Is Botox Causing Your Hair Loss, Anxiety & Insomnia? The Truth About Botulinum Toxin Adverse Effects

Is Botox Causing Your Hair Loss, Anxiety & Insomnia? The Truth About Botulinum Toxin Adverse Effects

April 14, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 26

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Samantha Dench interviews Megan McCue about her adverse experiences following a Botox injection and the broader implications for informed consent.

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 a...

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