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Our Plastic Surgery Associates team includes Dr. Franklin Richards, Dr. A. Dean Jabs, and Dr. Keshav Magge. Each of our plastic surgeons is board-certified, and together they have over 60 years of combined experience. Drs. Richards, Jabs, and Magge are all highly qualified in procedures for the face, breast, and body, and pride themselves in providing excellent results through our state-of-the-art, Quad A certified operating centers

Good News about Arnica AKA Arnica Montana!
February 11, 2016
Arnica is a homeopathic medicine that helps to reduce bruises, swelling, and pain from surgical procedures or accidental injuries. Arnica is also known as Arnica Montana is a plant commonly found in the Northwestern parts of the United States and Central Europe. Arnica is made from a whole fresh flowering…
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The holidays are almost here, let’s get ready!
February 4, 2016
Whether we like to admit it or not the holidays are right around the corner and as such festivities get closer, we need to get ready for them. Besides shopping for our loved ones, exchanging recipes, and decorating the house, you need to take care of the most important person…YOU! …
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Time to Schedule Your Surgery with Dr. Dean Jabs and Dr. Frank Richards
January 28, 2016
Summer is over, the kids are back in school, cooler weather is on the way, the holidays are near, and you have had your consultation with Dr. Jabs or Dr. Richards…what more can I say, it is time to schedule your surgery! You know you have been wanting to do…
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Cosmetic Surgery Associates in Bethesda, MD and McLean VA evaluate the “Lifestyle Lift”
January 21, 2016
Lifestyle Lift is a cosmetic surgery COMPANY that markets a plastic surgery technique to any medical doctor to enhance its revenue stream. The person that does the surgery will most likely NOT be a plastic surgeon, but rather a doctor that has taken a very short course. The company recently…
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Bio Films
January 7, 2016
Bio Films Mentor Corporation, the company that makes what we consider to be the best breast implants in the world, held a conference last week to update the local plastic surgery community on advances being made in the realm of bio film technology. This wasn’t about biological movies but rather…
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Why Cosmetic Surgery Associates for Breast Augmentation, Facelift, Abdominoplasty and Liposuction?
December 31, 2015
What sets us apart from the rest?Yes, Dr. Jabs and I are both board-certified plastic surgeons, as are many. However, not all have achieved the Certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). But, what really sets us apart is the forty…
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American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) Annual Meeting
December 24, 2015
I just returned from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, ASAPS, meeting in Las Vegas. These meetings are held once a year for board-certified plastic surgeons to stay current on the latest techniques in aesthetic surgery. This year it was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. It lasted for 6 days…
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