EVOLV is committed to providing the best products, services, and results to our clients. As Toledo’s most trusted medical aesthetics and plastic surgery experts, we have crafted an extensive menu of treatments designed to give each patient the customized experience they deserve. And to guide each client is EVOLV’s expert medical staff alongside Dr. Barone.
Dr. Barone and his staff are amazing! I was apprehensive about having surgery but after talking to Dr. Barone I felt completely comfortable. My surgery was a complete success. Best thing I ever did for myself!
I love coming to Evolv. Dr. Barone, Brittany, Amy, Susie, Alexis, and everyone that I've encountered have been extraordinary. As as esthetics student I've been really interested in the benefits of light therapy for aging, acne, and pain. The LED bed is a wonderful experience for the benefits of the light therapy and also as a relaxing time for myself. I use a small LED device at home but love being able to get the full body benefits at Evolv. The price is great too.
If given only one word to describe my experiences with Dr. Frank Barone and the staff at Evolve Plastic Surgery and Medical Aesthetics, that word be Astonishing. Throughout every step of the process (consultation through surgical recovery) I am continually impressed by their team work, their professionalism and their dedication to understanding my unique set of medical needs and goals. The staff at Evolve thoroughly prepared me for the logistics of a two-part surgical plan purposed to improve the quality of my everyday life. Dr. Barone and his team of caring nurses always take the time to listen and explain things during every step of the process… until everyone in the room is on the same page. I never felt left out of “the loop” or confused. I feel like part of a team. A team committed to my goal—to be the best healthiest version of me that I can be. My two-part surgical plan is the glazed icing on a cake covered medical and weight loss battle field that has lasted 18 years. It has taken a lot of dedication and hard work on my part to get this far and with my large medical docket I knew I would not be an easy case. I was worried no one would be able or willing to help me finish the battle—no matter how many medical clearances I acquired…Yet I blessed beyond words that…When other surgeons said they can’t, Doctor Frank Barone said I will. I am so thankful the Lord lead me to such a marvelously talented and meticulous surgeon. Doctor Barone is my dream surgeon…making dreams I have had for years come true. I am less than 5 months post-op from the first part of the two-part surgical plan and doing fabulous. My quality of life has improved greatly after just this first surgery, and the beauty of his work shows through more and more as the weeks of healing pass by. With each passing week seeing and feeling the results of the first operation I can’t help but get more and excited for next year. When I can undergo part two and finish the surgical plan.So, let’s talk surgical details and pain. I am currently recovering form the following procedures performed during one operation: A lower body lift (removal of about 12 inches in width of redundant skin all the way around my lower body) with a fleur-de-lis up the lower abdominal, a rectus abdominal repair, the removal of a lot of internal abdominal scar tissue from pervious surgeries, and vaser liposuction of the outer upper thighs, flanks and lower back. This surgery was no joke, it is amazing what the human body can endure and only a very skilled surgeon such as Doctor Barone and a fully prepared patient should even consider undergoing such an event. As the patient it is import to understand that healing is a process and it could be a full year before everything settles down and you get to see your true results. Now having said all that…. the surgical recovery was not “that bad.” It was so much better than I was expecting. Dr Barone injects a nerve blocker into specific surgical sights during the surgery that last for three days or so. This process is a true gift of mercy sent straight from the surgical gods. I am no stranger to surgery and I wish all types of surgeons would use this nerve blocking process during their surgeries. It makes the first part of recovery so much easier. In addition to the nerve blockers given during surgery, the team at Evolve made sure I was prepared with proper medications and easy to follow flow sheets purposed to make the recovery at home as pain free, and safe, and pleasant as possible. Yep… you read that right….AT HOME RECOVERY…. I spent less than 40 hours in the hospital before I went home after an approximately 9-hour surgery. How AWEROME is that? …I think it is VERY VERY Awesome. I am not a big fan of hospitals. I would much rather recover at home. I had no worries about an in-home recovery after such an intense surgery because the team at Evolve made sure that I had a list of everything I would need for a successful in-home recovery. They really do think of everything. This is a team of professionals you can truly trust. If you are looking into a surgery like mine. Coagulations you have lost the weight and dedicated yourself to healthier living. I know that you have fought your own battle and have achieved victory. Now you are searching online looking for a reconstructive/cosmetic surgery because you are ready to embark on your next big step. Look no further you have found your surgeon. Dr. Frank Barone’s skills will usher you into a better quality of life. I am less than 5 months out form the first part of a two-part surgical plan and I cannot begin to express how amazing it feels to non-longer be weighed down… physically and emotionally… by redundant skin that outside of surgical intervention I could do nothing about.Now…on a personal note… If you happen to have EDS III…I have it to…and as such… I’d just like to say to you and everyone else too… that this surgery is a life changer. For me taking the pressure and pull from the redundant skin and lifting the lower body up has taken pressure off the bladder and that alone has positively impacted the quality of my life. Then beyond the redundant skin removal repairing the rectus abdominal muscle has positively impacted my life in so many ways…ways I only dreamed of and would take way to long to explain. Believe me when I tell you that this surgery has given me back some of the joys in life that I thought I would never experience again. As an EDSer (someone with EDS) understand that Physical Therapy is often King in my world and quality of life is often dependent upon the management of my day to day pain. I can testify that this surgery has lessened my pain and discomfort on the surgically treated areas of my body greatly. I have less pull and a more natural pull on my lower body now that all the redundant skin has been removed. This surgery has allowed me to utilize both treatments available to an EDSer like me more effectively (physical therapy and proper bracing of my joints specific to this surgery my hips and lower back). The truth of it all is this…. I am 41 years old and my body has been though some crazy stuff. I have done everything I could do to manage my hypermobility and keep myself in shape. Yet…It would not have mattered how much physical therapy or exercise or diet or how many new types of braces I tried, I was at a standstill. I cannot just magically rid myself of redundant skin or fix an abdominal hernia. This new lease on a better quality of life would have never been possible without the astonishing skill set possessed by my marvelously talented and meticulous surgeon…. Doctor Frank Barone. You could not be in better hands…. TRUST ME…. I KNOW… Knowing and feeling the benefits form just this firsts surgery after less than 5 months. I can’t explain to you how over- the-moon excited I am for the second surgery where Doctor Barone will address the redundant skin and small pockets of mass left behind on my upper abdominal area, he will even out my axillary and side breast mass, lift the breast and most likely utilize small implants to fill them back out, he will also touch up the pockets left behind on my lower back and right hip. I am so excited to be at this point in my life after losing 120 pound and keeping it off for almost 18 years I am literally shedding my old skin. Thank you, Doctor Barone, you defiantly make dreams come true. For those who do not know what EDS is…. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome is a genetic mutation of the collagen on a molecular level that mostly affects the skin, the joints and the blood vessels. There are different subtypes and symptoms of EDS that can range from mild to severe. For a person like me with EDS type III hypermobility… besides physical therapy, the proper bracing of one’s joints, early detection and pain management … there is not much that can be done to treat EDS-III and just like everything else the symptoms get worse with age. There is no cure for EDS. Updated on 21 Nov 2018: My surgeon is a wonderful surgeon. I have a very unique case and I did not do this surgery for strictly cosmetic reasons. I may not be totally happy with the visual results. BUT...I am only 7 months out...and I dont want anyone reading or looking at my pictures and questions...to think my doc is a bad surgeon because he is not. HE is one of the top surgeons in my area. I am thankful for the work he did...my only regret is that I miss my hips..I wish I would have been more clear that I did not want lyposuction done on my hips or outer leg. I guess that is just what happens with a body lift. I need the back fat and lump in my back removed...I am still working with my surgeon and I have a second surgery to go. I AM praying he will not charge me agin for my back as it really makes my body look bad in clothes and it puts pressure on my hypermobile spine.... I WILL post more photos as the healing continues. I'm bummed but not mad...Physically the repairs he did to my insides are awesome... Updated on 4 Dec 2018: Lower body lift...I asked for the extra skin to be taken off my hips ...I asked for lyposuction on my low back and flanks. I SAID I like the shape of my butt and legs and hips and I just wanted small amount of fat taken from my muffin top and low back. But instead 400cc was taken off if each hip and low flank area and 100 cc taken from my leg and outer butt...I am so sad...I had an hourglass figure...that I wanted to keep...I just wanted the skin tightened...my advice to anyone getting work done. READ you surgeons notes before you let him cut you....I truly hope he is willing to fix this...if it can be fixed. THE billing said hip/ flank and low back/ butt... when I pointed out that I only wanted low back and flanks. And asked for money off the bill.....I was told that is just the way they write up the bill and that the surgeons notes would tell him the specifics of what I want done...I asked for a copy of the notes...and they were so vague and generic....this surgery was supposed to be a touch up fron the tummy tuck I had in 2005....I pray he makes this right...because the lyposuction I paid for did not get done and the places I specify said I did not want were done...and now my body has a very ugly unnatural shape...I go back in February. I REALLY hope that the doctor will see what has happened and relize something went wrong and fix me...I paid him over 17000 and then another 6,000 for facility fees and anistologist....I asked for flanks and low back lyposuction and He took my hips and chunks from my legs...I am so confused... I will keep posting pictures over the next year to see if things chage... and I still have hope that I feburary when I talk to him...he will fix this insanity Updated on 11 Dec 2018: Just wanted to add a before picture taken by my husband before the sugery. This shows the rectus diastasis separation and bulge and skin laxity on my abdomen and the general shape of my hips prior to my surgery. Better than the before photos taken in the surgeons office. Updated on 27 Apr 2019: The surgery was supposed to be focused on my lower back and abdomen. My legs and buttocks wes never supposed to be touched. After reading my surgery notes and seeing the results...I am sick to my stomach and heart broken. My body looks worse than before he touched me. He has offered to fix his mistakes...as soon as I can pay him to finish the 2nd half of the surgery that was originally one surgery. I CANT belive this is my body. I have to wear loose fitting close to hide the deformity and indents he created. MY hips and back and butt and legs are asymmetrical due to him taking Twice ad much on my right side of my body than my left. NOTHING fits right and I actually had a sales person tell me I might want to look into having pants specifically made for me...since my one leg and hip is so much wider than the other. I'm so sad...I look like a distorted monster and to make matters worse I have what he called a lipomas in my lower back and groin and are causing me pain and he refuses to remove them until I can pay him to be put back under and finish the 2nd half of the surgery...and that could be years from now. I was so specific and gave him tons of medical records...all he had to do was follow the plan he created...and he did. Not...I was supposed to get a modified procedure...and he did his cookie cutter surgery...I look like a distorted version of a Males lower body...I am embarrassed and ashamed of the body I have been left with. I AM sick to my stomach every time I look in a mirror I cry....I Worked so very had to regain my body after my crazy pregnancy...my son is 18...this was supposed to be the cherry on top...and instead of a cherry I got a big hot pile of dog crap... at least he fixed the hernias and abdominal separation......if he would have stuck to the plan...I would not cry every day...I just dont understand...and he will buy explain...said he dosen't want to talk about what was done...but what can be done. Now....and all I can think is...why did you do this to me? Updated on 29 May 2019: When posting and update Inused the wrong word. Concerning the lumps left in my low back on the left and fat pocket on the right...I HAVE seromas NOT lipomas....I used the wrong word.... I did not want my wording to confuse or mislead anyone who may read my experience with surgery...I just caught my mistake and since these have to be at least 200 words...I have to rambled on about how I mistakenly used the wrong word... Updated on 4 Jun 2019: This is so sad. I did not get the operation O paid for...and I have always had an hourglass figure...he stole my curves and purposely lopsided my body. I was told the Circumferenceal body lift would take the loose skin from my hips low back and abdomen...And that liposuction was going to be done on low back and upper back during this operation...and that is not what happened. SEE photos of medical records for proof...and to make my situation worse is that he took 50% more mass on my right than my ledt and it has changed my pelvic tilt...I'm miserable....my bathing suite looks worse now...than before...And I have tried on larger size and it falls off...and every type of 2 peice shows my pubic hair because he pulled my crotch line up so high. NONE of this was supposed to happen...this suvks so bad! Updated on 15 Jun 2019: I have another appointment with my surgeon in late July. To talk about corrections. I have a unique set of circumstances BUT that has nothing to do with what was done to me. I understand good surgeons can make mistakes because surgeons are not God they are just people. YET...It is how people deal with the mistakes they made that defines their character....I truly hope I was a good judge of character when I picked a surgeon with an outstanding reputation in my area...I just want this fixed....I'll keep updating my real self....until I either give up...or I get fixed Updated on 19 Oct 2020: Everything has settled. The aesthetic result are heart breaking. I will be getting a revision surgery...when I can...if I can. I had an hourglass figure. With a heart shaped butt. I told his I did not want to loose my shape. I DID not want my leggs or butt touched. I payed his standerdized bill and the modifications were recorded in his notes. All I wanted done was to remove laxed skin focused on my core the front and the back. I was told I would be getting a modified version of his circumferential body lift. My legs were never to be touched...nor was butt... he said he would take the fat from my low back and the extra skin from my hips all the around. I had a heart shape butt whene the fat is mostly in the thighs and lower part of the butt and now I have an V butt...where all the weight is at the top of my butt and in my low back. I have no waist. And 8 still have all the fat in my low back that I asked him to take. I went from hour glass to a circle...I also have 2 crotches...see pictures..nothing...fits right. I have no shape...all my weight is in the middle of my body...Its sad... I looked so much better in my before pictures...I wish more than anything he would have done what he told me he was gonna do...see the photos in my previous posts for screen shots of his office notes...If I had the cash I would be getting fixed today... hopefully someday... I thought I was going to be thinner front to back not side to side....my back and my stomach are where all my weight is...Hourglass to a Circle... when you have surgery to improve yourself and you look worse than you did before the surgery and the surgery that is done is not the one you were told was going to happen...it can take hard to deal with emotionally... when I look in the mirror I get very sad...ive always had an hourglass figure no matter what my weight since I was 13 years old...I look in the mirror and I dont even look like me...I know after surgery your suppose to feel that way....but not like this...its not a joyful feeling... I did not ask to look this way...i specifically asked not to touch my butt or my legs...and that is the only things he focused on...I guess maybe he has a thing for old lady butt because that is what I have now....i want my shape back... Updated on 29 Oct 2020: Make sure you get everything in writing. I was told that all that would be left of my back tatoo was the tip top of the flames. I was told that the top tip of the butterfly wing on my tummy would remain. I have no waist no hips no butt. I look like a boy. This was suppose to be the first of 2 surgeries to fix the lop sided abdominal skin and breast mass from a tummy tuck and breast reduction done 13 years ago... I still have the lump of fat in my back...that was the reason I agreed to let him go all the way around. Liposuction of my legs were never talked about and were not on any of the paper work. I specifically said I did not want liposuction of my hips or butt or legs. All I wanted was the redundant loose skin from a crazy pregnancy 17 years ago that was left behind after the tummy tuck over a decade removed...and I look worse than when before he operated on me. People dont ever let anyone talk you into a procedure...and never ever pay a standardized bill...I was told his computer billing system did not allow for changes...so the modifications to his circumferential body lift would be in his notes and not to worry...nothing fits me..I am wearing boys clothes and onesies and moo moos...I absolutely hate hate hate hate hate hate my body now...and no diet or exercise plan is gonna fix this... the staff at evolve is wounderful and nice and kind...but i did not get the surgery I was promised and paid for. When I asked why he changed his plan from what we talked about in the office....he said to my husband...I felt I could make a bigger difference this way...and he did...I went from looking like a woman with loose skin to a boy with boobs and no penis... and due to the covid stuff and my husbands work...I may never have the opportunity to feel and look like a woman again....it is heart breaking...I was so hopefully and trusted him...he said he would fix it if I came back and paid him...I dont know...I just dont know. Seriously you guys...I woke up from surgery and the tatoo on my back was still there and lower on my body...my legs were liposuction and to this day from my knee to my groin on the back of my legs and outter parts of my legs is so tight it is uncomfortable and the inside of my legs are still loose...the pictures dont show it.. but the weight of a lower body pulled to the out side before the surgery and now everything rolls on. I thought I did everything right...I brought in pictures I specifically said I did not want to loose my hourglass figure...I said I would not do the surgery if that was a risk...look at me...do I look like I have an hourglass figure...nope...dont have a figure at all... and also...its kinda funny...he no longer advertise the procedure as a circumferential body lift...he now calls it a lower body lift...At least men and woman will know what they are getting...I was supposed to have a modified circumferential body lift...I did not know I was getting a lower body lift...my legs were just fine the way they were...my hips were just fine...it was the low back and posterior waist and the inner part of the flanks that were to get liposuction ...im so frustrated because what I was told would happen did not...and after years of working out and fighting to get my body back after pregnancy.. .I am stuck with this...flat ass no hip no waste body...all that hard work wated...I should have just stayed fat...
I recently completed a 3 series treatment of vaginal rejuvenation at Evolv. I am amazed at the results I have experienced! Childbirth changed the appearance of my vagina and also the way sex feels. VR not only shrunk the size of my labia but it also made the way sex feels completely different. It did something kegals can not do. It makes everything more sensitive, (in a good way), tighter and easier to have an orgasm. My husband even notices a difference. I feel like my vagina looks pretty again. I also had experienced some bladder incontinence after having my son, especially when sneezing and coughing. I haven't had any issue's with incontinence since my treatments. Susie and Julie both did my treatments and made me feel so comfortable. The treatment itself was so easy, quick and painless. You're able to go about your day like normal, afterwards. I actually did it during my lunch hour and went to the gym after another treatment. I would definitely recommend this procedure and Evolv to anyone thinking about doing this. It's really the best gift you could give to yourself, especially mothers.