About
A surgeon's hand, an artist's eye.
Newport Beach's single-surgeon practice for awake liposuction and body contouring — built on 23 years of operative precision and an obsession with natural form.
The surgeon
Dr. Mitchell Cohen.
"Body sculpting is not subtraction — it's revealing the form that was always there."
Dr. Mitchell Cohen is a Newport Beach cosmetic surgeon focused exclusively on liposuction and body contouring under local tumescent anesthesia — awake, with no general anesthesia and no IV sedation. He performs 300+ liposuction procedures each year across the abdomen, flanks, back, hips, thighs, arms, chin, and full Lipo 360.
Before dedicating his practice to aesthetic surgery, he spent 23 years as an orthopedic spine surgeon — a foundation of operative precision, anatomical depth, and patient-safety discipline that defines every contour he sculpts today. Patients travel nationwide for his artistic, natural-looking results and rapid-recovery protocol.
300+
Procedures yearly
9+
Years aesthetic focus
23
Years as a surgeon prior
1
Surgeon. Yours.
Principles
How this practice operates.
01
Awake. Local. Only.
Every procedure under tumescent local anesthesia. No general anesthesia, no IV sedation, no twilight — safer recovery, sharper results, you go home the same day.
02
One surgeon. One pair of hands.
From consultation to follow-up, Dr. Cohen performs every contour personally. No rotating staff, no delegated cases.
03
Anatomy before aesthetics.
23 years of orthopedic spine surgery shape every incision. Operative precision is the foundation — artistry is what you see.
04
Natural, not sculpted-looking.
The goal is the form that was always there. Patients should look like a rested version of themselves — never overdone.
Practice
A career, charted.
- 1987
Doctor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
- 1993
Spine Surgery Fellowship
Johns Hopkins / St. Joseph Hospital under Paul McAfee, MD.
- 1993–2016
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
23 years of operative precision in private practice — Fountain Valley & Irvine.
- 2017–2019
Cosmetic Surgery Training
LA Liposuction Centers, Encino — under Robert Hashemiyoon, MD.
- 2019
Founded OC Liposuction Centers
Medical Director — Newport Beach, single-surgeon awake-lipo practice.
- Today
300+ Procedures Annually
9+ years of focused aesthetic surgery and a nationwide patient pipeline.
Areas treated
Awake liposuction, head to thigh.
- 01Abdomen
- 02Flanks
- 03Back
- 04Bra-line
- 05Hips
- 06Inner & outer thighs
- 07Arms
- 08Chin & neck
- 09Full Lipo 360
Next step
A private consultation with Dr. Cohen.
One surgeon, one conversation, one honest plan. No assistants, no upsells, no general anesthesia.
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