Dr. Mentz has contributed to more than 330 articles, chapters, and presentations at national and international plastic surgery meetings for plastic surgeons in the past 20 years. Highlights include:

• Maximizing facelift results. Dr. Mentz created this specialized technique to lift the mid-face soft tissues, jowls, and cheek fat, and to restore a more youthful contour to the cheek and jawline. He has taught at national and international meetings on brow lifts, facelifts, and neck lifts. Dr. Mentz has presented in various locations such as Houston, Austin, Mexico City, Cancun, Monterey, Colombia, and Vancouver, Miami, and Las Vegas. He authored a chapter on facelifts in the textbook Operative Plastic Surgery in 2001 and 2014.

• Liquid facelifts. Injectables including Botox, Restylane, Juvéderm, Radiesse, and fat, as well as topical creams, can be combined to create a rejuvenated look. This technique was presented in Dallas, Puerto Vallarta, Saudi Arabia, India, Guatemala, Bangkok, Vera Cruz, Seville, and Chile.

• Abdominal etching. In 1993, Dr. Mentz created this innovative procedure which uses liposuction to sculpt an athletic six-pack appearance in the abdominal area. It was a landmark paper outling the techniques for body sculpting and three-dimentional contouring. He has been recognized as the innovator of 3D contouring. This has been presented in Houston, New York City, San Diego, New Orleans, Guatemala, Grand Cayman, Paris, Seville, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Puerto Vallarta, Las Vegas, Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, and Saudi Arabia. Published in 1993 and awarded Best Hot Topic in 2016. 

• Male body contouring. Dr. Mentz continues his ongoing research on refining male body contouring procedures through new liposculpting techniques. He has presented in Houston, Philadelphia, Honolulu, Vera Cruz, and Valencia. His article was published in 2006, and the chapter was published in 2007. Dr. Mentz invented the pectoral etching technique to define male pectoral muscles through the use of liposculpture. Presentations were conducted in San Antonio, Guadalajara, Buenos Aires, and Mazatlán and published in 2007.

• Liposuction for chiseled abs. Please refer to the GQ article that highlights Dr. Mentz’s skill in using liposuction to sculpt abs. Since 1992, Dr. Mentz has been using liposuction to sculpt abdominal muscles, published on March 17th, 2023.

• Smallest scar gynecomastia removal. A procedure developed for men to remove enlarged breasts. Presented in Houston, Mexico City, Mazatlán, Buenos Aires, Colombia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and China. The chapter was published in 2007.

• New liposuction techniques. Through the development of new techniques and his ongoing research, Dr. Mentz continues to advance liposuction technology. His work has been presented in Houston, Boston, Orlando, Cancun, Buenos Aires, Paris, Vienna, Sevilla, Saudi Arabia, and India.

• Reduced pain and recovery for tummy tucks. Dr. Mentz was the first surgeon to publish research on a method to reduce pain during recovery after the tummy tuck procedure. The solution was the use of a local anesthetic device: the pain pump. His research was presented in Vienna, Chicago, Saudi Arabia, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, India, Guadalajara, Guatemala, Philadelphia, Austin, Houston, Colombia, and Canada. Published in 2004. He also published the first article for utilization of Experil® in tummy tucks. 

• Safety in aesthetic surgery. Dr. Mentz and his colleagues at ACPS place importance on patient safety through the application of standards that increase safety in the operating room and recovery. Being an active member on several Houston inspection teams, Dr. Mentz has developed safety strategies, provided oversight at the ACPS SurgiCentre and other facilities. He taught the Safety in Body Contouring course at the national ASAPS meeting since 2014. 

• Breast implants. Dr. Mentz closely worked with the inventors of breast implants to gain invaluable insights and knowledge through training with them. Studies presented in Mexico City and Buenos Aires. He defined the improved technique of combining implant and breast lifting to make the operation safer for patients. 

• Leading the country. The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery (ACPS) has dedicated its focus on researching and applying methods to improve plastic surgery and ensuring safety and comfort for all patients. Its innovative research, methods, and expertise have garnered international attention from the medical professionals.