Before regenerative medicine had a name, Dr. Nathan Newman was practicing it. For more than 25 years, the board-certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon has pursued a single conviction: that the most powerful rejuvenation available is already inside the patient. His work gave that conviction a procedure, a patent, and a name: the Stem Cell Lift®.
Meet Dr. Newman →Dr. Nathan Newman is a board-certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon who has spent more than 25 years advancing regenerative aesthetics and stem cell-based therapies. Long before regenerative medicine became a movement, he was asking a different question than the rest of his field. Not how to fill, freeze, or tighten an aging face, but how to help the body restore it.
The answer became the patented Stem Cell Lift®: a proprietary procedure that harvests and concentrates regenerative cells from a patient's own tissue and returns them where time has been most active, restoring volume, improving skin quality, and supporting renewal from within. It reflects his core belief that the best aesthetic outcomes come from working with the body's own regenerative intelligence, not overriding it.
Beyond facial rejuvenation, Dr. Newman's regenerative protocols have supported skin recovery after surgery, healing following injury and cancer treatment, and select autoimmune-related skin concerns. His work bridges cosmetic surgery, stem cell science, and restorative medicine, and it remains deeply personal: he is the founder and Medical Director of Orchid Surgery Center and leads the Stem Regenerative Center in Beverly Hills, where he treats one patient at a time.
He earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed his dermatology residency at Cook County Hospital, and completed his cosmetic surgery residency in Riverside, California. He is the author of The Natural Intelligence of Stem Cells.
Every field has a moment when someone stops improving the old approach and builds a new one. For facial rejuvenation, that moment came when Dr. Newman recognized that fat, long treated as something to remove, carried the very cells the aging face was missing.
Through years of research, clinical work, and surgical refinement, he developed the patented Stem Cell Lift®: harvest a patient's own regenerative cells, concentrate them, and return them to the structures time has thinned. Not correction layered over aging tissue, but restoration written in the patient's own biology.
A small amount of fat is gently collected from the abdomen or thighs, often with the added benefit of subtle contour refinement in areas where excess fat may naturally accumulate. The technique is refined to protect the integrity of your regenerative cells. Your body’s own regenerative potential becomes the foundation of the procedure.
Your tissue is processed under controlled clinical conditions to isolate and concentrate the regenerative cells and growth factors your body naturally produces. Nothing is added. Nothing is foreign. The regenerative preparation uses only what your body already creates.
The regenerative cell-rich preparation is strategically placed to restore facial volume, improve skin quality, and support long-term tissue renewal. When appropriate, refined surgical techniques may also be incorporated to enhance facial balance and structural rejuvenation. Results continue to evolve naturally over time as the body’s regenerative processes remain active.
Dr. Newman's approach rests on one principle: work with the body, not against it.
Aging is not only what you can see. Beneath the surface, tissue thins, structure softens, and the skin's regenerative pace slows. Treatments that address only the surface must be repeated forever. Treatments that restore the biology beneath it can let the body carry the result forward.
Every treatment plan is individualized to the patient's anatomy, tissue quality, and long-term goals. The objective is never to change how someone looks. It is to restore balance, vitality, and a natural sense of self.
Dr. Newman's work is regularly featured in the press and on leading podcasts. A curated selection appears here, with the full, current list maintained on the In the Press page.
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Stem cells are the body's own repair language. In The Natural Intelligence of Stem Cells, Dr. Newman translates that language for everyone else.
Grounded in decades of clinical experience and told through real patient outcomes, the book presents a new paradigm of healing: medicine that moves away from replacement and correction, toward restoration, regeneration, and the body's intrinsic intelligence. It challenges conventional thinking about aging with a perspective that is both scientifically rooted and clinically proven.
The biology that restores a face is the same biology that heals the body. Dr. Newman has applied regenerative approaches well beyond aesthetics: supporting skin recovery after surgical procedures, assisting healing following injury and medically complex treatments, and addressing select chronic and autoimmune-related skin concerns through carefully considered protocols.
In select cases, regenerative strategies extend to metabolic balance, hormonal health, and musculoskeletal recovery, always with clinical judgment, appropriate boundaries, and a focus on supporting the body's natural processes rather than overriding them.
This breadth is not a sideline. It is the depth of understanding behind every aesthetic result.
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As the Director of Nursing and an expert Nurse Injector, Nualla is dedicated to providing each patient with exceptional care and remarkable results. After graduating from The University of Delaware with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in 2011, she moved out to California where she has had the privilege of working alongside the renowned surgeon, Dr. Nathan Newman since 2012.
Gaining valuable knowledge and expertise in the latest cosmetic procedures, her experience provides her with the skill to enhance your natural beauty and restore your youthful glow. Her attention to detail and artistic approach ensure that you receive natural-looking, yet noticeable, results that leave you feeling confident and rejuvenated.
While in the office she is known as “Nurse Nualla”, outside the office (and arguably her most important title), she is “mom” to her incredible daughter. When Nualla is not working, you can find her spending quality time with her wonderful family and soaking up every minute of her beautiful daughter!