The Tox Drop

Maggie McIntyre | Rejuvalase MedSpa in Stafford, Virginia

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Beauty talk with real-life stakes.

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The Tox Drop is a conversational beauty-and-health show led by Maggie McIntyre, with guests from aesthetics, nursing, athletics, and patient advocacy. Its strongest moments come when polished industry talk gives way to stories about illness, work, confidence, trauma, and rebuilding.

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About The Tox Drop

The Tox Drop is a candid conversation show built around beauty, health, entrepreneurship, and the real lives behind polished professional roles. Maggie McIntyre guides the room with a casual, quick-moving style that favors personal detail over perfect sound bites. The show often starts in familiar territory: med-spa work, business ownership, client questions, treatment trends, and the awkward realities of being paid for one's own labor. Then it opens out. A discussion about IV therapy becomes a plainspoken critique of exaggerated detox claims. A business conversation turns into a look at friendship, support, and the blurred lines that can come with service work. The tone is warm, but it is rarely overly tidy. Maggie asks direct questions and lets guests bring complicated answers. Beth's episode shows that range clearly. She is introduced as a doctorate level nurse practitioner, an aesthetics nurse at Rejuvelase Med Spa, and a full-time ICU nurse at a level one hospital in Northern Virginia. Her story reaches from a childhood kidnapping and living in France to COVID work, nursing, divorce, children, and entering her 50th year. That is a lot of ground. The show handles it through conversation rather than narration. Mackenzie Abramson's episode brings the patient-advocacy side into focus, with chronic illness, sexual health, self-care, education, travel, body insecurity, and confidence all tied together through lived experience. Courtney Dorsey's appearance shifts the energy toward friendship, athletics, burning questions, and the practical messiness of running a business. Across episodes, The Tox Drop is most interested in the person behind the credential, the treatment, or the survival story. It does not treat aesthetics as separate from health, money, identity, or family pressure. That gives the show a grounded, salon-table intimacy. It suits listeners who want candid wellness and beauty talk, but who also want the deeper context: what people carried before they built the life they have now.

Made for: The show suits listeners drawn to candid conversations about aesthetics, wellness, women's work, chronic illness, confidence, and personal reinvention. It is especially geared toward people who like practical beauty-industry talk mixed with intimate life stories.

What sets it apart: The Tox Drop stands out by pairing med-spa and business candor with unusually personal guest stories about illness, trauma, care work, relationships, and self-trust. Its register is informal and direct, but the subject matter often runs deeper than standard beauty chatter.

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Welcome to The Tox Drop! This is the podcast where beauty, business, and real life collide. Hosted by Maggie McIntyre, a mom of three, entrepreneur, educator, and esthetic injector, this show dives deep into the real stories behind women who are chasing big dreams, taking bold risks, and balancing it all without the filter. After earning her M.Ed. from the University of Virginia and spending six years as a special education teacher, Maggie opened Rejuvalase Medspa in Stafford, Virginia, and later founded NoVa Laser & Esthetics Training (NVLET), drawing from her education background and clinical experience to mentor new and m...

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Champagne Friday energy meets a blunt IV-detox reality check, right when your beauty chat needs honesty.

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  • beauty-industry honesty that tells you when the expensive wellness promise is mostly hydration, not magic
  • women talking through business leaps before the safety net was fully assembled or remotely comfortable
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S2E11: Childhood Kidnapping, Surviving COVID, and Saving Lives as an ICU Nurse | Beth’s Story Part 1Apr 8, 2026

A candid portrait of crisis work and the private history behind a steady nurse.

Beth's story moves from a childhood kidnapping to ICU work during COVID, and the French chapter gives the conversation a sharper, more personal edge.

S2E10: Hot Takes, Guilty Pleasures, and UnFILLtered Conversation with Rejuvalase MedSpa Owner, Maggie McIntryreApr 1, 2026

A candid, plainspoken wellness chat that values honesty over hype.

Maggie McIntyre's talk with Courtney Dorsey moves from wellness into the realities of working closely with clients at Premier Athletics. It is strongest when Maggie asks the awkward questions directly: what she pays herself, what she expects, and where the line sits between real…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    S2E12: Embracing Your “Self-fulfilling” Era | Beth’s Story Part 2

    Apr 15, 2026·38m
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    S2E11: Childhood Kidnapping, Surviving COVID, and Saving Lives as an ICU Nurse | Beth’s Story Part 1

    Hidden gem

    The Tox Drop episode with Maggie McIntyre and Beth connects Virginia's first COVID patient at a Northern Virginia ICU with Beth's childhood in France and Germany.

    Apr 8, 2026·31m·2 clips
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    S2E10: Hot Takes, Guilty Pleasures, and UnFILLtered Conversation with Rejuvalase MedSpa Owner, Maggie McIntryre

    Hidden gem

    ["The Tox Drop episode with Maggie McIntyre and Courtney Dorsey moves from owner compensation to med-spa skincare advice and community giving.", "Maggie says she spent years taking owner draws \"as needed\" for mortgage, food, bills, equipment, and build-outs before moving her business from LLC to S corp and setting a steadier salary.", "She pushes back on TikTok-based Botox advice, says \"you're not your friend's face,\" and calls microdermabrasion alone and many IV-drip \"detox\" claims weak value.", "The conversation also covers her $600 Office of Angela Scott shoes, $850 Victoria Beckham pants, and more than $30,000 donated in 2025 to local people and causes."]

    Apr 1, 2026·38m·2 clips
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    S2E9: Who Takes Out a Business Loan Without Business Experience? Maggie McIntyre | Celebrating 20 Years of Rejuvalase MedSpa | Part 1

    Mar 25, 2026·32m
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    S2E8: She Was a Chef on Food Stamps, Now She Owns a Thriving Restaurant ft. Jessica Wilkins | Part 2

    Mar 18, 2026·32m
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    S2E7: The Grease Monkey’s Biscuits: Jessica Wilkins’ Empowering Story of Grit From Navy Engineer to Culinary Genius | Part 1

    Mar 11, 2026·29m
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    S2E6: Local Impact, Big Vision: Dori Stewart on Business, Growth, and Reinventing Your Life | Part 2

    Mar 4, 2026·26m
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    S2E5: The Franchise Was Thriving. The Marriage Was Cracking. How Dori Stewart Built Her Business To Be Her Way Out | Part 1

    Feb 25, 2026·29m
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    S2E4: The Unexpected Inheritance That Jumpstarted Her Career as a Professional Bridal Make Up Artist | Part 2 with Makeup By Sheriz

    Hidden gem

    Charisse tells Maggie McIntyre how saving approximately $25,000 while attending aesthetics school gave way to financial stress and an unexpected house inheritance from a Hooters regular.

    Feb 18, 2026·19m·1 clip
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    S2E3: Betting On Yourself & Turning Your Passion Into A Career ft. Makeup By Sheriz | Part 1

    Feb 11, 2026·25m
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    S2E2: “It’s Going To Feel Like Forever, But It’s Not Forever” – Social Anna on Creating The Life You Dream Of | Part 2

    Hidden gem

    Anna Erdos explains how childhood instability, caring for her brother Johnny, and her father’s sudden custody change shaped her approach to entrepreneurship.

    Feb 4, 2026·33m·2 clips
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    S2E1: How Childhood Resilience Shaped Her Future As An Entrepreneur Featuring Social Anna | Part 1

    Jan 28, 2026·34m
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    S1E11: Rebuilding Herself Through (Dark) Storytelling | Journey of Confidence, Self-Care, Community, and Creative Growth | Addison Cain Part 2

    Dec 3, 2025·31m
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    S1E10: Why Dark Romance Novels Are Addictive with USA Today Bestselling Author Addison Cain

    Nov 26, 2025·36m
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    S1E9: From Body Image Struggles to Authentic Inspiration | Angie’s Story of Fitness, Self-Discovery, and Leadership Part 2

    Hidden gem

    At 21, Angie and her husband John took in 10- or 11-year-old Orlando in Miami, then raised Emma and Jacob while navigating work, childcare, and a move to Virginia in December 2013.

    Nov 19, 2025·51m·5 clips
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    UnFILLtered S02E01: Hygge For The Holidays | Togetherness and Equality

    Nov 14, 2025·21m
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    S1E8: Growing Up Between Cultures | A Journey of Identity and Self-Discovery with Angie Robinson Part 1

    Nov 12, 2025·29m
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    S1E7: Get The Drop on Chronic Illness, Sexual Health & Self-Care with Patient Advocate Mackenzie Abramson | Part Two

    Patient advocate Mackenzie Abramson discusses how her partner's support helped her gain confidence, pursue education, and advance her career despite chronic illness.

    Nov 5, 2025·32m
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    S1E6: Living Boldly With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome | Mackenzie Abramson’s Story of Chronic Illness, Courage, and Hope | Part 1

    Oct 29, 2025·30m
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    S1E5: Beauty Goes Beyond Skin-Deep | Part Two of Nikki Smith’s Powerful Story of Resilience, Healing, and Self-Love

    Oct 22, 2025·35m
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    S1E4: Turning Struggle into Strength: Nikki Smith’s Story of Homelessness, Adversity, and Surviving Naked and Afraid | Part 1

    Oct 15, 2025·57m
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    S1E1: Get "The Drop" on Maggie McIntyre | From Shaved Eyebrows and Burnt Bangs to Building a MedSpa

    Oct 8, 2025·32m
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    S1E2: Get "The Drop" on Courtney Dorsey | Resilience, Body Building, and Building Premier Athletics

    Oct 8, 2025·57m
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    S1E3: Get "The Drop" on Kat Aragon | From Celebrity Makeup Artist to Building Aragon Studio

    Oct 8, 2025·59m
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    00: She's Got The Mic | Welcome To The Tox Drop

    Oct 6, 2025·2m