IMB issues warning over tanning injections at salons or bought on internet The Irish Times Melanotan is trending again. As a dermatologist, I strongly need to tell you , Its an unapproved injectable peptide, and were seeing:, nausea and flushing, darkening of existing moles, It doesn't take much to fall down the Barbie Drug rabbit hole. In self tanner subreddits and on TikTok Shop, the tanning injectionaka Melanotan IIis marketed as a self tanner alternative that works by Here's the part nobody explains when they're selling you the "Barbie drug." Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide that mimics alpha MSH a hormone your body already makes to tell your skin