Founder · Master Trainer
Dr. Cecilia Rusnak.
LME, AP, DAc. Founder of Healing Skin Medical Aesthetics, Dr. Rusnak Academy, AcuMedGroup, and Dr. Rusnak Wellness. A clinician with three decades in beauty, health, and paramedical aesthetics — and the practitioner students travel across the country to train with.
The Practice
Three decades in beauty, health, and paramedical aesthetics.
Dr. Cecilia Rusnak has spent over thirty years in the makeup, beauty, and health industries — a career that began in special effects and facial prosthetics for Off-Broadway productions and evolved through aesthetics, paramedical skincare, and acupuncture into what it is today: a clinical practice focused on restoring the body after surgery, injury, and life.
Healing Skin Medical Aesthetics in Kissimmee is one of two clinics she owns and operates. Patients come for Areola Color Restoration (3D areola technique) restoration after mastectomy, paramedical scar camouflage, stretch mark revision, and Advanced ISR inkless work. Practitioners come from across the country to train with her. The two activities are inseparable: the clinical work informs the curriculum, and the curriculum is shaped by what actually works in practice.
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Restoring skin is an act of healing — not just aesthetics.
— Dr. Cecilia Rusnak
The Method
Not cosmetic. Clinical.
The work Dr. Rusnak does is taught as medicine, not as beauty. Paramedical tattooing — areola restoration, scar camouflage, stretch mark camouflage, inkless skin revision — is restorative work performed for patients whose bodies have been changed by mastectomy, surgery, burn, trauma, or pregnancy. The goal is not enhancement. The goal is for the patient to look in a mirror and see themselves again.
That orientation shapes everything. Consultations are private and unhurried. Sessions are scheduled to give the skin time to heal between passes. Documentation is prepared with the same rigor as any other medical procedure — Dr. Rusnak’s background in CPT coding and medical necessity letters means patients receive the paperwork they need to pursue insurance reimbursement under the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act. Discretion is treated as a clinical requirement, not a courtesy.
Dr. Rusnak collaborates regularly with plastic surgeons and cancer foundations, which is where many of her patients are referred from. The relationship is reciprocal — surgeons trust this work because it’s done the way medicine is done.
Credentials
A career built across disciplines.
Lia Schorr Institute
Training at the Lia Schorr Institute in New York — Off-Broadway productions, facial prosthetics, and special effect prosthetics. The foundation that taught Dr. Cecilia to think about the skin sculpturally before she worked on it clinically.
Florida College of Integrative Medicine
Bachelor of Professional Health Studies, followed by a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine — the academic foundation that bridges Eastern and Western medical practice.
Florida College of Natural Health
Training as a Licensed Facial Specialist and Paramedical Aesthetician at Florida College of Natural Health in Maitland, FL (license FB9737641). The clinical foundation for the paramedical specialty.
Licensed Medical Esthetician (LME)
State-licensed aesthetics practitioner. The clinical foundation underneath the paramedical specialty.
Associates in Paramedical Skincare
Formal degree in paramedical skincare — the academic grounding for the corrective and restorative work that defines the practice.
Doctor of Acupuncture (DAc)
Doctor of Acupuncture from the Pacific College of Health and Science in San Diego, California. Clinical internship at Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China — specializing in internal medicine with Dr. Shui, and advanced Tongue and Pulse diagnosis under Dr. Zhang at Kunmin Yuan An Hospital. The credential underneath Dr. Rusnak’s VA-affiliated acupuncture practice at AcuMedGroup.
Acupuncture Physician (AP)
Licensed Acupuncture Physician in Florida.
Master Trainer · 3D Areola Specialist
Founder and owner of two clinical practices. Master Trainer for paramedical tattoo certification with students enrolling from across the United States and internationally. Active collaborator with plastic surgeons and cancer foundations on post-reconstruction restoration.
Beyond the Clinic
Teacher. Founder. Practitioner.
Most weeks of the year, Dr. Rusnak is in clinic with patients. Several weeks a year, she’s teaching — leading paramedical tattoo certification cohorts in Orlando, New York, Houston, and Las Vegas, plus the 3D Areola Masterclass that follows each session. The training calendar is built around the clinic, not the other way around.
Outside Healing Skin Medical Aesthetics, Dr. Rusnak operates AcuMedGroup — her acupuncture practice and VA Community Care affiliation — and partners on Dr. Rusnak Wellness, a line of clinically-formulated aftercare and skincare products developed alongside her clinical work. Each of these grew out of a need her patients had that the market wasn’t serving.
What She Teaches
For practitioners ready to add a clinical specialty.
Paramedical Tattoo Certification
Scar camouflage, stretch mark camouflage, and Advanced ISR. Live model practice. Eight cities across 2026 and into 2027.
Read about the program →3D Areola Restoration Masterclass
Advanced training in 3D areola technique, color restoration, and correction work. Live model practice. Follows each paramedical cohort.
Read about the masterclass →Two Doors
As a patient. Or as a practitioner.
Two ways to work with Dr. Rusnak — neither one a sales call.
Articles from Dr. Rusnak
- The Mission Behind Dr. Rusnak Academy
- Harnessing the Power of Paramedical Aesthetics
- Skin Barrier Repair — The Healing Skin Approach
- Paramedical vs Cosmetic Tattooing
- Medical Aesthetic Training — A Master-Level Introduction
- 3D Areola Color Restoration Masterclass
For practitioners: Dr. Rusnak teaches paramedical tattooing at Dr. Rusnak Academy — the credentialing authority for the profession. See the programs →