Dr. Renato Saltz, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

• Born in Brazil; trained in general surgery and plastic surgery in the United States; 8 years of residency, 5 in general surgery and 3 in plastic surgery (Portuguese bio). Institutions are not named.
• Board certification, as the site states it: "Board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery"; also listed as "Diplomate American Board of Surgery and Plastic Surgery" (bio).
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
• Medical College of Georgia, plastic surgery faculty, 1990-1994.
• University of Utah, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and Director of the Summit Plastic Surgery Center, 1994-2002; opened his own practice in May 2002.
• Current academic titles listed: Adjunct Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah (bio); Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah (endo deep plane page); Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, University Federal Rio de Janeiro.
• Past President: ISAPS; ASAPS; Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic Surgeons.
• Editorial boards: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, New Beauty Magazine, Cureus, Modern Aesthetics.
• Founder and Chair, Biennial Global Aesthetics Conferences, Miami Beach (since 2015), and Annual American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meetings (since 2008).
• Experience stated on the site: over 30 years, more than 30,000 surgeries, including over 5,000 facial rejuvenation procedures.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Facelift ("Modern Facelift"). Includes treatment of the SMAS; incisions begin under the chin for the neck, continue around the ears and end at the temple; fibrin glue seals the deeper layers before closure; skin glue in place of skin sutures (facelift).
• Neck lift. Described on the facelift page: incision from the front, around and behind the ear, ending below the scalp; no stand-alone neck lift page (the /procedures/neck-lift URL returns 404).
• Mini facelift. Named on the facelift page as a later maintenance option.
• Endoscopic deep plane facelift. Named "Full SMAS: Endoscopy Assisted Full Facial Rejuvenation"; 3 to 4 small incisions behind the hairline; upper and midface ligaments released endoscopically; lower face and neck treated with open deep-plane dissection (endo-deep-plane-lift).

Galleries (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-26), with before and after images in front and oblique views:

• Facelift (gallery); example case #12582 (case).
• Facial rejuvenation (gallery).
• Male facelift, including a neck lift view (gallery).

Practice