I'm scarred for life after overdosing on 100 tan injections Melanotan & Tanning Injections: Safe or Risky? A Current Affair: Tanning 'Barbie drug' a danger to users, experts say Is Melanotan the New Solarium for a Perfect Tan? Hannah Tittensor and her boyfriend Ben Dunlop have been injecting themselves with an illegal tanning drug called Melanotan for three years. On top of that, they use sunbeds regularly and slather themselves 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