Having problems disguising a cameramans reflection in video

Hi everybody. This is my first post and I have a little problem.
I know this isn't that hard (that is what makes it so frustrating)
I've watched a dozen tutorials on the subject before finally caving in and asking for help.
I need to edit out the camera mans reflection out of a shot. So far I've:
1 - gone into Photoshop and edited a still of the video. using healing tool I edited it to my satisfaction
2 - imported the file into AE (both jpeg and psd)
I've been able to layer them together and use the mask tool and it looks good, until my Subjects ARM moves and the edited reflection APPEARS IN FRONT OF MY SUBJECT (not hidden behind her in the background)
I just can't figure it out.
So, in short, I need to figure out a way so my subject can move in front of the edited reflection in the background without the edited selection APPEARING IN FRONT of my subject.
Sorry if this is confusing...
Thank you in advance
Brandon

So I took a still front the video, brought it into Photoshop elements and doctored it up so the reflection became a blur and not recognizable as a Cameraman. Then I went into AE and loaded my footage and my Edited Still. Made a composition with the two, putting my footage on top. Simply made a mask around the woman and then clicked on the MASK PATH button to create a keyframe (or some LINGO like that) and any time my subject would move in front of the reflection area I would move the mask over (thus animating the mask in the timeline).
I ended up not doing the light because it became VERY tedious work when the other girls hand would move in the front of the light - PLUS dealing with the problems on the other side of the video.
There is probably a simpler way to do it, in fact when trying to remember all the steps I took I did find a simpler way (before I made a few too many masks in my composition but I really only needed one, maybe two)
Thank you so much for your help guys!

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