Born and raised in the Manheim Central area, Niki Lannigan is a daughter, a wife, a mother, and a breast cancer survivor.

In 2019, Lannigan kept having a reoccurring dream in which she had cancer. This dream served as a catalyst for Lannigan to make an appointment to have tests and exams done. When she arrived at her home after having a mammogram at UPMC, Lannigan received a phone call from UPMC, notifying her that she had to return the next day for a biopsy. It was then that Lannigan was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. Over the past two and a half years, Lannigan has endured eight rounds of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, three surgeries, 20 more rounds of chemotherapy and immunology treatments, and 28 radiation sessions. She went into "warrior mode" during her cancer treatments by shaving some of her hair and tattooing the breast cancer awareness symbol on the left side of her head. As of May 17, 2021, Lannigan is cancer-free.

"God has provided many miracles for me," noted Lannigan. "I would like to thank my husband, Rob; my parents, Nancy and Dan; my children, Mattie and Nick; Father Hector from Greek Annunciation Orthodox Church; my friend and oncologist Dr. Latif; and all that have prayed for me."

At the time of her diagnosis, Lannigan was running an aesthetics center in Linglestown. While there, she removed branding tattoos from victims of trafficking. She was then recruited by a medicine spa in Lititz, where she was receiving her treatments. Soon after Lannigan decided to join the team in Lititz, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the spa. She kept asking herself, "How can I continue to help people?" The answer came to Lannigan on LinkedIn, where a woman from Penn Medicine recruited her to work in plastic surgery. Lannigan spent about eight months working there until September 2021, when she tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to resign due to her health. From her radiation treatments, her right lung was damaged, and there was too much risk working in a building where there were many ill patients. After posting on Facebook about her resignation, Lannigan received numerous job offers, but only one offer caught her attention. A couple of women Lannigan used to work with proposed that Lannigan open her own practice in a private room located in their massage therapy office, Tensegrity Treatment. And that was how Genesis Aesthetics was born.

Located at 1890 State St., East Petersburg, Genesis Aesthetics and Tensegrity Treatment provide massages, nutritional classes, yoga, and medical aesthetics. Lannigan is a licensed medical aesthetician and a certified oncology skin specialist with over 30 certifications, most of which she received during her journey with breast cancer.

At Genesis Aesthetics, Lannigan offers free facials for life to anyone who has cancer, has had cancer, or is taking care of someone with cancer. All of the products used and sold at Genesis Aesthetics are 100% natural. Lannigan also hosts conferences at Genesis Aesthetics where she informs attendees about which toxins to avoid in skin and body products as well as food. "Two of my friends, after being told they were cancer-free, ended up with reoccurrences four months later and passed away," said Lannigan. "You need to fight for yourself. I want to help people as much as I can."

To learn more about Genesis Aesthetics, search for "Genesis Aesthetics" on Facebook or call 717-390-5553.