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Back to EpisodesIs Botox Causing Your Hair Loss, Anxiety & Insomnia? The Truth About Botulinum Toxin Adverse Effects
Episode 26
Published 6 months ago
Description
In this episode, Samantha sits down with Megan McCue, a speech language pathologist and Botox injury advocate, who became seriously ill after a single cosmetic Botox session in 2024.
What followed was months of neurological symptoms, swallowing difficulties, hair loss, extreme anxiety, insomnia, and cognitive impairment.
Doctors dismissed her. The ER couldn't explain it. And no one connected it back to that one injection.
Megan is now a leading voice in informed consent advocacy and has written multiple books, launched a podcast, and co-produced a documentary to get this information into the hands of women everywhere.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn:
- What botulism is and why cosmetic doses can trigger it
- How botulinum neurotoxin spreads through the central and peripheral nervous system
- Why symptoms like hair loss, anxiety, insomnia, brain fog, and nerve pain can be Botox-related and misdiagnosed as perimenopause or anxiety disorders
- The FDA adverse event reports, and what the real numbers likely look like
- How long-term Botox use actually ages your skin
- What to do if you suspect you've been injured
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