MSTOM-credentialed since 2007, Alvarado Acupuncture and Wellness runs from Rosecrans Street in Point Loma's Midway District. The clinic's facial rejuvenation protocol stimulates collagen through precise face and body point work, an all-needle aesthetic approach that overlaps with the microneedling and cosmetic acupuncture at Skinovation Acupuncture & Microneedling. A Pacific College of Oriental Medicine graduate runs the practice, anchoring the pain management side in Traditional Chinese Medicine foundations — electroacupuncture, cupping, and moxibustion work as adjunct modalities for chronic back, neck, and joint cases. Acute musculoskeletal pain gets needled, cupped, and electroacupunctured in-house, while progressive loading and movement retraining falls outside the acupuncture scope and routes to the Liberty Station branch of Rehab United Physical Therapy - Point Loma. A certified therapy dog named Suki works on-site to help settle needle-phobic patients through intake and treatment. The signature service is multi-session facial rejuvenation acupuncture — a protocol combining facial point selection with full-body constitutional points and Life Mastery Consultant coaching on the circadian, hydration, and stress factors that accelerate skin aging.