Board-Certified Family Medicine & Obesity Medicine Physician
Co-Founder & Co-Owner, Spot On Health & Beauty
Clinical Educator & Survivorship Advocate

Dr. Arian Culp is a board-certified family and obesity medicine physician whose work centers on the long-term psychological and physiological effects of illness, trauma, and bodily change. Through his medical practice and lived experience alongside his wife, restorative tattoo artist Kara Gutierrez, he has gained rare insight into how breast cancer treatment affects identity, mental health, intimacy, and family systems long after active care ends.

Working closely with survivors, Dr. Culp has observed that while cancer may be medically treated, the emotional aftermath is often overlooked. Surgical scars and body alterations can act as psychological triggers, reinforcing loss of control, shame, dissociation, and unresolved grief. From a medical and behavioral perspective, he understands these reactions not as vanity, but as normal trauma responses to prolonged loss of autonomy and invasive care.

As Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Spot On Health & Beauty, Dr. Culp works at the intersection of medicine, psychology, and patient advocacy. His background in women’s health, trauma medicine, wound healing, and integrative care informs his advocacy for trauma-informed, medically grounded restorative tattoo education. He emphasizes that true healing requires both physical readiness and psychological safety, and that thoughtful collaboration between healthcare and restorative artistry allows survivors to reclaim trust in their bodies with dignity and agency.