Dr. Ira David Papel, MD

Dr. Papel is not only a great plastic surgeon, but he has a wonderful bedside manner. I had never had elective surgery in my life and I was really afraid of doing this at age 73. My nose had been broken recently and I needed a partial rhinoplasty and he was so convincing that I was not going to have a lot of bruising and would not be in any pain [perhaps one day of soreness.} Everything went off without a hitch and the operation was as he said. He has wonderful hands.

After reading a mix of good and bad reviews I was anxious about using Dr. Papel for my septorhinoplasty. Throughout the entire experience, he was extremely caring and easy to reach, ready to answer all of my questions. I am about 6 weeks post-op, and I did not think my nose could ever look this natural and perfect! I am more than satisfied with my results, and that is coming from someone who is super particular!

God certainly blessed Dr Papel with very talented and skilled hands,snf i just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for using those hands to fix my nose that basically has been messed up my whole life because of a dog bite that happened when i was 2 and im now 54,not that I didnt try to have it fixed ,i went to quite a few surgeons all of them telling me there was nothing they could do ,i never heard those word's from Dr Papel he said yes i csn make it 90 percent better bit in my eyes its 100 percent better and im only 2 months in,he is truly a miracle worker Thank you Dr Papel for changing my life, you my friend are a class act matter of fact everyone of your staff is a class act i thank all of you ,you all deserve such praise because you truly earn it and i made sure i thanked God for sending all of you all to me ,keep up the excellent work Dr Papel i certainly know where im coming for all my facial needs from here on out I appreciate you so much,Barb Pence

I had revision rhinoplasty and septoplasty performed by Dr. Papel several moths ago. He really listens to his patients and spends plenty of time explaining your options and answering questions. Everything went great and I am very happy with my results. Thank you Dr. Papel!

Dr. Papel is a breath of fresh air, literally! After consulting with several over a period of almost three years, I finally found Dr.Papel. His warm and skilled presence made me immediately trust him. After having a botched septo-rhinoplasty back in 1999 I was a little hesitant about letting another dr operate on me. I was left with a severe deviated septum, nasal deformity and nasal collaspe. Dr. Papel not only corrected my breathing issues but now I have a beautiful, symmetric and feminine looking nose. My migraine headaches have greatly improved thanks to him as well. He has forever changed my life. I cannot praise him and his staff enough!!!

Dr. Papel performed my rhinoplasty, which consisted of shaving my bridge down, refining the tip, cutting small muscles that made it turn down when I smiled and addressing a crooked septum and swollen turbinates. He also performed platysmaplasty with chin/jawline liposuction. I didn’t want a drastic change; however, I had finally had it with my long, humped nose and undefined jawline….no matter how thin I was. From my first meeting with Dr. Papel, I felt at ease. His bedside manner is unparalleled, as he spent over an hour speaking with me and explaining which procedures he believed would address my concerns. He took photographs of me and was able to generate images of the expected results (not exact, of course), which he showed me at a second meeting. After much research and discussions with friends, who are in the medical field and familiar with the Baltimore area plastic surgeons, I decided to go with Dr. Papel. On the day of the surgery, the doctor took time, again, to… review the procedures he was performing. I then met with the anesthesiologist and was taken into the surgical area. The entire surgical staff was kind and made feel completely comfortable. My recovery went as explained/expected and now I have a beautiful nose that suits my face and an amazing jawline! It has been a little over three months since my surgery and I had another follow-up today with Dr. Papel. The healing is going as expected and I couldn’t be happier. I should also mention that the office staff is always friendly and a delight to interact with. I highly recommend Dr. Papel and will be returning to him for any future procedures. I have also recommended him to family and friends.

What I want to know is why Dr Papel keeps botching patients? Why on earth does he lie to innocent patients who are giving him business? I have had enough. We go to him for a simple repair of the deviated septum. We state clearly “do not change my nose, leave it as it is. Only fix the deviated septum!” He tells us we will look exactly the same and that he fill not alter the appearance of our noses. We trust him. To cut a long story short, we are left with a completely different shaped nose, a short ugly nose! We can’t work because we are too depressed, we are deformed, we can’t breathe, we have empty nose syndrome, nasal dripping and a host of other problems! This man needs to change his career or retire! He doesn’t even refund patients once he has botched them! He needs reporting to the medical board. Think very carefully before you go to him. We are all crying and are severely depressed because of this Clown’s unethical behavior. I had no idea such cowboys… existed. Horrible surgeon.

Papel destroyed my natural nose and worsened my breathing. I was a naturally pretty, successful, social professional with a public career, middle aged who presented with slight breathing problems. I was terrified to have septum surgery because I know that it can impact one's appearance. I made it abundantly clear to Papel I LIKED HOW I LOOKED and DID NOT WANT TO LOOK the SLIGHTEST BIT DIFFERENT. Papel kept insisting nothing will be different, touted his decades of experience (he needs to retire), and his staff kept saying the same thing - he likes natural noses, lectures all over the world, and had made noses out of nothing, he builds noses- I had nothing to worry about. I should have followed my gut and left. Choosing Papel was the BIGGEST MISTAKE of my life. I truly regret letting him operate on me. the outcome was worse then anything I went through in my life, and I battled cancer. My surgery was 2 years ago and I have been miserable ever since. Papel kept saying NOTHING… will be different and YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOOK LIKE YOU, ABSOLUTELY. I told him repeatedly that I did NOT want to change my big, ethnic, long nose. I told him I identified with my look, my tip and I hated plastic surgery. I didn't want to alter my appearance. I didn't have a boob after cancer, told him DO NOT go moving stuff around, I like my big nose and how wide it was top to bottom, he understood when I said DON'T F&*% with my face. I signed consent ONLY because I was ASSURED that he was not doing anything to alter my appearance. I trusted him, why he did this to me knowing I liked my look I will NEVER understand. NEVER. I have barely left my house since his surgery. He destroyed my nose, my breathing is worse, constant dripping and/or congestion and/or ENS depending on the day. Imagine going from being told you look like Julia Roberts/Sophia Loren to having a scooped short nose with a sutured pinched round ball pudgy tip, with mid vault collapse and retracted alar. The entire structure, shape, size and look of my nose was changed. It's sickening. I went from liking how I looked to the sight of my face makes me sick, so I cover my mirrors, won't take pics, barely go out and ruined my professional public career. I can't smile because my nose was cut off and trimmed and sutured so much I look crazy. Besides being ugly, and looking unrecognizable, I can't breathe at all, my nose constantly drips and I have infection in my nose and cysts. On top of a still deviated septum and collapsed valves. I have met with over 30 revision/reconstruction surgeons in the USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, London, Turkey. I have not worked, depleted my savings and spent tens of thousands of dollars on consultations praying I find a surgeon who can get me my face back. One doesn't exist. He gutted my natural nose. I have humbly come to realize I am ruined forever, and at this point all I can hope for is the ability to breathe. I need major revision reconstructive surgery with rib cartilage to be able to breathe again, forget about EVER liking how I look again.....Let that sink in, I liked how I looked before Papel, was happy, successful, public, social and presented to Papel with the most minor breathing obstruction and now I need RECONSTRUCTIVE REVISION surgery with RIB cartilage (because Papel was so destructive of my natural cartilage and septum that I have nothing left in my nose). I need to remove a chunk of rib to rebuild my nose just so I can breathe, I will never be naturally beautiful again. I have been waiting to post any reviews hoping that I can adjust to this new ugly non ethnic face, but I can't, half of my nose is gone. I see revisions surgeons, they close their eyes when they see my before and all they say is I am soooo sorry, why did you chose Papel OR Papel did this, why did he remove so much he knows better?? Then I tell them I liked how I looked , they say then why did Papel do this and why did he do SOOO much? it was far from partial, you didn't even have a bump, you had an ethnic nose before and were elegant, your nose is too small, too operated on and scooped. What was Papel thinking? I delayed revision because I have to come to terms with the fact I lost a perfectly beautiful natural face at the hands of an aggressive, sloppy surgeon with a dated aesthetic of beauty and one size fits all style nose. Revision surgery with rib is is risky, expensive and I will never look the same. I am ruined. I HIGHLY recommend you go to someone else. I wouldn't wish this misery, pain, and isolation on another human being. Papel should know better, no surgeon removes cartilage, bone and volume form a perfectly good nose, especially on someone who presented with obstructed breathing. He removed so much nothing he did makes sense from a surgical perspective. He not only destroyed my breathing, but he ruined my face, my beauty, my career and my life. To not see yourself in the mirror, to feel disconnected from your family, to get sick when you see your reflection....It's a trauma and misery I didn't know could exist in the world. Ever. If I save one person by starting to go public with my experience and prevent anyone pains it is worth it. I cry every day, I MISS MY FACE. It's a trauma and misery I can't explain. Please read about the psych of rhino, and even when the doctor presents likes it not rhino, it is. I thought I would walk out with the EXACT same nose. I didn't want a nose job. Why he refused to discuss any changes and go over with excruciating detail every possible change I will never understand. I will never understand how Papel knew I liked my nose and did this to me. I have worked on forgiving Papel, forgiving myself for being so stupid to trust Papel is a bigger challenge.

I am a Registered Nurse and have been going to Dr. Papel for many years. He has performed several services for me. Since my open heart surgery, he feels it is too risky to do any invasive services so now we choose to keep it simple with Botox and filler. He is always so honest and if he does not feel I need a particular service, he tells me! He has my best interest at heart without a doubt! I feel since going to Dr. Papel, I look 10-15 years younger. Thank you Dr. Papel!!! Robin Ross (Markel)

While I like Dr. Papel personally and found him knowledgeable and caring, his work on my daughter's rhinoplasty failed. One side of her nose is fine, but the other side has had problems since shortly after the procedure, aesthetically and functionally- now she can barely breathe out of it and will require revision surgery. He also left stitches in after one procedure leading to an infection. I'm torn because we did like him but his work left us very disappointed.