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Dr. Drew Varano has been associated with the Washington DC area since his undergraduate studies at Catholic University in 1987.  After obtaining a Master's degree at Georgetown University, Dr. Varano attended medical school at Penn State College of Medicine. He completed residency at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore and did an additional year of Neurology training at Georgetown University.  He is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.  Member of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery. He is licensed to practice Medicine and Surgery in Maryland, Virginia, and DC

After residency, Dr. Varano did extra training with an Atlanta-based facial plastic surgeon. He is certified by the following:

• Laser Training Institute

• Thermage^® for face, body, eyes treatments

• Fractional and Ablative CO2 Laser resurfacing with Fraxel^®

• Allergan’s Botox® & Juvederm Cosmetic Physician Network,

• Restylane and  Radiesse Black Card Member

• Laser for hair removal with Diode lasers

• Aesthera Lasers

 In 2007 Dr Varano was certified for Liposuction under local anesthesia. He currently serves as a luminary physician for Palomar Laser. This includes teaching other physicians about the safe and effective uses of Slimlipo Laser Liposuction.

 Dr. Varano also served as a department head at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC. He has been performing multiple laser and skin care enhancing procedures since 2002, including over 600 Thermage procedures, 1200 Fraxel treatments and is a Gold member of Botox^® Cosmetic Network.

Dr. Drew Varano has been featured in several TV programs focusing on the latest laser and non invasive technology such as FOX, CBS, AND ABC News, Retirement Living TV &Today's Health. He has served as a consultant for USA Today News.

Our Philosophy by Dr Varano

      Here at Medical Cosmetic we take pride in our work, ethics and relationships with clients. Running a cosmetic practice not only entails performing procedures, but also evaluating each patient to see what are their goals, desires and expectations. We will provide you an honest and direct approach. We want to keep your expectations modest and content on results.  Some individuals may have expectations that are unrealistic or too excessive. If we decipher that we cannot achieve what one expects, we will  explain what can and cannot be achieved. 

You will not meet any “Sales Staff” here, we are not here to sell you anything. We may make suggestions, but it is your option if you want to pursue any treatment regimen. We usually run on time, and you will find you will not have to wait more than 15 minutes.  On occasion we may be behind, whether it was due to a  previous patient was running late to delay the schedule, keep in mind we are a medical office and sometimes a patient may require some extra attention. . I frequently tell patients we cannot treat 3 things 1) Dark circle under the eyes, 2) stretch marks and 3) neck lines. No matter what they hear advertised elsewhere, there are no consistent and effective treatments for these conditions. I would rather not treat someone, then have them spend fees on something that is minimally effective or not effective at all.

     We perform over 5000 treatments a year. The vast majority of people are pleased with their outcome, naturally with this many treatments we may on rare occasions have a sub optimal outcome.  We take each treatment “case by case”, and try to make everyone pleased and happy. The practice of medicine is not an exact science as every individual is unique. A medication that works well for your family member or friend may have no effect on you. Medical literature reports there are rare cases that people have no response to  Botox, laser hair removal or liposuction. Since we do not have a crystal ball to predict who will respond in what fashion, occasionally we may encounter such a case.

     Though we receive many compliments, nice letters and positive reviews, occasionally we will have a negative review posted on the internet. We go to extensive lengths to try and make everyone happy, but no-one can make everyone happy. Most review sites are skewed as happy people have no incentive to post or write a review, mostly disgruntled clients will use the internet to express their opinion. Yelp will filter out positive reviews and only post negative ones. You can check at the bottom on any business review page and click “filtered reviews” to see for yourself. I included a copy of the reviews that Yelp has filtered click here.  For a more accurate account, we did a living social special where clients were asked thumbs up or down. To date 33 of 36 clients gave us “thumbs up”. You will NOT find us on facebook or tweeting, we respect your privacy and have no need to have social media as part of your care.

Testimonial:

I have seen Dr. Varano for several different procedures, and I highly recommend him .  He is intelligent, competent, and ethical.  He is honest about the results we can expect from any procedure, and recommends against procedures when his experience indicates they would have limited success.

With these qualities of professionalism, he is also friendly and has a great sense of humor.  I trust Dr. Varano and admire the respectful relationship he forges with his patients.  He works as our partner to achieve our desired cosmetic results.  J.W.

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Watch Dr. Varano on CBS Channel Interview

 

Dr. Varano on Today's Health TV program

 

Amanda Norton, PA-C

Amanda Norton, PA-C, received her Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Health Practices from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2006.  Amanda completed her clinical concentration in cosmetic dermatology and her thesis addressed increasing patient education about skin cancer. 

Amanda received her B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2002 majoring in the science of human nutrition, foods and exercise.  After graduating from Virginia Tech, Amanda spent a year doing research in the Neuroscience Department at the Medical College of Virginia.

Amanda has been working in the field of cosmetics and is trained in many non-invasive aesthetic medical procedures. She has been performing multiple laser treatments since 2006 and is certified by Allergan for Botox® and Juvederm injections, multiple cutaneous and hair removal lasers companies, including Aesthera, Fraxel and Thermage.  She is nationally certified as a Physician Assistant and is licensed to practice medicine in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.