About Henry Mentz:
Dr. Henry Mentz is an internationally respected plastic surgeon who holds the distinctive honor of being the nation’s first triple board-certified plastic surgeon. He obtained triple board certification in Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, and Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology).
Dr. Mentz is among the most well-trained and sought-after plastic surgeons for facial rejuvenation, blending the specific techniques and skills of his respective board certifications to achieve remarkable, natural-looking results. Moreover, Dr. Mentz has received continuous, global recognition and numerous awards for his surgical expertise and innovative contributions to the field of aesthetic plastic surgery.
Personally he enjoys tennis, skiing, fishing, mountaineering, and adventure. He has summited 45 of Colorado’s fourteen thousand foot peaks, including the picturesque Maroon Bells near Aspen, the fantastic Crestone Needles, and Colorado’s most difficult fourteener, Capital Peak. Dr. Mentz loves the outdoors, and before he started his family, he spent his spare time fishing, biking, kayaking, and backpacking.
He married his wife Paula in 1989, and is the proud father of four wonderful children. He has enjoyed the journey of his children’s three Eagle Scouts and one Gold Scout award, high school sports, and college. He is so proud of all their accomplishments. He and his family enjoy travel, adventure, great friends, and good food.
Dr. Mentz uses a detailed and comprehensive approach to restore a youthful, fresh appearance to the face. His specialized method combines advanced lifting and tightening techniques with volume restoration to rebuild the youthful contours of the face through the use of cell-enriched grafts. In addition, Dr. Mentz has made many contributions to the field of aesthetic plastic surgery. He has refined and created numerous techniques for improving facelift results.
He invented specialized liposuction techniques for three-dimensional body contouring in abdominal etching and pectoral etching to give the abdominal and pectoral muscles a more defined, muscular appearance. He trained with the inventor of the breast implant and has contributed advances to make that particular surgery safer and better. He is currently working to improve nanofat graft utilization in facial refinement and is also working on special techniques in body contouring for skin tightening with radiofrequency.
Dr. Mentz received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Louisiana State University Medical School. After completing the General Surgery program at the Ochsner Foundation of New Orleans, he went on to complete the Otolaryngology program at Tulane University School of Medicine.
During his residency training at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, he trained under two of the best plastic surgeons in the field of Facial Plastic Surgery. This exposed Dr. Mentz to the areas of facial rejuvenation surgery and open structure rhinoplasty. He followed this with specialized training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at St. Joseph in Houston.
