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The People With A Passion For
Helping You Feel Incredible
LouAnn Perugini, ACNP,FNP,DCNP,CANS
LouAnn Perugini is a triple-board certified dermatology and aesthetic nurse practitioner and owner of DermAesthetics in Southbury, CT. She believes in a natural and conservative approach and has a long history of injection experience, beginning with collagen in the 1990's.
LouAnn received her first MSN degree from Vanderbilt University and later a post-graduate MS degree from the University of Colorado. She obtained board certifications in Acute Care (ACNP) and Family Practice (FNP) from the American Nurse Credentialing Center, Adult Health from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Dermatology Nurse Practitioner Board Certification (DCNP) by the Dermatology Nurses Association. LouAnn also completed the Army Primary Flight Surgeon course at the U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine, a satellite campus of the Army Medical Department Center and School in Fort Rucker, Alabama, receiving certification as an Aviation Medicine Nurse Practitioner. LouAnn is the Connecticut State representative for the National Academy of Dermatology Nurse Practitioners (NADNP) and is a clinical preceptor for nurse practitioner student dermatology rotations.
LouAnn has extensive operating room experience assisting plastic surgeons with surgical procedures, gaining solid knowledge of surgical anatomy and is a Certified Aesthetic Nurse Specialist (CANS) from the American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses with injection experience beginning with collagen in 1998. LouAnn was the first Dermasculpt trainer in Connecticut, beginning in 2012, teaching nurses and physicians how to use the micro-cannula, a needle-less delivery system for delivering comfortable injections (www.cosmofrance.net). She has received training membership through the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (SPCP).
LouAnn was an Army wife and also a veteran herself. In 1999 she was directly commissioned in the Army Nurse Corp and attended the US Army Primary Flight Surgeon Course. She later served for almost a decade as an Aviation Medicine Nurse Practitioner with the Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. During her many moves, she's had the opportunity to train with the most gifted Dermatologists and Plastic Surgeons in the country. In 2014, after 28 moves in 34 years all over the world with the Army, she and her husband had finally retired to settle permanently back home in Connecticut. She has two grown sons, both currently serving in the military.
LouAnn has a true passion for skin and skin care. She provides free facial moles and lesion screenings during all cosmetic procedures upon request. She is a breast cancer survivor. She lectures nationally on scar treatments and is currently in the process of starting a nonprofit organization to treat combat scars of Veterans and Military.
LouAnn is a Middlebury native with a passion for aesthetics and a love of art. Her paintings, artwork, and jewelry are seen on her walls at DermAesthetics in Southbury.
Meet The Team
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Community Outreach
Supporting Our
Armed Forces
DermAesthetics founders & veterans LouAnn Perugini and Scott Tedder proudly support The Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides college scholarships and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who have lost their lives serving our country.
Over the years, the total contribution currently stands at $101,766. We appreciate your support of this excellent foundation!
To contribute to The Special Operations Warrior Foundation:
Supporting Underprivileged Youth
DermAesthetics supports Operation Kid Forward, a 5013c organization dedicated to helping underprivileged youth by providing transformative travel experiences and tangible items, in the hopes of improving their lives and expanding their social interactions.
To contribute to Operation Kid Forward:
