Podcast
Botox Injury Stories
Hosted by Megan McCue · EN
Botox Injury Stories is a podcast that features stories from people who have developed adverse effects after receiving botulinum toxin injections (including Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, Daxxify, and Jeuveau).
Join host and speech-language pathologist Megan McCue as she interviews fellow iatrogenic botulism sufferers from around the world.
For more information, visit www.iatrogenicbotulism.com
Find us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
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Steve's Story
3d ago00:52:07Tap to summarizeSteve joins us for episode 40 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. He shares his journey after receiving 100 units of Botox for musician’s wrist dystonia. The treatment triggered severe systemic botulism, forcing him to end his music career early and leaving him homebound for over two years.Steve’s story is a powerful testament to strength and resilience through debilitating physical and mental symptoms. Now nearly seven years post-injury, he is thankfully doing significantly better.Learn more: Visit www.botoxtruths.comFollow us on Instagram: @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
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1w ago00:57:18Tap to summarizeAmanda joins us from the UK for episode 39 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. She shares her truly harrowing experience with severe botulism following a routine Botox treatment.She suffered from a sudden inability to speak or breathe after just 45 units of cosmetic toxin, and was rushed by ambulance into intensive care. Thankfully, she was able to tell her son and husband what had happened to her before losing her ability to speak. She did receive the antitoxin, but as you will hear she still suffers from nerve pain and a few other symptoms at almost a year out. Amanda's story is harrowing, but thankfully she is doing much better and had an amazing support system while recovering. Visit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
Transcribe →Susan's Story
2w ago00:50:16Tap to summarizeSusan joins us for episode 38 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. She is actually 16 years out from her one and only round of Botox injections- which triggered systemic botulism symptoms. It is so rare that we hear from someone this far along in their journey, and this episode was an insightful and inspiring one.Thank you so much, Susan, for coming on and being such a hopeful, reassuring voice for this community.Visit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
Transcribe →Jess's Story
3w ago00:51:19Tap to summarizeJess joins us for episode 37 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. She is currently about nine months out from receiving Botox injections, however she only recently put two and two together, connecting her ongoing health issues that began days after the Botox with the injections.Jess received two rounds of Botox for TMJ pain from her dentist in August of 2025. Within days of her second treatment, her body was sent into a tailspin of symptoms, including extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, intense anxiety, and profound autonomic nervous system disruption.Jess discusses endless medical tests, MCAS and the diet she had to go on, and how a certain type of chiropractic care has helped her return to about 70%.Visit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
Transcribe →Jenny's Story
Jun 1700:39:31Tap to summarizeJenny joins us for episode 36 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast to share her botulism poisoning story. Jenny had been experiencing side effects from Botox injections, but didn't put two and two together until her last injections in 2024. She developed systemic botulism symptoms which turned into MCAS and persistent vision issues. We talk about how her symptoms unfolded, how she sought psychiatric care, and how she is healing at 2.5 years out.Visit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
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Jun 1100:46:30Tap to summarizeJessica joins us for episode 35 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast to share her botulism poisoning story. When she was only two and a half months out from her previous appointment, Jessica was reinjected and likely overloaded with toxin, triggering a cascade of severe neurological symptoms, horrific migraines, chest pain, back pain, and profound fatigue.After multiple hospital stays, a misdiagnosed brain malformation, and endless gaslighting from providers who perform the procedure, it was an honest dermatologist who finally validated her experience and diagnosed her with neurotoxicity. Despite the physical toll, and the immense challenge of raising 3-year-old twins during this nightmare, Jessica bravely persevered to graduate from barber school. This episode discusses how she is navigating her recovery, managing ongoing physical therapy for severe nerve pain, and reclaiming her life 10 months out.Visit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
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Jun 300:59:49Tap to summarizeAli joins us for episode 34 of the Botox injury stories podcast. Ali had received Botox injections for migraines for about 5 years before the toxin went systemic after her last injections in 2024. What unfolded in the days after her last injections is harrowing, and as her injector was trying to reassure her that her symptoms were not being caused by Botox, thankfully her husband and mom went out on their own and began researching iatrogenic botulism. Her husband called the CDC directly, and was told that Ali was a candidate for the antitoxin. Husband of the decade award! Ali received the antitoxin upon admission into the ICU, and she walks us through what that was like for her and her family, and how she healed once she was discharged. Ali’s new book about her botulism story, Beautifully Unravelled, can be found on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/0cLA2jYfVisit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
Transcribe →Sophie's Story
May 2700:34:57Tap to summarizeSophie joins us for episode 33 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. After routine injections in her forehead and masseter muscles, Sophie felt "off" almost immediately. She describes it as feeling like her "soul" had left her. She suffered from anxiety, insomnia, dissociation/derealization, heart palpitations, a chest infection, and difficulty breathing. Her symptoms evolved slowly but surely in the weeks and months after her injections. She tells the story of what happened as her symptoms unfolded, how her friends and even her mom initially didn't believe her, and how she has become an outspoken advocate for informed consent.Visit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
Transcribe →Michael's Story
May 2000:39:15Tap to summarizeMichael joins us for episode 32 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. He received Botox injections from his dentist for TMJ pain, and within an hour of the injections, his body began to shut down. He lost consciousness, his muscles became weak, and he was rushed to the emergency room.Once there, he could barely stay awake for ten minutes at a time. Nurses and doctors began doing sternal rubs that he wasn’t responding to, and doctors ran basically every test, and even drug tested him multiple times - they would not listen about the Botox.Fortunately, Michael’s wife, who was a nurse was able to advocate for him and help him back to health. Michael miraculously recovered within just a few weeks, and his story leaves behind huge questions.Why are emergency rooms not prepared for Botox complications? Why was no one taking him seriously about the injections? And what actually happened to Michael’s body? Was it a rare case of immediate botulism, or an extreme, systemic shock? MedWatch Online Voluntary Reporting FormVisit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
Transcribe →Lauren's Story
Apr 2900:41:05Tap to summarizeLauren joins us from the UK for episode 31 of the Botox Injury Stories podcast. She received a small amount of cosmetic Botox in her forehead and 11 lines for the first time in 2021. Immediately afterwards, she became fatigued and laid down to rest. This evolved into severe and persistent migraines and blurry vision for many months, in addition to all of the systemic autonomic nervous system disruption symptoms. Her intuition knew it was the Botox, but like so many of us she was gaslit and mostly ignored by her injector and many doctors. Lauren is a single mom, and somehow navigated this nightmare with minimal support from family and friends. In this episode we talk about how her symptoms unfolded, how her injector (and almost every other doctor) gaslit and ignored her, and how she is managing her symptoms today, more than 5 years out.Link for reporting Botox adverse effects in the UK: Yellow Card | Making medicines and medical devices saferVisit www.botoxtruths.com for more information.Follow us on Instagram @botoxinjurystories and @botoxtruths
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