532: Why Getting Botox is Like Playing Russian Roulette with Your Health with Megan McCue

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Diet, Health

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

You might think you would never get botox, but the allure of looking younger can get to just about anyone! This is what happened to today's guest, a self-described crunchy mom who decided to get the teeniest amount of botox treatment to diminish fine lines around her eyes. And it totally wrecked her health.

Megan McCue is the author of Notox and Me Tox Pretty. And today she explains how that single treatment of Botox turned her life (and health) upside down. She goes over what happened to her--how she essentially became incapacitated, unable to work or care for her children, and how her doctor dismissed her concerns, suggesting she was simply anxious.

Megan goes over the history of this product, its black box warnings, its prevalent use among young people and why she is an outspoken advocate for informed consent and pharmaceutical transparency. Finally, she makes clear that the symptoms of botulism can last years, which is one of the many reasons she recommends we steer clear of it.

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0:00.0	every single one of us had had a doctor who had either completely ignored our symptoms, told us,
0:06.2	no, no, no, none of that's possible from Botox. Or like in the case of mine, she just said, oh, well,
0:12.0	that's incredibly rare. And that's all she said to me. She had no advice on, you know, what to do about it,
0:17.8	or how long is this going to last? How long am I going to be on my couch,
0:22.1	unable to care for my young children and unable to work? And the reality is that no one knows
0:27.3	the answers to these questions because there simply has never been long-term research done
0:32.6	on iatrogenic botulism cases.
0:45.8	From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts.
0:49.1	We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal
0:53.7	health.
0:58.0	Thank you. for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. And now here is our host and producer, Hilda Labrata Gore.
1:03.5	Hey, Hilda here.
1:05.7	A self-described crunchy mom decided to get the teeniest bit of Botox to diminish the lines around her eyes. What
1:12.3	happened next was frightening and life-changing. This is episode 532 and our guest today is
1:19.4	Megan McHugh. Megan is a mom, a speech pathologist, and the author of No Talks and Me Talks Pretty.
1:25.8	After one treatment of Botox, Megan's life was turned upside down.
1:30.1	She explains exactly what happened to her in this episode, how her doctor, for example,
1:35.2	dismissed her concerns and how incapacitated the Botox treatment led her to be. She had
1:42.1	trouble swallowing, she had brain fog, dizziness, a host of symptoms that made it impossible for her to be. She had trouble swallowing. She had brain fog, dizziness, a host of symptoms
1:46.2	that made it impossible for her to work. She talks today about why she's become an outspoken advocate,
1:51.4	how she wants young people to avoid Botox and everyone really to be aware of what is in it.
1:57.5	She talks about the black box warnings that come with this product and the court cases
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