“My goal with facial rejuvenation is to give patients a refreshed, youthful appearance that doesn’t appear artificial or overdone. When you see a good facelift, you don’t notice it. Generally I am able to give patients a look that is 10 to 15 years younger.” -Dr. Henry Mentz, ACPS plastic surgeon and facial rejuvenation specialist
As one of the world’s foremost leaders in facial rejuvenation surgery, Dr. Mentz has been the driving force behind numerous advancements to perfect the techniques and results of facelift surgery. His results have earned international acclaim, notably in Paris, France at the 2013 World Congress of Anti-Aging, where plastic surgeons across the globe gathered to share the latest strategies and cosmetic procedures for anti-aging. At the conference, where Dr. Mentz was one four Americans invited to be a guest lecturer, a judging panel of Dr.Mentz’s colleagues awarded him “The Best Surgical Facial Rejuvenation” trophy. With his innovative approach to delivering comprehensive, natural-looking, long-lasting results, you can feel self-assured you’ve chosen the best.
The excellence of Dr. Mentz’s customized approach to facial rejuvenation method was spotlighted at the 2013 Anti-Aging Medicine European Congress in Paris, where a judging panel awarded Dr. Mentz the “Best Clinical Case in Surgical Facial Rejuvenation” trophy. The winning entry featured the transformative results of this female patient for whom Dr. Mentz performed a combination of facelift, necklift, browlift, eyelid surgery and fat grafting.
Dr. Mentz’s Customized Approach to Facelift Surgery
In 1993, Dr. Mentz became the nation’s first triple board certified surgeon in
- Head & Neck Surgery
- Facial Plastic Surgery
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Combining this extensive expertise with his never-ending quest to perfect facelift techniques and results, Dr.Mentz developed a customized facelift approach that produces the greatest, most natural-looking rejuvenation possible. With this method, he measures and grades the level of aging and laxity at various points of the face. Based upon this, he determines the most effective strategy to lift and reposition the soft tissue layers of the face, customizing the degree of lift and tension he performs on each area in order to produce the best improvement.
Based upon the success of this method, Dr. Mentz was invited to write a chapter detailing his techniques in the plastic surgery textbook Advanced Surgical Facial Rejuvenation in 2012.
Dr. Mentz’s Multidimensional Approach to Facial Rejuvenation
Dr. Mentz’s revolutionary approach to facelift surgery eliminates one of the most common aesthetic pitfalls and dreaded concerns surrounding facelift surgery: an artificial “pulled” look. That’s because facelifts of the past primarily focused of tightening skin to smooth wrinkles–often resulting in an overly taut appearance. By lifting and tightening the sagging underlying layers of the face as well; more natural, longer-lasting results can be achieved.
Beyond sagging skin and tissues, Dr. Mentz also addresses the other key components that research shows contribute to an aged facial appearance: a loss of facial volume and thinning of the skin. For that reason, he often includes fat grafting to areas such as the cheeks and nasolabial folds to restore youthful, supple contours to the face, while laser skin resurfacing treatments revitalize the skin’s tone, texture, and radiance.
Dr. Mentz’s Honors and Awards
In addition to authoring facial rejuvenation chapters for plastic surgery textbooks, Dr. Mentz has shared his expertise through more than 200 speaking engagements and publications. Read more about Dr. Mentz’s research & publications.