Jay H. Lucas, MD

My motivation was to feel better about myself, to be able to live a life of happiness without the constant self awareness of the weight I had put on but traditional methods (gym, running, swimming, etc..) of weight loss were not working. The outcome of this procedure was better than I could have ever imagined. My self esteem, my personality, my life, is no longer hidden because I am embarrassed. I have never been so happy and I wouldn't change a thing. To have this procedure was the best decision I have ever made.

Dr. Lucas did a tremendous job on my breast augmentation. I wish I had not waited so many years to have it completed. He also did fat grafting for a very natural appearing breast. I am thrilled with the results. I had tubular breast deformity and I lived with it all my life. I had a consult with Dr. Lucas and was very comfortable and decided it was time to get this corrected. I have no regrets. Dr. Lucas and his team are fantastic, very caring and compassionate.

Dr. Lucas came highly recommended to me and his work was fabulous. I read his information on the internet to check out his credentials and I believe his training and skills are excellent. He is a kind, compassionate doctor and he makes you feel totally comfortable. I would be comfortable seeing him for any plastic surgery I decide to have in the future.

I switched to Dr. Lucas for Botox and Juvederm injectable treatments and I am very happy with the level of service and results. I am now considering a tummy tuck and have been for a consultation. I am still considering it. I also love their Skin Medica line of products and have seen their aesthetician. Highly recommend.

To feel better about myself , to look better in clothing .

I had my procedure done at Parkwest Hospital as outpatient on a Tuesday. Since I live 40 min away from the hospital/ MD , I decided to take a room at Best Western ( booked Handicap Room because it had recliner). I wanted to be close should anything happen needing immediate attention. I ambulated into the hotel and went directly into the recliner. Because of the On-Q-Pump my surgeon had placed I had no pain( this pump delivers a local anesthetic to the actual surgery site for the first several days post-op). After the Pump deflates=medication empty- i pulled pn the tiny nonsutured wires ( as instructed) and removed them . I also had 2 drains that we had to empty as needed - this also helps with pain control from fluid build up pressure. What discomfort I experienced was more of a "tightness" and when I walked I felt as if I had a weight belt around my waist with weights pulling down. I also had some lipo suction on my sides/flank area and my inner thighs. No pain there, just a numbness kind of feeling. On Wednesday at 1 pm I went back to my MD office fro 24 hour post op exam. I walked without assistance and again no pain to speak of. I then went home to my own recliner- used it for another 2 days before I graduated to sleeping in bed. On Sunday, post-op day #5, I was bored and got dresses in sweats and went to the movies and then shopping at Sam's Club - I did use their motorized shopping lark. On my 1week follow up- the Nurse reminded the two drains and MD exam resulted in all being great. Next week I get my sutures removed from my new bellybutton area. I contemplated this proceeded for almost 2 years before actually doing it . My MD gave me the same rate as before. I was able to talk with him and he took time answering my questions and offered additional advice /info - making me feel safe and very trusting of him. I am very happy and satisfied at this point. Today is post-op day # 11, I took 2 Motrin when I got up and made breakfast for my husband/me, and I did somelight housework, went out to my tread mill x 15 min - avj pace, as soon as I finish this review, I'm headed to the movies.

I am 27 years old, and have a beautiful little girl ( 3 ) but she came a quite a cost to my body, as I am sure you all know. After marathon running for years in the military, and the birth of my angel my prolapsed bladder finally did me in. The state of my tummy wasn't a pretty sight, the loose saggy skin and the strech marks made me feel horrible about my body. So after 3 years of waiting I am going through with my tummy tuck.

April 4th 2011 can't get here fast enough. I will post pics soon :D

Any advice from you wonderful and brave women who have gone before me whould be amazing.



Updated on 1 Apr 2011:
3 days left!! I can't wait, I am so excited :D

Updated on 1 Apr 2011:
Nice I spelled would wrong.. hehe I am excited like crazy for the 4th!!!

Updated on 3 Apr 2011:
Well everone it is Tummy Tuck Eve and I feel like a kid on Christmas eve. I am so excited I don't know if I will be able to sleep tonight :) I just can't believe after 3 years of planning for this, that my time is finally here!

Updated on 2 May 2011:
Well the 4th of May makes it 4 weeks post op. I am a bit sore but nothing like I was scared it would be. I am getting around quite well and almost standing up straight now. Oh and I can drive :) My lower lumbar area of the spine is very sore, though I think this will go away as soon as I can stand correctly again. I can't wait to see the full result.

Hello all of you on realself. I am looking to get a full TT, BL and BA. I am a happy mommy of one beautiful baby boy. I had him by c section. I just wanna enjoy my youth and get my body back. I'm embarrassed to even let my husband touch my stomach its so bad. Anyone who would like to share anything with me would be wonderful. I have my consultation this Thursday and I'm super excited.

Updated on 21 Aug 2013:
I think I've decided to go with a different doctor.

Updated on 27 Aug 2013:
And I love my doctor. He was very nice and I have my surgery scheduled for sep 27.

Updated on 3 Sep 2013:
And I'm starting to get a little nervous! I guess that's normal,I'm really excited but every day I get a little more nervous.

Updated on 10 Sep 2013:
This Friday I will be exactly two weeks away from my surgery I'm getting nervous. But I'm really excited!

Updated on 19 Sep 2013:
Paid in full! And all really nerves are really kicking in now seems alot more real now.

Updated on 22 Sep 2013:
I have 5 more days left and I've got my recliner,mini fridge,shower chair,toilet seat raiser,pill holder,granny panties(lol),gauze and surgical tape,pillows,fruits and other healthy food to eat,sprite,water,entertainment,a clean house, anything else I need? If any of you have anything that really came in handy for you please let me know.

Updated on 24 Sep 2013:
And I'll be joining you lovely ladies on the flat side. I can't wait. Anyone have any advice? Feel free to tell me I can use all i can get. :)

Updated on 26 Sep 2013:
Tomorrow's the big day!

Updated on 28 Sep 2013:
I'm feeling ok today just a little sore

Updated on 29 Sep 2013:
I'm feeling a lot better today! The pain isn't near as bad as I expected. My csection hurt a lot more than this. But I'm gonna take a shower today so excited.

Updated on 29 Sep 2013:
I will try to get my stomach latet

Updated on 30 Sep 2013:
Today's going good still not in a lot if pain. I can stand up straight to take a pic of the tummy yet but as soon as I can I will.

Updated on 1 Oct 2013:
This isn't a great pic and I'm super duper swollen and bruised. But here it is.

Updated on 1 Oct 2013:
Like I said I'm really swollen and bruised but I looks like it will look good I think.

Updated on 1 Oct 2013:
I'm feeling good today guys!

Updated on 5 Oct 2013:
We'll I'm 8 days post op and feeling good I can take my own shower and stand up 99.9 percent straight now lol almost there just barely hunched over now and everything is healing really good and coming right along! So I'm happy. :)

Updated on 7 Oct 2013:
So I thought I'd post some new pics for you guys! :) everything seems to be healing well.

Updated on 8 Oct 2013:
I'm loving the results so far! We'll worth the money and the very little pain I've had compared to what I expected. I thought it would be horrible but my c section was wayyyyyy! Worse.

Updated on 12 Oct 2013:
I'm feeling better each day I went to walmart yesterday and my husband and I went to china wok tonight for dinner. And I'm standing up straight and getting around good and I'm just feeling great! Loving my results they look better each day and I can't wait to see how I'm gonna look once I'm all healed up my doctor, doctor j lucas if anyone lives in the knoxville area I HIGHLY recommend him he's great and very intelligent. He's a great doctor and he's caring. But I love you guys you all treat each other like family you guys are great! Thanks I will check in again soon.

Updated on 14 Oct 2013:
My breast incisions are splitting a little and I'm freaked out my ps said it was normal and I trust him but it's getting worse. Has this happened to anyone?

Updated on 21 Oct 2013:
I just read someone's review on a mommy makeover that was really honest and brave to post. And I just wanna be honest too. For anyone reading this who is wanting this done and may be reading this..here is my opinion on the whole thing. If you hate your body enough to go through this you probably have some emotional and self worth issues like me, I am the most un confident person you will probably every meet in your life I always have been. I have a great family and the sweetest husband and child in the world my husband is always complimenting me and while I don't see what he sees in me I honestly believe he means it. Anyways what I was getting at is if your doing this you need to love your self and be comfortable with yourself. There are ups and downs to this. I love my me boobs and I love my new stomach and my surgeon was great. That's the up now here's the down getting this done while I was so unhappy with myself only made me realize everything else that I hate about my body. Getting this done in hopes of finding some kind if happiness in yourself is unrealistic you need to find happiness in your heart not in the mirror. Because if you think this is gonna make you perfect your wrong. And if you think your not already beautiful stretch marks and all you are WRONG. You may not have a perfect body but you guys are all beautiful. And you need to see beauty in yourself without this surgery. I love my results but now it's all my legs are fat my arms are fat..etc. "fixing" one part about yourself is only gonna make you pick and pick and the rest of your body and wanna " fix" it too. I'm not saying don't do it obviously I did it I'm just saying your beautiful and don't jump into it without really thinking about it. I hope this helped someone. I love you guys. Thanks for reading.

Updated on 24 Oct 2013:
Okay so I'm getting really PISSED off (to put it lightly) at my ps office. My doctor is great but his nurse is not so much I started getting an infection under both of my breasts about a week and a half ago so I called and he prescribed me antibiotics and said they needed to see me as soon as possible so they said well he's busy all day tomorrow so I got an appointment for last Thursday for 1:45 so I get ready and everything and I live an hour and a half from the office so at about 12:00 she calls me and says he's really busy today we need to reschedule your appointment and he's busy for the rest of the week and she hasn't called me it's been a week today and I'm so pissed i don't even wanna mess with them anymore. My infection is not getting any better and I haven't even gotten my stitches out of my belly button yet so I guess I'm just gonna have to have someone else take them out. He's a great doctor but you know I have an infection and it could be dangerous and it's like they don't even care. But I'm really nice and hate to confront people about things so I'm not gonna call and freak out like I want to lol. But am I wrong to be mad? I paid him a lot of money for this and he shouldn't be too busy everyday to see me.

Updated on 27 Oct 2013:
Everything is going ok. I did a lot of walking yesterday. Feeling pretty crappy today but hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Updated on 27 Oct 2013:
So I'm posting this one. Sorry lol anyone who needs any advice or wants to give any I'm here.

Updated on 1 Nov 2013:
I've started working out again yesterday. And I wanted to tell u guys about a workout video called shaun ts rocking body. It's kinda like Zumba if you've ever do e Zumba I used to do an hour of Umba and an hour of weight training class called body pump everyday at the gym and it so fun and I lost 40 pounds of baby weight doing it but I live 45 minutes away from the gym so I stopped going and started working put at home. And shaun ts rocking body is a pretty awesome and fun work out you can get it on Amazon or beachbody.com for about 30 bucks including shipping and stuff and I think it's pretty great you guys should try it out he also has a program called insanity and hip hop abs. But if you want a fun workout that you can do at home whenever you find the time you should try it. My incisions under my breasts that we're splitting have started healing up pretty nicely and everything's going pretty great this recovery was much easier than I expected but some people say it's horrible so I guess it all depends on the person but if anyone has anyone has any questions or comments let me know. But uh I know everyone's skeptical about buying workout DVDs I know I am cause some of them just aren't good but lots of people have lost like 50 pounds with shaun t so you should try it. Thanks for reading.

Updated on 11 Nov 2013:
I'm feeling great I can work out again and everything's going good. My boobs are finally healing up too. So I thought I'd put up a picture thanks for reading. :)

Updated on 18 Nov 2013:
My incisions under my breasts are finally completely healed! I've been working out and I feel great and I've lost 8 lbs in the last week and a half. Finally pretty much completely back to normal. I love my stomach I couldn't be happier with it. I don't love my boobs but they're MUCH better then before. My tummy was my main concern and my big nipples lol and those got fixed so I'm happy. I hope all of you fellow tummy Tucker's and future fellow tummy Tucker's are doing well today!

Updated on 18 Dec 2013:
It's been a while, everything's finally all healed up! And I've been taking phentermine for 6 days and I've lost 11 lbs in those 6 days so far it's working amazing although it makes you feel like [RS bleep] for the first 3 or 4 days lol. Now that my body is getting use to it I don't feel sick anymore. So if you guys still have some weight to lose you should go to the dr and try it if they'll let you. It makes you feel so full all day even if you don't eat anything all day so to everyone whose still healing I hope your doing well. Love you guys!

Updated on 19 Jan 2014:
I haven't updated in a while everything is going well my scars are getting wayyyyy better. And I've been taking phentermine since December 16 and I've lost 22 lbs and it feels great. Still got some to go but I feel so much better and encouraged to keep losing I can excersise normally now it's been about 4 months. I'm hoping to go get a tattoo over my tt scar in March super excited about that. But overall I'm pretty happy with my results other than my scar being very uneven and just sloppy looking but I'm covering it up anyway so that's okay. But I hope you all are doing well.

Updated on 19 Jan 2014:
My pictures didn't upload last time so I'm trying again.

Updated on 20 Jan 2014:
Here it is! Like I said very sloppy looking but hopefully a tattoo will cover nicely.

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Updated on 10 Feb 2014:
But bending over without a bunch of flab hanging is so awesome! I love it.

Updated on 12 Mar 2014:
Lost 28 lbs so far I'm trying hard to lose more.

Updated on 9 Apr 2014:
How is everybody? I am super stoked about spring! Idk about you guys but the winters in tn are rough lol thank god for the warm weather! Anyways so far I've lost 30 lbs and gained muscle or it would be more I've been doing a lot of muscle training as well as cardio I've got about 15 lbs to go to get where I want to be or 20 would be great but I'm staying active and motivated and feeling fanfreakingtastic! I hope you are all doing well!

Updated on 18 Apr 2014:
I bought my first after surgery swimsuit! Feeling much more confident than before but still got a lot of work to do.

Updated on 29 Jul 2014:
So I was just gonna do a quick update l. I've lost 32 pounds and I'm only 10 lbs away from my goal weight!! I hope everyone's doing well!

Updated on 29 Jul 2014:
Typo lol I've lost 38 lbs and only 10 lbs away from goal weight and here's my scar so far

A total nightmare. A picture is worth a thousand words. I may have a big red scar on my face for life
A lot of things went wrong. For some reason Dr. Lucas, instead of butting the incisions at the hair line like he told me he would, he came out from just above the ear and went over to the corner of my eyes with the incisions. This GAVE ME CROWSFEET that cannot be corrected see photos for other problems

Updated on 20 Jul 2023:
This is the scar revision done March 2023 to the left side of my neck. It was done 6 month before the photo was taken. I'm not expecting it to improve much. Looks like I'll have to have another surgeon do a revision of the revision. Two hot summers of not being able to pull my hair up

I've been thinking about a tt for several years, was afraid of the recovery process but finally decided to bite the bullet and do it. Had a consultation on April 11, my surgeon had an opening on April 22. Whew! If I booked it for further out, I would have chickened out before the procedure! Bounced it off my husband, who was fully supportive either way, called a couple of the surgeon's previous tt patients, paid my fees and I was on my way! I am getting a tummy tuck, lipo to abdomen and flanks, and muscle repair. I've paid. No turning back now!

Updated on 2 May 2016:
My first post op was on Monday after surgery - he removed one of my drains - it never had any measurable fluid. Lots of sleep - changed my pain medicine. Very thankful for my pain pump. Not painful as much as it is just uncomfortable. Went back to doc on Tue - one of my pain pump tubes got "stitched" - doc had to grab it and get it out. Ouch. Back on Thur to get final drain tube out. It stung a little. Tired of this Cg! Doc will see me next on 5/9. Says at a little over 2 weeks post op I can start getting some of the glue off my incision, and start treating it with their oils. I have needed to sneeze several times ... Just rub my nose and avoid it! Almost standing straight. Get very worn out easily! Not sure why my pics are posting sideways! Btw, I am a couple lbs below surgery weight!

Updated on 2 May 2016:
These days were a blur of around 20 hours a day of sleep, relentless back pain when I walked, but general discomfort otherwise.

Updated on 3 May 2016:
Week 1 is filled with sleep, week 2... Feeling better but still not well. My recliner(sleep there) is my nemesis. Ready to FEEL better!