Your body already makes a hormone that tells your skin to tan. Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide engineered to mimic that hormone but in a version that's more potent and longer lasting than Man warns against 'dangerous' tanning injections after turning so dark he 'looked like Madge from Benidorm' and now has the freckled skin of a 60 year old This guy injected himself with a drug called Melatonan II for 5 months. Here's his before after. : r pics Dangerous' tanning products promoted by influencers Don't risk using tanning products containing melanotan Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) IMB issues warning over tanning injections at salons or bought on internet The Irish Times