two breasts implant research teams

Provides reconstructive plastic surgery and support to children in underdeveloped countries

Lifetime appointment to "Who is Who in Medicine,” and “Who is Who in America”

Trained with inventors of the breast implant, Dr. Tom Cronin and Dr. Frank Gerow

Trained with the first to perform liposuction in U.S., Dr. Simon Fredericks

Trained with the inventor of Structure Rhinoplasty, Dr. Calvin Johnson

Active in researching the best plastic surgery techniques for patients

DR. MENTZ'S IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS

5 Book chapters in Facelifts, Liposuction, Etching, Fat Metabolism and Safety

Over 150 presentations, publications and articles in plastic surgery

FOR BODY CONTOURING & LIPOSUCTION

Invented and first to perform and publish “Abdominal Etching,” liposculpture of the six pack, 1992 and published in 1993

Invented “Modified Abdominal Etching” for the athletic abdomen, presented in 1995

Body contouring with liposuction, 1995, 1996 and 1999

Improved Safety in Large Liposuctions, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006

Invented new “Single Puncture Gynecomastia Reduction,” eliminating the visible scar, 2004 and published in 2007

Invented and first to perform “Pectoral Muscle Etching” for men, 2004 and published in 2007

Invented fat grafts to erase the “Bra Strap Groove,” 2004 and published 2007

Improved Safety in Private Surgery Centers, 2001

First to publish “Local Anesthetic Pain Pumps in Abdominoplasty” for reduced recovery and improved safety with tummy tucks, published in 2004

Fat grafting for Morphea (advanced scleroderma), the stem cell advantage, 2006

A safer approach for Breast Lifts with Implants, presented in 2007

Ongoing research to use stem cells from liposuction

FOR FACIAL REFINEMENT

Elegance in Structure Rhinoplasty, presented in 1992

No scar weekend Facial Rejuvenation, presented in 1996

New Endoscopic approaches to Facelifts, presented in 1997

Minimal incision Facelift, "the cutting edge", presented in 1999

Youthful eyes with scarless procedures, presented in 2001

Improved Facelift Strategies, better SMAS lifting, published in 2004

Teaching international courses for browlifts, facelifts, and necklifts, 2004

Research with Isolagen, fibroblasts to remove wrinkles, presented in 2004 and 2005

Introduced the “Liquid Facelift,” layering Botox, Restylane, and Radiesse, 2005