I have "flaps" of skin on both sides of the incision. What kind of procedure could fix this and how much would it cost?

A minor or mild degree of excess skin at the end of tummy tuck incision or scar are referred as "dog ears". Depending on the amount of skin and fat that has to be removed, the problem can easily corrected by excising the excess skin and fat under local or general anesthesia.  Best of luck.

Sounds like you have dog ears at the ends of your tummy tech incision. Removal of the dog years can be accomplished either in the office with localized anesthesia  or in the operating room with sedation regional or general anesthetic. There is no particular name for this other than removal of excess skin. The cost will vary from surgeon to surgeon and with geographic area. 

Normally this can be corrected under local anesthesia in the office by extending the incision. You need to give it time to heal first as it might resolve.

The excess skin and fat can usually be removed by extending the incision further along toward the back of you hips. It is not an uncommon cause of revisions. I agree with your surgeon that the current incisions should have enough time to heal and the swelling decreased before revising the areas. In fact, as the swelling improves sometimes the dog ears will improve as well.Cost will vary depending on your surgeon and geographic location. Cost will also be increased if you choose to have the procedure done in the surgeons office versus a hospital or surgery center and if you choose to use an Anesthesiologist.Best Regards,Dr Stutman

Excess skin at the ends of the tummy tuck incision are not uncommon. Patients can develop this issue even if the excess skin isn't apparent during surgery. Treatment consists of excision of the redundant skin. This procedure can be performed under local anesthesia or sedation based upon the patient's and surgeon's preferences. Costs can be relatively low if the procedure is performed in the surgeon's office under local anesthesia.  Best of Luck  Dr Harrell

Uusually there is a transition zone at the ends of the abdominoplasty incision in the hip areas where tightened tissue meets untightened tissue. These are usaully callled standing cutaneous deformities or "dog ears". In the event that these do occur they can usually be excised in the office under local anesthesia for minimal cost. Obviously you would want to speak to your surgeon about the timing of this based on your healing progress.

It is not uncommon for patients to have some surface contour issues at the ends of the abdominoplasty incision. The desire to keep the incision as short as possible runs counter to the need to smooth out the transition from the operated on and tightened skin to the area beyond...this results in a cone of skin lying on its side which is unfortunately traditionally called a "dog ear", really a bad name.Usually this can be smoothed out with a small extension of the incision by "taking out a  dart" which anyone with experience with sewing understands, and this can usually be carried out under local ( freezing ) anesthesia at minimal cost.