What if the injection your provider is offering you has never been tested on a single human being?

You are hearing a lot of people claiming they've healed their chronic pain, boosted their performance, and turned back the clock.

But some of the most popular peptides on the market today are technically illegal to prescribe, sourced from unknown suppliers, and have zero completed human trials behind them.

The FDA just made a major announcement that could change all of that. And you need to know what it means before anyone injects anything into your body.

In this episode, Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Furhan Qureshi, an internal medicine physician and med spa owner practicing outside Washington, D.C. Together, they break down what peptides actually are, why the hype exploded after the GLP-1 boom, and why the most popular one right now is still banned by professional sports anti-doping agencies.

Chapters:
00:03:21 - Why GLP-1 success created a peptide gold rush
00:04:13 - FDA ban and sudden reversal explained
00:08:27 - Where peptides cross into unsafe territory
00:11:42 - Why social media is driving demand
00:13:18 - The peptide linked to melanoma and seizures
00:19:47 - Growth hormone peptides and cancer concerns
00:21:28 - The allergic reactions raising red flags
00:25:12 - Infection and contamination risks explained
00:28:11 - The compounding pharmacy loophole
00:35:14 - The limits of current treatments
00:38:41 - Why most peptide studies are unreliable
00:40:03 - What real evidence should look like
00:43:39 - The stem cell warning for patients
00:45:06 - The cost barrier to real research
00:48:09 - What real clinical trials could look like

You'll find out which peptide Dr. Dee says no one should be using. You'll learn what the FDA's new policy actually changes, and what it doesn't. And you'll hear two physicians get honest about why even they aren't rushing to offer these treatments yet.

Press play and learn what the FDA's big announcement actually means for your safety.

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How do you REALLY know if that's Botox?

Hear what the FDA uncovered when they investigated Pure Indulgence Aesthetics, a med spa with a clean website, a doctor's name on the homepage, and a Groupon running for less than $8 a unit.

Patients were lining up and reviews were good, but when investigators checked the dumpster, the unmarked vials were a substance that had to be sent to a lab just to identify.

Dr. Kate Dee was sitting in a room in Las Vegas when an FDA official described details of this case that have not been reported anywhere. She's bringing every bit of it to you, because what happened at Pure Indulgence Aesthetics in Texas and California is not an isolated incident.

IT'S A WARNING.

The medical director's name was on the website. The nurse managing the supply chain had a federal guilty plea in her past for a crime you will be shocked to find out.

Here's what should scare you, the patients who kept coming back thought it was working.

If you've ever booked a Botox appointment, passed along a recommendation, or assumed a licensed-looking clinic is a safe one, you need to hear what Dr. Dee found out before your next treatment, and before someone you love books one too.

Press play and learn how to find out what was really in that syringe.

WARNING LETTER: https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/pure-indulgence-aesthetics-723267-04012026

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Does more access to hormone therapy mean better care?

Hormone therapy is everywhere right now. Med spas are offering it, telehealth platforms are advertising it during the Super Bowl, and plenty of providers are happy to prescribe whatever you ask for.

In this episode, Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Radhika Sharma, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Wisconsin and co-host of the podcast The Double Scrub. Together, they break down what's really happening inside the hormone therapy boom and why some of the most popular options could actually be doing you real harm.

They dig into why under the skin pellets are a red flag, what telehealth platforms aren't telling you about cost and follow-up care, and why the symptoms most women chalk up to menopause are being completely misread.

Chapters:
00:05:07 - Why Even Specialists Feel Underprepared
00:07:22 - When Every Symptom Gets Blamed on Hormones
00:08:40 - The Mistake Almost Every Patient Makes First
00:10:05 - Why That Quick Online Option Feels So Easy
00:13:08 - When the Treatment Plan Starts to Drift
00:14:42 - The Symptoms That Should Actually Concern You
00:16:15 - What Gets Missed When You Skip a Real Workup
00:18:03 - The Risk No One Explains Upfront
00:20:28 - What Bioidentical Really Implies
00:24:06 - The Reality Behind One Size Fits All Care
00:31:12 - What Happens When You Follow the Wrong Plan
00:34:05 - The Signs You Need a Second Opinion
00:37:18 - What to Look For in the Right Provider
00:40:22 - The Symptoms You Should Not Brush Off

You'll also find out why your OB-GYN may have barely had any menopause training in medical school, and what that means for the care you've been receiving.

Press play and learn what your provider should already be telling you.

Connect with guest: https://www.instagram.com/drradhikaobgyn/

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Have you ever watched a celebrity on screen and thought, "Something looks off but I can't figure out what"?

Dr. Kate Dee and her colleague Margaret Sherman were watching the hit Netflix series Scarpetta when they noticed something about Nicole Kidman's face that stopped them cold.

What started as a casual observation turned into a conversation that every woman considering injectables needs to hear. Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis play sisters on screen. One is nine years older, but one looks it, but the other doesn't, and the reason why is more complicated than you'd expect.

Dr. Dee has been studying both faces and what she found reveals something the med spa industry rarely talks about out loud.

And there's also a specific moment in the show where the contrast between these two women becomes impossible to ignore, and once Dr. Dee points it out, you won't be able to unsee it.

If you've ever sat in a med spa chair and wondered how much is too much, this episode answers that question in a way nothing else has.

Press play and learn what procedures Dr. Kate Dee has done on her own face,.

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A daily Ozempic pill instead of a weekly injection, BUT what happens when you stop?

The new oral GLP-1 just launched, and the early numbers on who's actually taking it tell a story. There are real reasons your doctor might steer you away from it, and they go deeper than needle avoidance.

Dr. Kate Dee sits down with GLP-1 prescriber Dr. Randi Lindstrom to get into the details nobody is spelling out clearly. And then there's the question keeping a lot of women up at night: what actually happens when you stop?

A brand new study just gave us the closest thing to a real answer, and the results are more complicated than anyone wants to admit.

Chapters:
00:01:49 - The Oral Pill’s Absorption Problem
00:04:05 - The Rule That Makes It Hard to Use
00:05:24 - The Conflict Most Women Won’t Expect
00:06:45 - Who This Is Actually For
00:07:00 - The Tradeoff No One Mentions
00:08:00 - The Price Isn’t What You Think
00:10:30 - Why Patients Aren’t Switching
00:11:30 - What Happens When You Stop
00:13:30 - Why Some Keep the Weight Off and Others Don’t
00:18:30 - The Cancer Signal No One Expected
00:22:30 - The Fertility Surprise
00:25:00 - The Risk Doctors Are Watching
00:28:30 - The Mistake That Makes It All Worse

There's also a cancer connection buried in the latest research that deserves far more attention than it's getting. Thirteen types. And it cuts in a direction most people aren't expecting.

Plus, if you're a woman in your 30s or 40s who assumed pregnancy wasn't on the table, this episode has information that could genuinely change your plans. The fertility piece alone is worth the listen.

Press play and learn what you actually need to know before your next dose, your next prescription, or your next decision.

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You finally lost the weight. So why do you look older?

The emotional side of dramatic weight loss is real and complicated. You spent months, maybe years, working toward a goal. You hit it and then you're blindsided by something you never anticipated.

Dr. Kate Dee hears this every single week in her consultation room. Patients who worked incredibly hard, who did everything right, and now they're sitting across from her trying to figure out why their face doesn't match how they feel inside. Some of them have cried and not because they're vain.

She pulls no punches here and breaks down the real clinical options, the ones that actually restore what rapid weight loss takes away. Dr. Dee also names the treatments that sound good on Instagram but deliver nothing, and there are more of those than you'd think.

If you're on a GLP-1 right now, thinking about starting one, or you've already noticed changes in your face, this episode is for you.

Press play and learn why getting the timing wrong and you could flush thousands of dollars down the drain.

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What if the person who hurt you was someone you trusted completely?

Dr. Kate Dee sits down with nurse practitioner Sarah Kabalka, a 13-year veteran of medical aesthetics who knew the questions to ask, knew the red flags to look for, and still walked out of a treatment room with injuries she'll carry for the rest of her life.

Trust overrode instinct. And what happened next is something far too many patients never see coming.

Chapters:
00:03:32 - She Was Listed as Medical Director Without Knowing
00:04:13 - The Treatment Went Dangerously Too Deep
00:06:30 - Why Uninsulated RF Microneedling Can Scar
00:08:30 - Burns, Infection, and Permanent Damage
00:10:30 - The Questions She Wishes She Had Asked
00:13:01 - Why a Medical Director Is Your First Safety Check
00:17:21 - She Just Said She’d Pray for Me
00:19:30 - How the Injury Changed Her Practice Forever
00:24:30 - The Truth About Rent-a-Medical-Director Setups
00:32:05 - The Transparency Steps She Takes With Every Patient

Sarah's story reveals how a non-FDA approved device ends up in a spa that looks completely legitimate, why a medical director on paper doesn't mean anyone is actually protecting you, and what it means when a provider lists someone as their medical director without that person's knowledge.

If you get Botox regularly, you're curious about RF microneedling, or you just want to walk into any med spa and ask smarter questions, this conversation will change how you see trust and safety in this industry.

Stay until the end because the most shocking part of Sarah's story is something that could affect you the next time you book any aesthetic treatment.

Press play and learn what no one in this industry wants you to know.

Connect with Sarah: https://www.skinaddictionhealth.com/

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What if the clinic promising to save your life was the most dangerous place you could walk into?

A Colorado man flew to Seattle for a stem cell treatment he believed would save him. A King County jury just awarded his family $24 million.

Host Dr. Kate Dee breaks down what happened inside that clinic and why this case is bigger than one family's tragedy.

Stem cells are real. The "cures" being sold to desperate patients? That's a very different story. Dr. Kate Dee separates the legitimate science from the dangerous fiction, and what she found will make you think twice before booking anything.

If you or someone you love has ever considered stem cell therapy, this episode could be the most important thing you hear all year.

Press play to understand what stem cells actually are and what the clinics selling them are not telling you.

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