Melanotan What It Is and Its Relation to Skin Cancer 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 Risks of Melanotan: TGA to issue fresh warning against 'Barbie drug' The Australian Melanotan II (Tan Jabs): Why They're Not Worth The Risk View of Association of tanning injection with hypercortisolism, hyperglycaemia and ketosis in type 1 diabetes mellitus British Journal of Diabetes No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky