Facial Plastic Surgeon Doctor Stepnick in Cleveland, Ohio

Name: David W. Stepnick, MD
Last name: Stepnick
Gender: Male
Began aesthetic medicine in: 1990
Years experience: 33
Primary Specialty: Facial Plastic Surgeon
Business: University Hospitals Medical Group – Dept of Plastic Surgery
Address: 29001 Cedar Road
Address suite: Suite 202
Phone: +1 216-286-8009
City: Cleveland
State: Ohio
Zip Code: 44124
Country: US
Additional Address: University Hospitals Westlake Medical Center
960 Clague Road
Westlake, OH 44145
Consulting Fees: -1$
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Has Sponsored Offer : No
Clinical Privileges: 
  • University Hospitals of Cleveland
Education: 
  • Medical School:
  • University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 1984
Postdoc Training: 
  • Residency:
  • General Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • Cleveland, OH, 1985
  • Otolaryngology, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • Cleveland, OH, 1989
  • Fellowship:
  • Facial Plastic Surgery/Microvascular Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
  • St Louis, MO, 1990
Member of: 
  • fps

David W. Stepnick, MD

Board Certification: 
David William Stepnick (ABMSUID -02166)

Viewed: 8/28/2008
Day of birth:
9/23/1958

Status: Alive
Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology – General

Status: Certified Active Lifetime Initial Certification 10/12/1989 –
Education: 1984 MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Location: U Hosp ClevelandDept Oto-HNS11100 Euclid AveCleveland, OH 44106-1736 (United States)

GPS coordinates on map: 41.4997,-81.6937027

Primary location: 
Location name: Cleveland
State: OH
Country: US
Map point: 41.4997,-81.6937027
Treatments: 
  • AlloDerm
  • Botox
  • Brow Lift
  • Cheek Augmentation
  • Cheek Lift
  • Chemical Peel
  • Chin Implant
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Genioplasty
  • Glycolic Peel
  • IPL
  • Jessner Peel
  • Juvederm
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • ProFractional Laser
  • Radiesse
  • Restylane
  • Revision Rhinoplasty
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Sculptra
  • Septoplasty
  • Sinus Surgery
  • Skin Rejuvenation

RealSelf Info

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 5615
Answer count: 10
Review count: 1
Star rating: 2.0473720558371
Anonymous votes: 41
Profile created: May 12, 2009
Profile modified: Oct 2, 2019
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Free-Claimed
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Nov 1, 2011
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Cleveland, OH, US. GPS coordinates: 41.4997,-81.6937027

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Rhinoplasty (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Rhinoplasty (Jun 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Rhinoplasty (Jun 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5

Doctor’s answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Botox before pregnancy
A Sticky Question: Botox and Pregnancy
May 28, 2009
Botox binds to "acceptor sites" on motor nerve terminals, enters the terminals, then blocks release of the substance that triggers a muscle to contract. Once this has happened, the effect of Botox lasts, on the average, for several months. But, the Botox is not "floating around" in the bloodstream during this period of time.
Pharmaceuticals and and their relationship to "pregnancy" is always a "tricky" issue, because nobody (doctor or patient) wants…
What is a filler?
A filler is . . .
May 28, 2009
. . . a material that is used to fill in an area that is depressed, has lost volume, or considered a "wrinkle". Fillers can be naturally occurring substances (like fat) or synthetic. Before many of the fillers on the market today were available, some of these materials were surgically placed under the skin, and in thes cases, would be termed an "implant". Both implants and fillers are available today, and each have their own role in aesthetic surgery.
Instant wrinkle treatment?
The only instant results for wrinkle treatment….
May 22, 2009
As far as I know, the only "instant results" for wrinkles is by photomanipulation using software such as Photoshop. Instantly, a patient can have a beautiful, natural result.
Otherwise, "instant" is relative. As you know from reading information provided in this forum, there are many, many treatments – surgical treatments such as facelift, fillers, Botox, and various skin care products – designed to deal with wrinkles. Each of these treatments is intended to deal with a…
How much does Botox cost?
Beware of How You are Quoted Botox prices!
May 22, 2009
While most of the physicians responding to this question in this forum have either provided actual "numbers" or general information about pricing, beware of several ways that physicians can charge for Botox.
Some physicians will charge "by area" and will inject as much Botox as they believe will provide the result you desire. But, you really do not know how much Botox has been injected (unless you ask and are told). You may have achieved your goals, but you don’t know if…
Tight splint after nose job causes dent?
What a splint does after a rhinoplasty.
May 22, 2009
In many rhinoplasties, cuts are made in the bones of the nose (osteotomies) to resposition the bones. In a sense, until they are healed, one could consider them "broken bones". So, just as if someone had an injury and broke their arm (which is then casted to keep in in correct position to allow it to heal), the bones of the nose can be moved – at first, fairly easily, then with more and more difficulty.
I cannot assume that you actually had osteotomies, but if you did, and if you…
What causes wrinkles?
Why wrinkles? A simple answer.
May 22, 2009
Many changes occur in the skin as it ages. Two important substances make up the skin (in addition to others): collagen and elastin. If one looks at the skin under a microscope, there are very clear predictable changes that occur in the organization and amouts of these components as one ages. A variety of things impact upon this process including sun damage (extremely important), smoking, and perhaps even things such as air pollution. Genetics/heredity, "nationality", and race also…
Problems became worse after Revision Rhinoplasty
Realistic expectations following revision “rhinoplasty”
May 22, 2009
A few points:
First, "in general" one must be careful about timing with respect to doing revision rhinoplasties. In your case, IF you were to have yet another procedure, this would be considered a "tertiary" rhinoplasty. The problem is that your nose is still healing, and in fact the tissues are VERY ACTIVELY going through the healing process assuming that May 4th was several weeks ago – 2009. So except for minor revisions, most surgeons would not consider performing…

Last updated on 12/06/2023